I will be building a coop in a few weeks and wondered do the chickens all roost of the same board ? or do I need to have a board for each chicken ? I will only have 4 birds. Thanks. I'm just learning all this chicken stuff....
As long as a single roost is large enough one is fine. I have a few roosts in my coop they seem to only use two of them. Couple of hens prefer to sleep in a nesting box, and they seem to get into a pattern, same hens same roost most nights.
I have 2 hens. I think it's good to allow at least 12" per bird for roosting space. tip: place closest roost not closer than 18" from the wall & you won't have to clean the wall.
thanks for the comments everyone, I'm feeling much better about this whole chicken experience, knowing there are people that know about this stuff