Pretty girls and still friends I see. Has Kraai settled down a bit or is she still a little trouble maker ?
@Perris do you use litter in your plastic coops ?Maybe.
I haven't weighed any for a while but they look better overall than they did in the summer. Having 5 less has made a difference and I think it's this and C changing the bedding in the old coop and not getting the roost bars fixed in properly that finally made Henry decide to move.
Roosting time is more peacfull with Henry in the new coop.
Next step is to stop using bedding on the floor of the new coop and just use it for the nest boxes. I think this may be a hard sell to C. They will all roost on the bars although one or two sleep in the nest boxes on and off.
In the UK climate the hens are damp to wet a lot when they go to roost. The shredded paper tends to soak this up. A bare plastic floor should mean faster evaporation and less moisture held in the coop. A coop floor mat would be handy as it would provide further insulation and be removable for cleaning. I think Solway do one.
Even after all the rain we've had the coop inner walls remaind free of condensation but the bedding felt slightly damp. Fix that and the rest of the bits and pieces would be further improvements.
Is it not a problem to clean poop off the plastic when it's a bit liquid or caecal poop, with no litter ?
I imagine it would be much easier maintenance with a mat and access to water and a hose.
My cockerel / young rooster Gaston, calling for his hens to join him. He is six months and three weeks, but he almost never had the crazy cockerel behaviour, he's a lot calmer with his hens than my other rooster Théo. However if one of Theo's hens finds herself in his range without Théo, he will jump on her and mate her in less than three seconds
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