- Jun 9, 2014
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Just curious and wanting to understand my chickens better. I just went out to close up the coop for the night and there was a huge shoving match going on in there. They are 6 1/2 week old buff orpingtons and so far I haven't seen any squabbles. Generally they are extremely peaceful with one another. Tonight they appeared to be trying to sort out who gets to sleep where - with the choice spots being in the rafters and on the window ledge. There wasn't any pecking, just a whole lot of shoving and yelling.
My coop has two parallel perches about 2 feet off the ground, and the only reason they are fighting over the rafters is because there are small ledges created by the 2x4s used in the frame. It never occurred to me when building that they would try to perch on those. They BARELY fit on the ledges and will soon be too big to hang on, so it will be a non-issue in the near future. I'm just curious if the shoving match over sleeping spots is the start of defining their pecking order?
My coop has two parallel perches about 2 feet off the ground, and the only reason they are fighting over the rafters is because there are small ledges created by the 2x4s used in the frame. It never occurred to me when building that they would try to perch on those. They BARELY fit on the ledges and will soon be too big to hang on, so it will be a non-issue in the near future. I'm just curious if the shoving match over sleeping spots is the start of defining their pecking order?