Where does your Rooster sleep?

[RWise]

mine sleep in the laundry in cat cages because my neighbours don't like the crowing, the boys dont mind they are used to it

They would not like my hens, their Roo has taught them to make lots of noise!

 

[woodsygal]

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I'd love to let mine sleep up there but worry about predators and cold weather. We haven't had a problem predators and my lab seems to keep them away but she'll sleep indoors when it gets cold.

 

[wsmith]

Mine sleeps on the roost surrounded by the hens.

 

[Highcotton]

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Where do you live? How cold does it get? Most predators can't get him up there. If it doesn't get below zero where you are he will be fine. Several years ago the kids brought Easter "chicks home" one was a rooster and the other was a duck. The rooster insisted on sleeping in our bedroom window. I had to go out every night and put him in a tree. i never broke him from sleeping in the window. The rooster and the female duck mated. I never tried to see if the eggs would hatch.

 

[tairis]

Our chickens free range but in the evening, the roosters and hens all head for the coop together. We made sure it was large enough that they could find their own space, but seems to work well. The only two that don't seem to go in are the 2 Old English Bantam roosters. Crazy things sleep on the plant hangers on either side of the doorway in the enclosed porch, rather like gargoyls. But, as we no longer live in Maine and southern VA winters are much milder, they seem to do fine.

 

[woodsygal]

Where do you live? How cold does it get? Most predators can't get him up there. If it doesn't get below zero where you are he will be fine. Several years ago the kids brought Easter "chicks home" one was a rooster and the other was a duck. The rooster insisted on sleeping in our bedroom window. I had to go out every night and put him in a tree. i never broke him from sleeping in the window. The rooster and the female duck mated. I never tried to see if the eggs would hatch.

I'm in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. I have seen owls around so that would be the predator I'm concerned with. We only get below zero a few nights a year but many nights are below freezing. Wouldn't that be too cold for him without shelter or other body warmth? Don't they get frost bight?
That's funny about your rooster and duck.

 

[woodsygal]

Our chickens free range but in the evening, the roosters and hens all head for the coop together. We made sure it was large enough that they could find their own space, but seems to work well. The only two that don't seem to go in are the 2 Old English Bantam roosters. Crazy things sleep on the plant hangers on either side of the doorway in the enclosed porch, rather like gargoyls. But, as we no longer live in Maine and southern VA winters are much milder, they seem to do fine.

Haha, Hope you got pictures of your gargoyles.

 

[tairis]

You all are colder there in the valley than we get here. The chickens are under cover (they are technically in the enclosed porch) and seemed to do fine this past winter. They do have options, but still prefer the "gargoyle stance." Weird chickens!

 

[Highcotton]

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We only get a few nights below 20 degrees so i don't don't know how much cold they can tolerate. I am more concerned about the hot weather here. My coop and run are shaded by a big Eastern Red Cedar on the Southwest side.

 

[Double Kindness]

I just got a rooster this past week from another BYC member, the first night, he went and roosted on top of the coop. We know for a fact, there is a family of racoons living over the fence in the property next door that has been abandoned for 5+ years, so I couldn't allow Lenny to sleep on top of the coop with only chicken wire between him and a mama coon and 3 kits, after we had killed 4 of her litter the past couple of weeks.

Last night we finally got around to re-arranging the roosting poles in the coop and added a nice long window the entire length of the coop so everyone can see outside, and add a few inches in height since Lenny is quite a large tall roo. And he goes inside willingly with his 9 ladies, and is wonderful with them... except Phyllis my Polish chicken, whom he seems especially enamoured with.