Why are my hens migrating across the coop?

[FrostRanger]

I seriously don’t understand. Before I got into chickens everything I read, everything ppl said was make sure you have space. 10 ft per bird or something. Well I’ve got the space…and they prefer to be all squished. I was thinking well I could use the unused side for feed storage, but you KNOW the minute I do, they’ll all come pooping on everything. I think it’s just for spite! The same reason when I clean their waterers all sparkling, they’ll drink old muddy rain water from a wagon handle.
Or I noticed them dirt bathing up against a shed, so I finagled a tarp over the hole to keep them in the shade (it was over 100 degrees). They up and decided “welp we’re done with hole, time for new one”. It’s almost like they don’t want to be comfortable. I put a little coop in the run, so they can relax in the shade. Noooo they perch on top of it..the only thing that was in the little coop was a mouse..which the hens ate..after they played tug o war..
Not the $30 feed, not the 5 grain scratch, not the mealworms, not the flock block I MADE FROM SCRATCH. No a little ol nasty mouse.

Meat is a high value treat for them

They may like to squish together but that room is useful for when they're working out their position on the roost or when they get up. It's also useful if the pecking order gets shaken up for whatever reason or especially if you add new birds. Basically it's better to have that room when your flock doesn't need it as much than to not have it when they really really do, especially since you have multiple roosters, the more room the better with multiple roos