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They need time. Most chicks don’t start to roost until they are older. For more just let them be... they need to huddle for warmth and the bonding.Hi folks,
I have six young hens about 1 1/2-2 months old. They all are able to get up on the roosts we set up but at night they still want to sleep in the pine shavings in the floor of the coop. I don’t want them to get mites etc. Any suggestions?
Thanks. That’s what I thought, they might still be young. If we turn the heat lamp on they roost.They need time. Most chicks don’t start to roost until they are older. For more just let them be... they need to huddle for warmth and the bonding.
My 9 week old just started roosting; I started picking up the ones who didn’t roost and putting them on the bar. Some would stay, some would just jump right back off. I just let them do their thing... too many chickens to worry about it lolThanks. That’s what I thought, they might still be young. If we turn the heat lamp on they roost.
Hi as you have seen already you will get lots of opinions. I think your chicks are too young yet. You can try to force the issue but it is up to you. They will do it soon enough. Just be sure they can reach the roost bar by either on their own already or with a pit stop like with a ramp or another means of getting up there that remains accessible in the coop with them all the time. Do you have to have a bed available in there to reach the coop at all! (Like having a full size bed pulled out when you need to make a twin bed available in a sunroom bed.) so back goes on the ankle bracelet - ha! Ha! For She is about to pass out with hysterical laughter. she did not nor did he want to live in an area with. P. S. Gotta go for now. Finish this later. Sorry guys.Hi folks,
I have six young hens about 1 1/2-2 months old. They all are able to get up on the roosts we set up but at night they still want to sleep in the pine shavings in the floor of the coop. I don’t want them to get mites etc. Any suggestions?
They should be off heat by now.If we turn the heat lamp on they roost.