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  1. KerriChick

    Pecking Order and Roosting Issues

    My 4 girls (18 weeks mixed flock, RIR, Buff Brahma, Buff Orpington, Cuckoo Marans) have been slowly working out their pecking order in our suburban back yard. They all seem to get along fine during the day-while they are out and about, there is no feather picking or major fighting behavior minus...
  2. Tlco

    Do I need a different roost?

    Hello bought my chickens from local "breeder" aprox 1 month ago. He had a huge Turkey barn sectioned off in large coops/pens with stair step roosts close to the the ground. My chickens all hens are almost 4 to 5 mo old (4 are older then the other 2). They roost on the ground next to the wire...
  3. abmurry914

    One chicken not roosting

    Hello again, We have 9 chickens that are about ten weeks old, they've been out in the coop for about 4 weeks now. The first week it was still pretty chilly at night and the girls weren't roosting at night, the were all huddling together. As time went on they began using the roosting bars. We...
  4. Henrybelle

    When will they roost?

    My chicks are 8/7 weeks old, are outside in the coop with my 7 2 yr olds. I have them separated by hardware cloth and during the day they have a separate outdoor enclosure although I have been letting them out to “mingle” with the older girls. At night some of them run straight to their side of...
  5. I'm gonna get you!!

    I'm gonna get you!!

    One of my muscovy females landed on a thin wire in my garden and the cat immediately rushed to try to get it
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  6. J

    Roosting all day, fluffed up and whimpering

    We have a girl named Henrietta, she's normally very social and active, there's a fairly large yard and as soon as she spots a person she'll come running looking for food. Very vocal and friendly. Over the last few days she's started roosting all day. When we open the door to the coop she fluffs...
  7. Enchanted1s

    Our Pullets Stopped Roosting!??

    We have two pullets that were broody raised here with us. They are about 4 months old now. The broody hen quit caring for them (or being nice to them) at around 6 weeks. I built my coop with a removable wall in the middle for integrating new ones. That seemed to work OK - the babies would...
  8. theharve01

    Turkeys staying in the corner

    Hi. I know this is a chicken forum. But most of us that keep hens get the odd turkey. This is my second year raising turkeys for xmas dinners. I have 7 this year. 5 last year. Last year i built an elaborate perch for them to roost at night in. This year i built a nicer one. Plus i built them a...
  9. FathertoFeathers

    Muscovy questions

    I purchased some Muscovy Ducks about two or three weeks ago and I have some questions about them. Ive read that they like to perch and have things to roost on so I found some scrap wood and made a place for them to perch. (They have wooden fence beam 4in x 4in x 8ft to perch on outside and a 2x8...
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  10. FathertoFeathers

    Why won't my Muscovy ducks roost

    I just recently bought some Muscovy Ducks. I heard that Muscovy Ducks like to roost so I built them a place to roost but none of them have touched it. They even have a place to roost in their coop but they sleep on the ground. Is this normal? Do some ducks prefer not to roost or are they just...
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  11. higgy62

    Outgrowing Brooder, and bad habits / questions

    Hi All. I also have a few questions, similar in nature regarding roosting in the run and/or in the coop. But I have other questions as well. Specifically, integrating the girls to their permanent home. The questions are at the bottom, but i have to provide the back story and current...
  12. chickenhawkct

    Whats with the pig pile I thought i got chickens?

    My chickens live in an old converted shed. i have about twenty laying boxes and about 6foot of roosting space. That being said my mental mush chickens all pile/ roost in the door, even when closed.
  13. BigBlueHen53

    Integrated, a Little Early...

    So the 19 chicklets were getting a bit crowded in their "junior camp coop" as they are growing, and only about two weeks shy of being 16 weeks old and truly, officially ready to integrate with the 9 Big Girls and 2 roos. We've been letting them mingle throughout the day, or at least part of the...
  14. Dstu

    Loner Hen

    We have a hen that is at the bottom of the pecking order out of a flock of 5 hens. She often hangs out with me instead of the flock when I'm outside. Lately she has started roosting up in a tree instead of in the coop, should I be concerned? She is about 8 ft off the ground and hard to see, i...
  15. Fatherdowling

    My 10 pullers and 1 cockerel love roosting

    I cut some large branches from a downed tree and put them in my chicken run, and every single one of my 7 week old chick's are roosting and loving them.
  16. L

    8 week old chickens not venturing into upper portion of coop

    Hello, I have 6 chickens that are about 8 weeks old. Our coop is set up so that there is a bottom area with a roosting bar to the right and to the left there is a ramp to go into the upper more enclosed portion which has an area with a roosting bar and another section with 3 nesting boxes. I...
  17. C

    Leg injury?

    Hello, i have 3 chickens. They are around 18 weeks old. 2 coronation sussex and one feverolle bantom. Babs, my dominant sussex, may be a rooster we arent sure yet but since we had her she had some kind of leg issue. We got them at 8 weeks and she immediately developed a respiratory illness...
  18. G

    Roosting issues

    Even though there was lots of room on the perches, my chickens refused to share them. Often there would be one chicken on the top roost, three on the bottom, and the rest of the hens would try sleeping outside. It was very frustrating moving them into the coop each night. So, I downsized my...
  19. centrarchid

    Taking Photographs of Sleeping Adult Chickens

    Every evening about dark I go out to close up pens and put up a dozen or so game pullets that do not want to roost in the bigger pens. On the way out I walk past a bunch of pens where the birds within can be seen perched. Most are sleeping unless I make too much noise while walking by. It got...
  20. Thechickentrainer1999

    Important question

    2 separate flocks of my chickens just moved into one cage and all except 1 want to pick on my EE. What should i do. All she wants to do is stay inside on the roost bar all day and when she comes out they chase her around the cage. Im so confused because she was once at the top of the pecking...
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