Are your roosts equal heights?

[Hensatpadden]

Bumblefoot(staph infected foot wound) has nothing to do with roost size.

Yeah,I know,....I just thought they might benefit. For awhile I had bandaged their feet and also got them chicken booties to hold the wound dressings in place. It was obvious they had a harder time holding on to the roost. Now they are healed and fine. They were adopted birds so may have had the problem before I got them.
At first when I cleaned out the bumble foot I had nothing but duct tape to bandage the dressing in place. Duct tape is Very Slippery, by the way, and not very flexible. One girl couldn’t get a grip and seemed like she could hurt herself trying to get on the roost.

 

[rosemarythyme]

At first when I cleaned out the bumble foot I had nothing but duct tape to bandage the dressing in place. Duct tape is Very Slippery, by the way, and not very flexible. One girl couldn’t get a grip and seemed like she could hurt herself trying to get on the roost.

Vet wrap is the way to go - very grippy so birds have no slipping problems. Just make sure it's well tacked down at the end so it stays on.

 

[Witchychickens]

Mine haven’t used their coop yet so it may not work out but I put 3 roosts at the same height.

Reasons:

Coop space. My coop is small and I currently have 7 birds. I want to accommodate everyone should no one be a rooster. I don’t have any long wall for a long roost and wanted 12 inches per bird.

I also wanted them up high enough to have a poop board under and still have storage underneath for supplies (cleaning bin for shavings and clean bedding in a galvanized trash)

We will see how it works out next weekend when they go outside!

 

[GnarBite]

I bought a coop second hand and it has 3 bars which are almost level with the 3 nesting boxes. It’s a small coop and I only have 6 chicks. Are the bar heights going to be and issue? I guess I can figure out a way to raise them up a little but is composite and wood.

I figure this coop will be a temporary starter coop and I will build a new one. I might use it for a couple ducks later.

 

[aart]

I bought a coop second hand and it has 3 bars which are almost level with the 3 nesting boxes. It’s a small coop and I only have 6 chicks. Are the bar heights going to be and issue? I guess I can figure out a way to raise them up a little but is composite and wood.

It can be.
One of these links might help:
Here's an excellent modification to that kind of coop:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-hens-roosting-in-nest-boxes.1134399/page-2#post-17749535

Some people modify their prefabs to work better like this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-renovated-prefab-coop.1440258/

 

[Ridgerunner]

I bought a coop second hand and it has 3 bars which are almost level with the 3 nesting boxes. It’s a small coop and I only have 6 chicks. Are the bar heights going to be and issue?

It might, it might not. Time will give you the answer.