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 06/12/2012, 09:02 AM
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Hi, where in the hen house do your chickens sleep?
Also re chicken pellets, are ther steroids in them? The one I bought have a certain % of something, crap can't remember, maybe protein? Is there usually steroids in it too? This post has been edited by lucy-lu: 09/12/2012, 12:25 PM |
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06/12/2012, 09:04 AM
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mine go in their nesting box, one each side of the centre divide.
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06/12/2012, 09:18 AM
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Do they ever sleep on a perch?
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06/12/2012, 09:41 AM
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We lost all our chooks to foxes recently, but they always slept on a perch, aside from the occasional clucky one.
They used to all line up in their breed groups. The silkies would all perch together, the silver spangled Hamburgs would stay together, the black Hamburgs etc. |
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06/12/2012, 11:20 AM
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They all sleep on a perch, never in their nesting boxes!
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06/12/2012, 11:26 AM
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4 cram into a single nesting box
 , 2 sit on a perch. Incidentally, no one lays eggs in the nesting box either! Disobedient little blighters 
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06/12/2012, 11:28 AM
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Ours sleep in their nesting box aswell.
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06/12/2012, 03:26 PM
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Did they learn to sleep operch themselves, or did you put them there when they were asleep?
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06/12/2012, 07:24 PM
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I have never seen mine on the perch, is that a problem?
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06/12/2012, 07:27 PM
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Usually snuggled together in the nesting box. I took the perch out recently because they weren't using it.
One night I accidentally left the coop door open and they slept on top of the A frame coop. |
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