hen roosting in tree

[Fuzzyfelt123]

hi everyone, I haven't posted for ages...mainly cos my girls are all fine.....however, I have one girls who disappears at night and roosts in the trees - I try and catch her before she does it but she's often gone by then 07 I'm really not sure why she is doing this, and then she wakes us all up at the crack of dawn making a huge din trying to get back in the run! Any ideas?

 

[Marigold]

Hi Fuzzyfelt, glad its all going well for you and your girls. What breed is your tree-roosting hen? A leghorn, maybe? At least she will be quite safe up in a tree, and it will be cooler for her than shut up a coop in this weather. After all, hens roosted in trees for a few million years before coops were invented!
Not much you can do about the early morning wake-up call, except wait for the days to get shorter, though.

 

[Fuzzyfelt123]

She's an ex-batt! She must be finding her roots 10 I won't worry too much if she's probably safe from Mr Fox !

 

[Marigold]

Good for her! It must make a wonderful change from being stuck in a cage in a hot barn this weather.
Do you remember that old slogan for NatWest Bank, before they shut so many small outlets -'Our roots are our branches' ??

 

[Fuzzyfelt123]

what a great saying!

 

[chrismahon]

Everyone knew that Natwest was a poor bank and were not convinced by a marketing slogan Fuzzyfelt -so inevitably they folded. Our Legbars used to roost in a tree, which is great and very natural. Trouble is Mr Fox can smell them up there and will sit and wait for the first to drop in the morning.

 

[foxy]

Might be worth checking for redmite in the coop, often this can be the reason for chooks preferring to roost outside.