Do chickens need a round or square perch? We have got some rescued hens but they seem to be struggling on round perches.
ours are square
we got all our ideas from this site
http://www.downthelane.net/chickenhousing.php
Hi,
I too have ex battery hens, and I am the County Durham coordinator for HRUK.
When I first got mine they huddled together on the coop floor for the first few weeks.
After a while they found the comfort of the nest boxes, this is okay by me but I had to check the nest boxes early every morning as the eggs would get covered in poo.
As it stands now (six months since I got them) most of them do perch but three do still sleep in the nest boxes.
As for the perches a length of two by two timber with the corners planed off should do for ex-battery hens.
Hope this helps
Al
Mine perch on a length of 3x2" wood
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After a while they found the comfort of the nest boxes, this is okay by me but I had to check the nest boxes early every morning as the eggs would get covered in poo.
Mine also prefer the nesting boxes, so when I go and lock them up I put a sheet of news paper in each one, then in the morning take it out clean nest box, just pop news paper on compost, saves a lot of cleaning out.