One important aspect that you absolutely do not want to leave from their roost, and when you plan to build him a chicken coop for the birds to sleep on. Chickens do not like to sleep on the floor of the cage or nesting box, but instead prefer these "roosts," raised platform where they can gather together at night.
This is because both operate in wild birds for safety razloga.Piletina brain is hardwired for larger countries such as safer ground. This means predators can not reach them so easily. In the wild, birds often sleep in the branches of trees or other similarly raised parts of the terrain. Such behavior is just as true in an environment contained a chicken coop. After all, your bird does not know why they do it. Only makes them feel safe.
With this in mind, it is no wonder that chickens like to sleep in the highest possible place inside your chicken coop. Do not build your nest box is too high off the ground, because it means that birds will sleep in them instead, which tends to be much messier and more difficult to clean. Chickens, of course, defecate during sleep, which do not necessarily want to happen, where you collect the eggs! Therefore, it is also important to make sure that you build roosts at the same level.
If you build a more leveled roost, their chickens will sometimes fight each other to get maximum points, even if not, the birds at lower levels will become very dirty with chicken droppings during noć.Križ design, where your roosting bars intersect at right angles, can increase the space in the cage, and solving problems of the struggle for the highest sleeping spot. Another way to prevent your bird from the struggle over the roosting area to make sure there are about 9 or 10 inches horizontally roosting space for each chicken. Less space than it is too crowded.
No matter how you choose to organize roosts in the coop, the method of construction should be just about the same. You'll want to use some kind of wood roosts for yourself, while it is true what you use is up to you. Dowel rods work well, although you want to make sure they are thick enough to hold the weight of all their chickens. 2 "x 2" planks or 2 "x 4" boards and are working perfectly. If you use boards, however, you May want to round out the edges, which will facilitate your keeping your birds roosting platform while they sleep. Make sure the tree is just smooth as well, or the birds will get splinters.
is something you can do to make cleaning the cage easier to just put a clean surface under the roosts. As already mentioned, the chickens tend to defecate a lot during the night, so make sure you do not put up roosts somewhere that you want to keep extra clean, like your nesting area. Some people put a sort of "litter box" in their nests, which can be removed from the Coop and clean tjedno.Piletina droppings and bedding material you use can make for a great mulch or compost?