0tterbot wrote:
> serious question!
>
> no matter how quiet i try to be when closing them up for the night,
> the little blighters are all awake.
>
> i am starting to wonder if they're like cows & hardly ever actually
> sleep, just rest.
Interesting question
Someone I know did an experiement with very low lux lights coming on and off
at different times and recorded activity through the night
Unfortunately its on an old hard drive and I have not had time to sort this
out.
Last time I emailed his addy there was no response - it was a long time ago
and he was threatening to go abroad then.
>
> my three youngest chickens still don't roost, either. i made them a
> spiffy new house with two lovely roosts, & all they thought about
> that was to be sure not to bump their heads. they all sleep in the
> nesting box. i don't know why i bother. apparently they'd have been
> perfectly happy if i'd just made them a nesting box with a door on it
> ;-) kylie
Staple a bit of plastic bin bag over the nestbox front and lift it in the
morning
Its not good for their keels to sleep on them
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