Hey all any thoughts on this-- we have Jersey Giants, and our young rooster (they all turned 1 in July) recently I noticed (maybe in the last week) has been sleeping at night on the ground next to the coop under a flap of tarp ( I have a piece of tarp on the exposed side/ roof of the coop -- coop is built up along the house)-- the temps are going down a bit and Fall is around the corner, I dont want him to try to winter at night up under this tarp. I dont understand why he is doing this-- he is super attentive to his hens (the 9 of them are barebacked from his attention, number 10 is brooding chicks)-- and when ever something (ie a playful puppy ) gets too close to them he comes running to defend them-- and the other chickens all go in and roost as usual in the coop-- its not crowded its a double coop built for 16 chickens and we have only 11 (plus 3 chicks)...
I thought maybe it because the pop door is too small so I went and enlarged it tonight and pushed him thru it, so he is in tonight only cause I picked him up and put him in....
As you guys might remember I work out of town 3 days at a time and am leaving tommorrow for work.... (we have 3 big dogs that are effective and nocturnal flock guardians, but still I wish he would get in that coop at night)....
I thought maybe it because the pop door is too small so I went and enlarged it tonight and pushed him thru it, so he is in tonight only cause I picked him up and put him in....
As you guys might remember I work out of town 3 days at a time and am leaving tommorrow for work.... (we have 3 big dogs that are effective and nocturnal flock guardians, but still I wish he would get in that coop at night)....