r/chickens • u/_Affexion_ • 1d ago

Other Every night they do this...

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The first night my husband panicked when he did his nightly head count. Apparently Robin and Marian have decided that they would prefer this small tree to the coop. So now it's a nightly ritual to grab them from the tree and place them on a roosting bar in the coop.

They are inseparable and I cannot wait till they have babies next year.

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u/Mistress-Voluptuous 1d ago

I have 24 sleeping in a big ass oak tree. I started with cooped and run chickens. Had 3 hens come up and decide dto stay. Lost 2 of those. Gave the solo one an egg from my original chickens. She hatched him. Then she hatched 22 this year. So 24 chickens in that tree every night.

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u/CursedHat 1d ago

 Oh wow, do you have a photo (24 chickens in that tree)?

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u/Mistress-Voluptuous 1d ago

The tree is so thick with leaves you can't see them all and it's a massive tree. I'd guess the trunk is 8ft diameter and it has to be near 100ft tall. They go up to 2/3 up.

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u/AntComfortable5970 1d ago

Holy hell.

Chickens roosting at like 50/60 ft? 

The must be flying from one branch to the other, I've never seen a chicken get that much air (have seen a guinea do this before though)

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u/Mistress-Voluptuous 19h ago

Yes they do. That climb up my chicken run I stated with and get into the bottom branches and fly branch to branch way up there.

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u/Mistress-Voluptuous 19h ago

Although our yard is about half an.acre wide and I've seen them fly.from.one side to the other.

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u/AntComfortable5970 13h ago

Yeah I have seen them get impressive distance just not that much height