Chickens in the Tree

Last Thursday Heather and I both got sick with a stomach bug that left us nauseaus and achy.  We barely had the energy to keep up with the kids and left the chickens to fend for themselves.  That night I noticed one of our dogs kept barking whenever we let him out, but thought nothing of it.  With the leaves off the trees I figured it was a deer or coyote in the woods.

The next morning we all stayed home from school and work.  I sent the boys downstairs to play while I grabbed them breakfast.  Ethan called up for me to hurry down quick….the chickens are in the trees!  Sure enough, all 7 chickens were roosting in the trees above their coop.  Turns out their coop door must’ve blown shut Thursday so with no way to get into their house they went into the trees.

Ever since then Henrietta, Chickie-Poo, and Hen have continued to roost in trees at night.  The temperatures have been milder so we’re curious if they’ll keep doing this once the cold weather returns.  Our only concern is that the 2 big chickens are roosting in a branch about 15 feet above our back door on a branch that hangs into the fenced part of our yard.  No wonder the dog was going nuts.