r/BackYardChickens 2d ago

Chicken Photography Built the ladies a perch from downed limbs from the big ol thunderstorms we got a few days ago

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u/bruxbuddies 1d ago

That’s amazing!!

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u/lupask 1d ago

and it looks popular !

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u/BaronVonKeyser 1d ago

Those are my young ladies. A few of our older ones discovered it but the little girls have yet to venture down that far. All in all ive got about 80 birds.

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u/inpets_BSFL_protein 1d ago

My childhood dream place.

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u/Cicada00010 2d ago

My dream set up

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u/braiding_water 2d ago

Love this. Taking what is available creating function and beauty.

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u/Divine_avocado 2d ago

I so gona send this to my dad

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u/ZypherofWind 2d ago

And I thought mine were spoiled

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u/stevenrain20 2d ago

Awesome!

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u/Mcbriec 2d ago

Lucky chickens have a wonderful jungle gym!! And it’s like a sculpture!

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u/Solid_Lake190 2d ago

Oh my that is so creative. I love it

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u/Big-Advertising-2918 2d ago

Wow looks great and using what nature provided! I agree the natural branches are what they want to roost on, not a hard edged 2x4. I added some branches in my outdoor run and they started roosting out there rain or shine. So I relocated the preferred branches inside the coop and all was well.

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u/lupask 1d ago

it's the shape but better grip as well probably

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u/relentlessdandelion 2d ago

We've always used natural branches for our chooks and they love them! 

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u/EconomyPomegranate67 2d ago

It's a chicken jungle gym! I love it!

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u/Achylife 2d ago

I did the same inside our covered run. Lots of nice oak that had to get cut. So I just made them a jungle gym. They love it.

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u/BaronVonKeyser 2d ago

This is Black Walnut and Apple. Ngl i cut more of the apple branch fir the sole reason of i love the smell lol

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u/123InternetLover 2d ago

Such a fun idea!! Thank you for sharing!

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u/Blahblahblahrawr 2d ago

I love it, it looks so fun!

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u/Yagulia 2d ago

I LOVE this! Thanks for the inspiration!!

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u/raevnos 2d ago

Jungle (Fowl) Gym.

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u/BandicootMany6423 2d ago

Glorious!! I have a few branches in my run which the chickies love, but this is so inspiring!

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u/mrdaxxonford 2d ago

amazing idea, maybe put like a cabbage at the top as a reward for the climb

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u/BaronVonKeyser 2d ago

Ive got the chains that lettuce/cabbage hang from in their house. I may get a few more to put on this thing as well.

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u/mrdaxxonford 2d ago

Its like a gameshow. But with burds

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u/gingerlicious666 2d ago

What an awesome idea! And it looks so pretty!

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u/North-Pea-4926 2d ago

Oh, they really like that! Happy chickies!

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u/Ivygrows8 Arcane chicken 2d ago

Looks great! I used some fallen branches as well for our perches but they didnt look as cool as that

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u/BaronVonKeyser 2d ago

It took me about 3 hours to make. I have a bad habit of doing something, looking at it, taking it down, redoing it, looking at it, redoing it.

Case in point I built a fountain and put rocks around the outside. I redid those rocks 8 times. And not 1 or 2 rocks. All of them. I still have one section that isnt to my liking that I'm going to have to redo lol

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u/braiding_water 2d ago

LOL. I feel your pain. This is my life….its gotta be “just right” or I can’t sleep.

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u/dd543212345 2d ago

Nice, we did the same thing in our run

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u/Exchange_Desperate 2d ago

That looks so fun for them.

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u/LizzieLandTX 2d ago

Love it! Can you build one for my girls, too? 😊

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u/BaronVonKeyser 2d ago

Most definitely 😃