The BFS is the big cool-looking thing on top of the BFB (in case youâre getting Big Fucking Confusedâthe Big Fucking Spaceship (BFS) on top of the Big Fucking Booster (BFB) together make what Iâve been calling the Big Fucking Rocket (BFR)).
Also, feeders and waterers (if you leave them in the coop overnight) should not be placed under the roosts, nor should the nesting boxes. Learn more about composting chicken manure. Width â Chicken roosting bars should be at least 2 inches wide and preferably 4 inches wide. Chickens donât wrap their feet around a perch like wild birds do. They actually prefer to sleep flat-footed.
A roost is an elevated bar, branch or narrow plank on which chickens perch to sleep. Seeking high spots to spend the night has been part of chicken survival instincts since long before its domestication over 5000 years ago. Chickens arenât all that fast, they lack the prowess to ward off many predators and they are sound sleepers.