Show proper arrangement of roosts boosts for hen flock roosts boosts for chickens should be wide enough to support them narrow roosts boosts cause cramped positions and crooked breast b bones ones the best beat boosts roosts are scantling of 2 by 8 or 2 by 4 broad side up with rounded edges they should be smooth and movable boosts need not noi be very high too high cause bumble foot when the chickens fly down on a hard surface heavy breeds require lower roosts boosts than the light breeds from one and a half to two feet high la is a good height roosts boosts should not hot be arranged like stairs chickens like to roost on tho the highest point the stair arrangement beani means overcrowding on oa the upper roost |