Backyard Chickens Climb 14ft Chicken Ladder Into Tree to Roost

In this video, Dan from www.plantabundance.com shares with you the unique way some of the flock makes their way up a 14ft chicken ladder to then carefully balance themselves across tight rope like branches to roost at night high up in the trees.

[@jase123111]

Great ladder! I have Japanese Bantams they breed like crazy. I used to lock them in the chicken coop at night.. but now have too many of them... I decided to see if they like to roost in the trees.. they love it... and go really high.. they are able to fly up fine... even the chicks can get up once they get their feathers growing. They seem much happier outside.. and they can now live free range 24 / 7. I live in Thailand.. so don't need to worry about cold weather... have to see how they handle the rain after this dry season ends.

[@pby1000]

Jason Kinnear What about snakes?

[@brandonburrell8517]

Awesome idea. Have you ever had trouble with predators?

[@blackquiver]

Ppl tend to forget that chickens r a bird..this actually stimulate them..good vid

[@pershop4950]

When I had a backyard that seemed to be either free from predators or maybe the chickens were really good and evading (maybe...) , the chickens I had used to roost up in the trees also. It was great to see them up there, hanging out in the evenings or early mornings.

[@lkhfun6575]

Cool. They remember how they survived when a wild, free animal. A tree for every chicken yard, I say!

[@plantabundance]

We have chicken hawks and raccoons in the area yet the chickens are safe and happy in the trees. Having a well trained dog on the premises also helps to keep them safe. Privet trees can make great chicken roosts and are evergreen. See an example here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4qqqml5jsRqhac Cheers!

[@constancefinley4556]

The only thing is they're not wild their domestic

[@kenscott3408]

My chickens fly up into the tree each night but the ladder is pretty cool.

[@plantabundance]

Before the ladder they would attempt to fly up. Some would make it and some would struggle. Now that my girls are getting older I think it's even more appropriate. Cheers!

[@luluisoby]

+Plant Abundance yes that's kind. I provide fake branches in a ladder effect.

[@PhilipK100]

I’ve only just figured where my 5 “baby” chicks go “missing” when not in their coop at night! In the tree! I saw one fly up into the tree earlier! In future if they go “missing”, I know where to look 😂

[@davidwilson7131]

hey plant abundance: just curious, do you ever have a predator problem with hawks and snakes? David

[@rosebaker5410]

So, no raccoons or owls?

[@dorota8214]

Piękny widok samo szczęście :)

[@arigaylor616]

Hi Really Nice site you have here. Do you worry about Chickens falling out of tree? I sure wish you would make the videos a lot longer and you narrating them as you do. I didn't quite understand about helping them? Nice ladder for them too. GGmeima God Bless you and yours.

[@CountryFamily]

That's cool!

[@homelessjoe]

Is that a fruiting mulberry?

[@giverny28]

I wish I could let my chickens roost like this. Too many predators here though. I had a group of turkeys that loved roosting way up, every one got eaten up by raccoons & owls within days of each other. However, when I lived in town, this wasn't as much of an issue. Possums were the only real issue occasionally.

[@luluisoby]

Our ordinary chickens do this too -- even the big La Bresse Gauloise girls!

[@plantabundance]

Cool! The bigger the chicken the closer they need to be to the ground to prevent injury when they fly out of the tree in the morning. Cheers!

[@luluisoby]

+Plant Abundance mine are totally fine and able to judge what they need. The big ones do indeed sit lower down. The legcanas go v high up!

[@vanbrant6374]

That’s so cool ❣️❣️❣️

[@andrewg5854]

How in the hell does this ladder not fall over in wind?

[@jwwm2]

Funny.

[@mariesheppard3750]

My Bantams always went up in the trees, Had a Female that crowed LOL Them some raccoons figure they were easy target s , sad lost them all after a time

[@kendunlap2636]

my chickens would be gone in a week if I let them do that. too many raccoons, possums and a bob cat or two

[@tisiluca]

Teach your chickens to use machineguns.

[@drum_dragon7574]

A BOB CAT?

[@constancefinley4556]

Sorry Charlie but this is born 😴💤

[@constancefinley4556]

Boring