Do chickens get fed up in their run?

Chickens can get bored if they are kept in a small or overcrowded area. If chickens are given enough room to excercise, and to exhibit natural behaviours like jumping and scratching then they should not suffer from any boredom. With boredom comes feather pecking and other vices. Chickens are prone to becoming ill if they aren't given the correct diet and part of this diet is usually obtained from being allowed to forage on even a small area of ground.

Remember if you have a small run, if you can let your hens out from time to time, to free range in your garden. There are some plants that chickens won't touch and they will enjoy it and have some foraging time. You can also hang vegetables like cabage or sweetcorn by string or in a net for them to peck at which decreases boredom. If you hang these slightly above pecking height, this will help your chickens excercise as they jump up to peck at them. Old CDs can be hung up in chicken runs to give the birds something to attract their attention to stop them from getting bored but ultimately, you can't beat letting them out for a little free range foraging, which allows them to exhibit their most natural behaviour.