We've seen chickens roost on fence posts, in nesting boxes, and once, memorably, on a human head. But a power supply box? That's a new level of fowl commitment. Apparently, one particularly cozy hen has decided that warm, humming electronics make the perfect perch. And honestly? We get it. Chickens are notorious for choosing the most inconvenient, baffling, and slightly dangerous spots to settle down. This is the same species that will stare at a fresh pile of pine shavings and act like it's a game of My chickens think fresh pine shavings are a fowl game of floor-is-lava. So of course a power supply box looks like prime real estate. It's warm, it's elevated, and it's absolutely not designed for a bird.
What makes this truly egg-citing is the sheer audacity. This chicken didn't just stumble into a box; she claimed it. She looked at a piece of human infrastructure and thought, "Yes, this is mine now." It's the same energy as the Dutch Bantam who's My Dutch Bantam's Tiny Enough to Hide: and Too Quick to Catch, that perfect blend of small, fast, and utterly unbothered by your plans. Our feathered friends operate on a logic all their own. They don't see a fire hazard or a potential short circuit. They see a cozy nook with a view. And we have to admit, there's something admirable about that level of confidence. It's a little mad, a little reckless, and completely on-brand for a creature that will also spend four minutes straight in a clay pot if you let it, as we saw in Clay pot chicken for four minutes straight: I'd call that fowl commitment.
But here's where we stop laughing and start worrying. A power supply box isn't a nesting box. It's not a cozy hideaway. It's a piece of equipment that can get hot, spark, or fail in ways that are not good for a chicken. We love the quirky, playful side of chicken ownership, the hide-and-seek, the floor-is-lava games, the inexplicable choice to sit on a live wire. But we also know that our job is to keep them safe, even from their own terrible ideas. This is the practical takeaway: check your coop and yard for anything that looks like a tempting perch but isn't. Extension cords, power strips, generator boxes, even the back of an old refrigerator, if it's warm and accessible, a chicken will find it. And they won't care if it's dangerous.
So what do we do? We laugh, we take a photo, and then we move the box. Or we block it off. Or we redirect that stubborn hen to a proper roost. The question isn't whether the power supply box is comfortable. It's whether we're willing to let a chicken's questionable life choices turn into a very real problem. Because the next time she settles in, it might not be a cozy perch. It might be the last spot she ever chooses.