Limping Ex-Batts & Perching!

Two of my ex-barn hens I received a fortnight ago have limps!    Each has one bad leg although seem to get around OK and it doesn't seem to bother them. 

I am hoping to get them out of quarantine soon but at the moment they don't seem interest in perching at all and are sleeping in the nesting boxes!! 

Do I have to 'train' them or do they need two good feet to perch?   Should I have a lower perch for them in the hen house or will this cause problems with the other girls who are on higher perches?   

I had two eggs bats', as they have never perched they don't know how to so you will need to lift them onto the perch each night, within a week they should have the hang of it, but my perches are quite low.  I also had to lift them up the ladder to the coop as they couldn't figure out how to get up it, and the first morning after just threw themselves out the door, it didn't take long for them to get into the swing of it.  It was quite touching to watch them when they rushed over to the more experienced girls to see what they did, as they had no idea about dustbaths, or scratching in the soil.  I personally don't like my girls perching in the nest boxes as they mess up the straw with droppings, but I gather other keepers don't mind.

dont forget, ex batts have never perched, they sit and stand in a cage for the life they are laying, so dont know how to perch, this is also why they sometimes have bad legs, etc.
go onto the bhwt website for more info on how to rehabilitate them. they will get the hang of it in due course.
dont forget the extra tonics, life guard or poultry spice to help them get well

Thanks for all your advice  

they do seem to be copying what the others are doing, ie, dustbaths so hopefully in time they will be able to perch if they want to.

I will get hubby to make a ladder for them  -  any suggestions on sizes, materials etc would be very welcome! 

Some of my ex batts prefer to perch, and others head for the nest boxes at night.  I'd just leave them to do what they like, they are in retirementment afterall.