4 of the girls are now laying regularly. My shy hen finally came out of the coop and is eating and drinking. I'm waiting for her to start laying. My red star is almost mature enough to start laying. We let them free range during the day and at dusk, they put themselves to bed. Love my girls!
The girls after we put them in the run.
Side view of the coop
Front view of the coop...two roosts.
5 of the girls on one roost
That's roughly how big (or small) our coop is.
The coop is 4x4 and the run is 4x10. They are all under a year. Food and water are only in the run. I took her out of the coop today, consoled her and placed her in the run (to hopefully eat and drink)...it took her less than a minute to get back up in the coop and on the roost.
Thanks for the quick reply. Fortunately no eggs are in the coop currently. She's just hanging out on the top Roost. We'll keep an eye on her the next couple of days and making sure she gets something to eat and drink.
Great day all,
I juse brought home 6 beautiful girls yesterday and introduced them into their new coop. All of them seem to be adapting well, however, I have one Easter Egger that stayed in the coop all day yesterday, all night, and all day today. I've attempted to give her water, which she was...