I won =) We took away food this morning when we let them out and waited til tonight to feed them. I filled up their food (and gave them water of course) and put it in the coop, then I sat a few feet away and waited. They went in after a couple minutes =)
I plan on adding windows later as well...
6 months but they recently joined our family and the coop is new too. They did go in voluntarily today when I was outside sitting with them reading... which is a great sign. I'm sure they are hungry too so I hope tonight is easy.
Would adding a window in their coop help?
They remain within a smaller enclosure (fenced) within our fenced in backyard! They love these bushes that have thorns though so they hide under them! I think we might get trimmers and cut the bottoms back because the bushes didn't protect them from my wolf dog who is big so I doubt its really...
We have had a hard time getting our ducks to go in their coop. They don't seem to trust us at all so we have to "herd" them then catch them. Tonights episode was an hour long. I hate to think of it but I think they will have to be trapped in a dog coop for a week when we go on our super late...