2 Perches

[Lockdown199]

I have a perch in my coop and I have one at the end of the run. I put the girls out 3 days ago and twice they tried to perch in the run and once they went into the coop on their own for the night and perched. Should I remove the perch in the run so they will go into the coop to roost? I don't want to leave them in the run overnight because of predators. Any suggestion would be great. My gut tells me to remove the one in the run.

 

[iwiw60]

Is your run not secure? I take it that you do not close their coop up at night?

 

[Lockdown199]

The run and coop are secure but I would rather have them in the coop at night and I do have a door that I close after they go in or after I put them in.

 

[iwiw60]

Okay...now I get it. Most nights I have a straggler that needs a little "encouragement" to get her fuzzy butt into the coop. I just quietly walk her towards the pop hole and in she goes. Try that, then shut your door and you're good to go....And BTW....NICE COOP/RUN!!!

 

[Julia62]

I have three perches in my run, but they all (4) put themselves to bed in the coop about 7:30pm. All four on same roost even though I have two.

 

[Lockdown199]

Inside I have two and one runs in front of the window and all five are next to each other.

Thanks I got a lot of ideas off this site and the rest from upstairs.