anyone have luck moving a flock into a new coop?

[kyflock]

??

W'e have 5 right now... we've lost many due to predators this summer and we also didn't have a good hatch so in the spring we're planning on getting a huge new batch... But I think I want to switch the guineas we have now into a new coop... I will take the coop they are currently in and turn it into a tractor... So they won't have their old coop to go into...

Some nights they roost on the garage roof instead... and I'm wondering if there's any chance they'll "bond" to a new coop in a completely different location. I'd probably plan on getting them settled before the new ones are added... and probably leave them in for a while before letting them out. All the ones we have now have been in the same coop since pretty young chicks...

 

[my sunwolf]

The only way to get them to go in at night to a new coop is to completely lock them in the coop, sometimes for a week or more. Make sure there is at least 4 sq ft per bird, preferably more, before you do this as they may fight. Once they have been in for a week, you can try free ranging again. Of course, you still may have to catch them and put them in the right place even after a week.