I have intoduced my 10 chickens into their final resting home after 2 months of being in a big brooder. I have a nice, clean coop with easy access and clean bedding etc. But at night they do not go into the coop on their own. It has been 2 weeks and one or two will go in when I call them over to the door, but the others burrow down in a clump and chill (it would seem for the night).
So I have been putting them into the coop after dark and they stay in on their own, but even if half are in and half out, its like they don't know where to go and they keep calling to the others in the coop?
Any suggestions?
They did go straight from the brooder to free ranging and never really spent time confined in the coop. Could that be the reason? What to do next?
Sean
So I have been putting them into the coop after dark and they stay in on their own, but even if half are in and half out, its like they don't know where to go and they keep calling to the others in the coop?
Any suggestions?
They did go straight from the brooder to free ranging and never really spent time confined in the coop. Could that be the reason? What to do next?
Sean