My chicks will be 3 weeks old on Wednesday. It's been 80s-90s ish during the day and 70s at night except for this week because it won't stop raining. I'm in Oklahoma so it will be getting warmer quickly. I think it's warm enough to move them to the coop. I'm hoping to move them this weekend if it finally stops raining and warms up again. I keep seeing different periods of time to keep them locked in the coop from a few days to a few weeks. I'm pretty sure I'll still get a variety of answers but how long should I keep them "cooped" up? Also, does this mean IN the roosting area itself? I have a coop that was a kit with a small built-in run underneath (they will also have access to an 8ft x10ft run as well as a chicken tractor to move them around the yard every few days). Should I block off the exit to the coop run to keep them in the roosting area? Or as long as they are in the coop will they learn to sleep in the roosting area? They won't be getting very much light if they're blocked in the roosting area will they? There's no electricity but a little bit of light still comes in through the ventilation. There's only 3 of them and my first chickens so introducing them to a flock isn't a concern. My plan right now is to put them in the roosting area and closing them in there and if they wander down the ladder than that's ok. My feeling is since it's their first time in the coop they won't want to wander out right away anyway so they would still get used to the roosting area. Does that sound like the right thing to do? Hopefully someone understand what I'm trying to say! Lol