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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    They are on layers feed and they have ad-lib oyster shell.
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    Well, we have now had our Hens for 1 month. It's been a lot of fun but I'm not going to lie also very frustrating. Issues outstanding. Orpingtons will not roost on their own. they always require me to come in and shoo them onto the ramp, only then they will go up to the bar and roost. This is...
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    Well I'm lost at what to do now. It's been two weeks of putting them on their roosts. Tried just leaving them last night. They just won't go up on their own. Not on the lower bar not on the higher bar. No Interest at all. They just go in the corner. The problem is they are sleeping in their own...
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    You can see here. I put them all up after they had taken themselves to the coop for the night (but still a bit light out). One will jump down, then another, then finally the sussex. And alkl will just cram into the corner. 10 days now! You can see the first BO to jump down seems to know shes...
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    still not interested!
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    Added a bar at 13 inches. Let's see how they get on with that! Annoyingly it's lower than the nesting boxes. But I'm in a catch 22!
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    The light sussex seems to know shes meant to be up there, she paces about a bit looking up and pecking towards the BO's that something needs to happen. But the BO's show abosultely zero interest in it and they all end up in a ball in the corner. Then I put them up once its dark enough and they...
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    Yeah they go in and out the coop at the right time.
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    No
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    Shall I just keep putting them up?
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    So it's been a week now. I still have to put them on the roost every night. They show no intention of ever trying to go up themselves. They have plenty space to and the bar is only 2 feet high now. They come down every morning just fine.
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    For what its worth I've lowered their roost bar by 2 inches and put a small "step" in. I'll stop tinkering now and leave them to it for a week.
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    Having something of a nightmare trying to get these girls to stay on their roost bar. Last 3 nights im constant putting the BO's up and they just keep jumping down and hiding in the corner! The Light Sussex stays up (and gets up herself). The BO's have never tried getting up and just constantly...
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    Hello, new here and new to chickens.

    I added a second window and made their pop door a bit bigger. See how they are tomorrow. ill add more wood chips too. If they are stilll hesitant after a few days ill lower it a bit.
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