Thanks for the advice! I was afriad that the new surroundings and different weather stressed them out too much.
They went from living in a 2x2 box to this big 4x10 coop and the first night, something rattled the bars and spooked them.
After that, I've been overly attentive.
I've been gifted a coop, baby chicks, and the mother hen and everything seemed to be fine, but tonight, she wanted to roost, instead of having the chicks under her. I was afraid for the baby chicks, so I got in there and removed the roosting bars and she went back to nesting in her box, with...
Line your enclosure with hardware cloth (it's made of metal, sturdy, about 1/8 inch square holes) and just zip tie it up. Put about an inch underneath and at least 1 ft up the side.
It's easily cut with garden clippers, or tin snips (best choice) and will keep anything from rats to coyotes out...
