MontanaMomma , the ventilation at the top under the roof is okay for Oregon weather. It seems to be cool and rain here most of the year. I may add a window (covered with wire) at some point to make it look nicer : )
This is the same thing that my wife suggested. She knows more than I do, and so that is what we are trying. Our first test was to leave them in for 3 days straight, and then kept feeding/watering them inside the coop... but they still ended up in the trees the first day we let them loose. So, we...
Hey there. How do you get chickens to use their new coop? I finished this coop a couple weeks ago, and I am tired of plucking our chickens from the trees at night.
Suggestions?
Wife and I found this great deal on a motorcycle shipping crate on craigslist. A 4x8 solid wood crate for only $75!
The finished coop has a 4x4 large door on the front which swings open for easy cleaning.
Getting the chickens in the finished coop is harder than we expected. I tried to...