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    Young hens don’t use coup

    We effectively built two of the following (without the run) and attached them together. We bought the run off of eBay. https://www.thirdcoastcraftsman.com/product-page/chicken-coop-and-run-plans
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    Young hens don’t use coup

    Thank you all for the tips. Tonight they all went in on their own. And thirty minutes later the automatic door closed. Everything went perfectly tonight. The coup is fairly big inside. We took the plans for a coup for about a dozen and doubled it. They haven’t used the rooting bars yet. We...
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    Young hens don’t use coup

    Thank you for the advice. We have windows on both sides of the coup. How do you teach them to walk up the ramp?
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    Young hens don’t use coup

    3 month old hens just inserted into run attached to a coup a week ago. The chickens don’t go into the coup at night. When left alone they (9 of them) just huddle together. I stuff them into the coup at night and an auto door opens to let them out. Rained yesterday and I kept them in coup all...
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    Tucson AZ beginner

    Never raised chickens before. Bought an assortment of 10 from Tractor Supply Company and dived in. We want chickens for the eggs. Bought a run off of eBay big enough for 20. Built a coup from plans found off the internet. Chickens are now 3 months old and just a week started living in the...
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