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    Heating the coop?

    Thanks for the responses! I would have loved to build a bigger coop, but this was all I could pull off with the materials and money I had. That is why I am going to "winterize" the run portion of the coop....to give them a little more room during the day so they don't have to be stuck in the...
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    Heating the coop?

    I have a fairly small coop (4x4), but have a run attached (12x4, fully roofed) that I am working on blocking the wind from for the winter. So my question is, once the temps really start getting down there...(we are in the Northern part of Illinois by the Iowa border)...20's and lower....should...
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    What time is bed time?

    My 6 girls bed time varies each night (well, the time I close their door up varies a bit each night!)....but after a couple weeks they were all lined up on their roosts at sunset each night. I did have to push them out of the nesting boxes a couple times, but now they got that hint too.
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    Some coop and some don't...?

    What is the entrance like for them? Are the younger ones having trouble figuring out how to get in? When we first put our chicks in their new home it took them a number of days to figure out how to get in there. I had to set them on the board going into the coop a couple times each day to get...
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    too early for next boxes??

    Soooo....following up on what I did for the night tonight after reading all the posts....I cut up a piece of white plastic lattice I had in the garage and put it over the opening to the nest boxes. The girls got the hint quite well. I just checked in on them and discovered a new problem...they...
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    too early for next boxes??

    By the way all...just found this group of posts and it helps answer our questions I think! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=99560 Check it out...I think I am going to try blocking mine off at night for a while and see if they get the hint! Using something simple like a...
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    too early for next boxes??

    I too have the same question! I've been lurking on this site for months now! Just finished the coop and put the girls in last week. They slept on their roost bar (the lower of the two!) for the first few nights, now the past two nights I have caught them in the nest boxes. Do I need to block...
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