I might have to try lowering their roost and see if that helps. It's about 3 feet up right now, but they are almost that high on the kids' picnic table, so who knows.
How long did it take for your birds to "get it"? I have a group of pullets that are about 13 weeks old, and I have been carrying them into their roost every night for about 3 weeks now. They are choosing to roost on my kids' picnic table instead of their nice coop.
I'll keep carrying them in...
Thank you everybody for the help.
I tried to get better pictures of the 3 light colored birds, in order to help out.
#1, the suspected Delaware:
#2, Columbian Wyandotte?
#3, Light Brahma? (Also, supposedly male, which I am thinking is correct)
Thanks everybody.
Cool!
So I have (most likely):
2 x Black Australorp (There is a 2nd one hiding in the back in pic 3)
Buff Orpington (Maybe Brahma, but she's clean legged, I thought Brahma's had feathered legs)
Gold Laced Wyandotte
Either an EE or a Delaware. (I'll have to wait for eggs to confirm)
How about...
I know my pictures aren't the best, and I will work on trying to get more, but here are my 6 girls and 1 boy (as far as I can tell).
They are about 10 weeks old in these pics:
The blue/white one above is clean legged, but otherwise feathered very similarly to the blue/white one on the far...