Update: So tonight is night 3 staying outside and all 9 young ones went into their part of the coop all on their own at dusk. Fireworks going off may have helped. So happy they got it!!!
Next up...mixing them with the adults in the run.
Thanks so much, Finnie! The chicks running back out to the run is exactly the struggle I’ve been having. Coop isn’t feeling safe. I do have a night light hanging in the coop. Left it on all night last night, but once they were settled tonight, I turned it off with remote.
So you just leave...
Hi there! This is my first time posting here and I’m new to babies. Adult chickens came with my house and I came to love them and now adding to the flock. I have 2 adult laying hens and trying to integrate seven 8 week olds and two 7 week olds (the 9 chicks have been together all along.) I...