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    Chickens not going in their coop

    thank you all for your insight, since my first post the ladies recieved a remodel on their coop the new coop is 6' by 3' with 2 additional roosts. the chickens are now going in on their own every night. thanks again.
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    Chickens not going in their coop

    thank you both for the insight, I have been doing as you described and putting them in the coop after dark. I have seen them roost on occasion on their own, I am going to try to add an additional 2' to the coop in length witch would make the coop 3 feet by 5'6". I believe that this is just...
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    Chickens not going in their coop

    There are roosts inside that I made from a maple tree we had to cut down. I have seen them on the roost a few times. Not often, they seem to like the nesting box and sleep in it. I have the built the coop with the ability to expand it. How much bigger do you think it needs to be. I let them...
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    Chickens not going in their coop

    I am new to BYC.. I currently have 4 chickens 2 barred rocks and 2 astolorps all pullets (12 weeks old). I built a 32X41 coop that is 3 feet tall and 30 inches off the ground. The chicks will come out and go in on their own sometimes. Their coop and run provides them with around 20 sqft of...
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