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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    Just to update - they finally started to go in at night. :) My trick - training them to use the ladder, one step at a time, with meal worms.
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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    Thanks for all the suggestions. I will try putting a flash light at the door or a push light tonight a little before dusk. Maybe that will help. They are not interested in any sort of treats at all right now, so I don't think putting stuff up there will help (or let me clarify, they don't care...
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    Introducing older hens to my young girls?

    Okay, I have found plenty on adding babies to an already established flock of older girls...but I am interested in doing the opposite. I have five 8 week old girls, and I am interested in getting two hens that are already laying age to add to the flock since I have coop space and want a...
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    metal lining inside coop?

    I have also heard that chicken poop can be corrosive to metal? Not sure if that is 100% true...
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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    Lol...which would make the coop a safer place right? So that the monsters (racoons) don't get them as they stupidly attempt to roost directly outside the coop?
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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    I don't have the option to run a light out there. :( As to this suggestion: I have tried to get them to climb it, one at a time, but they either fly off one side (usually) or they huddle down and won't move at all. They are messing with me. I also use a board with "rungs" of wood going up...
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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    Updated original post. Please help with my crazy non-coop pullets!
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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    Okay, last night at dusk I went out and they were all huddled under the coop and they were crying! They sounded so pitiful. I had to gather them up again and put them in the coop. I am trying to get them to hop up at least the top rung on the ladder, but most won't. What cracks me up is several...
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    Williams-Sonoma Chicken Coops

    We built one twice the size for $150...granted it's not as "pretty" but it houses the girls just fine. Just the coop on that page is $879, the run is over $300...plus over $100 shipping for the two of them. I love the look of them...they come pre-weathered. .lol
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    Williams-Sonoma Chicken Coops

    Cute, but SO pricey!
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    Fighting in the corner??? WHY???

    My brooder raised babies are all sleeping on the roost now at 7 weeks (from what I can tell when I go peek at them after dark). However, they are fighting to be in one spot on the roost...like a puppy pile. They are still trying to pile up, only on this one spot on the roost by the wall. The...
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    ***HELP****Training them to go into the coop at night and use a ladder?

    Lol. They are out all day. My hubby let them out before he went to work. I am going to see if they go in on their own tonight at dusk. This is only the second day of being out in the run...so they are new at this. He did tell me that they remembered how to get out of the coop this morning right...
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    Pallet/Reclaimed Wood Coop and Run - final product!

    Oh, and I am going to add some art and cuteness to it later.
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    Pallet/Reclaimed Wood Coop and Run - final product!

    Okay folks, here it is! The only thing we may change is the "door", right now it is just chicken wire we stretch over nails. We don't have critters, and they are inside another six foot fence, so we think it is is "okay" for now. Here is what we spent: $40 on wood, $30 on three sheets of...
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    Thelma won't let anyone else get attention, can I correct this behavior?

    I had one of my girls (they are only seven weeks old...so still new babies) peck at me all the time...like I was in the pecking order or something. I thought she was curious for about a week, then realized that she was doing it to be mean. I "pecked" her back with my finger too. She has not...
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