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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?

    ...the pullets and be mean, or would the larger group of 8 week olds be okay and hold their own? I know there is no way to know for sure, but I wondered if anyone had done this in this particular way? **btw, if this needs to move to another forum, feel free, but I thought this was the best fit**
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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?

    ...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 the top for them to hop up. The thing is, I *know* they can get up the ladder - I have seen the little suckers do it! They just won't go up at night.
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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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    Mostly Pallet Coop And Run

    After reading some Self-Sufficiency books and surfing the Internet I got bit by the chicken bug. We decided to order from a hatchery and I started dreaming of building a coop. As a family on a budget, we knew we would need to do this on the cheap and we are renters, so we had to make sure that...

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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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