My chickens have been great since they were tiny to return to the coop, but we have had extremely hot weather lately, and an antagonizing neighbor cat, and I think they are stresses. We have been carrying them back for about a week, have tried bribing them, tried earlier bedtime........nothing...
My free range city chickens are about 2 years old and have recently stopped returning to the coop. We had a cat teasing them, and I think they decided it wasn't safe. They now roost by our back door and I carry them back every night and have for about a week. Any suggestions to retrain these...