Yes the run is hardware cloth. I got an automatic coop door so I don't have to worry about letting them out in the morning and the run door is just a regular manual door so I can control the amount of free range time they get. I've been seeing a hawk in my yard so I am keeping them confined...
Thanks so much for this detailed response. Sorry for my delay in responding. After 3 days they are all back on track and sleeping in the coop where they belong. They all also started laying again right away (in the nests where they belong) i definitely thing I was more stressed then them lol.
Had this jerk in my yard a couple days ago. She was eyeballing my girls and was not scared at all of me . I was about 5 feet from her and shouting and flailing my arms and she was just looking at me (I think I even heard her laugh)
They were all in The new run about a half hour before dark so I took the opportunity to lock the run door but when it was time to go to sleep 3 went in the coop and 2 were going crazy like they were locked out in the wilderness.
so I finished my new coop and run and I moved my girls in tonight. Problem is only 3 went into the house and 2 stayed in the run.. i tried placing them on the roosts multiple times but they kept jumping g off and flapping around and causing a ruckus. I didn't want to keep stressing them out so I...