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Well I hung my rechargeable lantern in the coop just before sunset and waited. About 20 minutes after sunset they started going into the coop. Terrific! I think it took them about 10 to 15 minutes before the last 2 of a dozen hens decided the coop was preferable to being outside. I turned off...

So I should be waiting until dark then? Once they learn to but themselves into the coop, do they normally go in at dusk or after dark?

I have read that you want to block off your nest boxes until they're laying, or very near the age of laying. You do not want them to think roosting in a nest box is OK, unless you want to be cleaning out the nest boxes all the time. So yesterday was my chicks first time from the coop into the...

Curious how this works out for you. I just went with what I've been reading here and moved my 6/7 week olds last week. I've been keeping them in the coop to cement that's where they roost at night. I'll likely let them out into the run now for a couple of hours a day, then shoo them up into the...