Ok, they are doing it now, I guess I just needed a little more patience, (which is hard when the wind chill is 10 below). thanks for the input everyone!
no its not the darkness going down, it goes right outside into the light, maybe for going up into the dark coop it could be an issue, they won't do either way though. I thought maybe going down was an issue because they couldn't see what may be lurking for them.
I did throw cantaloupe (their...
I made a new coop, put the entrance in the floor with a ramp going down. They will not go up or down into the house unless pushed. It has only been a few days and bitter cold, are they not used to it or not liking the cold or is the design not to their liking? Do they have a thing about...