I keep mine confined to the coop and run until I'm sure they know that is home and a good place to sleep, then I open the run gate. With your chicks I'd wait until you've trained them to go to bed in the coop at night, then give it another week just to be sure.
Two things can happen. They...
Hi, welcome to the forum from Louisiana, glad you joined. :frow Hopefully you are doing better, life has a way of messing up our schedules like that.
What you describe is not unusual at all. Chickens often don't like change. They can be adaptable but often that takes a bit of time. When I...