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  1. mizz9

    Chickens want to sleep in nest box

    Tonight was pretty funny! Long story short, they put themselves on the roost tonight! But they weren't sure how to do it. At first they were eyeballing their coop from outside, and they jumped up on top of the coop roof outside! They obviously were not satisfied and looked very confused for a...
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    Chickens want to sleep in nest box

    We had the same situation with our ramp and coop. They had nooo problems getting down but they did not want to go up at night. Of course picking them up and putting them in the coop didn't "teach" them how to. Eventually we got them to do it for treats. And one day I got to do a happy dance when...
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    Chickens want to sleep in nest box

    Thanks for the suggestions. We raised the bar but the chickens weren't really figuring it out. They still prefer to chicken pile in the corner. I wouldn't mind letting them continue to do that but that means when the nest boxes open up they are just going to go back in there and poop a lot! We...
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    Chickens want to sleep in nest box

    Hi all, I have taken advice from the forums here and blocked off the nest boxes. I started with curtains before the behavior even started and that did not stop them from happily pushing into the boxes to sleep in a chicken pile. I laid a couple empty water jugs in there and that stopped them for...
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