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Yes! All inside tonight. How long should I leave the netting on? Will a week be enough? How long does it take a chicken to form new habits? Those outside roosts are mighty attractive!

So tonight we have two less roosters, and netting stapled under the rafters. This afternoon I locked them in the coop so I could do the work, let's see if they go in on their own tomorrow...

Here's a picture of them roosting inside on a night when they were on coop arrest for a week or so. There is a third roosting bar lower down yet (about 12" from the floor), which they only use to move to the upper roosting bars. The two mature hens are on the lower bar to the left. The next...

Two of the cockerels are slated for freezer camp soon. There may be a fifth cockerel as well, just not sure. I did try putting a light on in the coop for an hour after dark, while leaving the pop door open, but it didn't encourage the young chickens to move inside. Also the mature hens that were...

They are roosting on the rafters of the covered part of the run. It's not an option to remove them. I guess I could block that off for a while by stapling some chicken wire at the bottom for a while. Good thought!

Of my two mature hens are one is thoroughly cowed by the young cockerels at the moment, does not leave the coop easily. Don't think either of them is keeping the young ones out. I have a lot of ventilation on the wall of the coop that has the pop door. There's a window which is at least 2...

Of the 10 chickens that are 6-7 months old 4 are cockerels. The coop door closes after dark. These chicks were added to the flock about 4 months ago.

My 6 months old chickens refuse to roost inside the coop. I live in northern BC, and even at nights where it's -10 Celsius they still roost outside on some crossbars in the covered part of the run. I have locked them inside the coop for a week, but as soon as I let them out again they again...