1 chicken has decided to sleep outside?

[lechugababy]

1 chicken has decided to sleep outside?

I have a sweet silkie that all of a sudden is out past her bedtime. We have an auto coop door that closes at 8:30. Here in central CA, sun usually goes down around 8.

For the past 2 days Banana has been roosting in the run, she appears to be acting normal during the day but when we go out around 8:45 to check on them she's knocked out in the run. The weather is nice and she was sleeping pretty soundly so the first time we just assumed she fell asleep and the door shut on her on accident. But this is the second day now and we're a little worried. She's not the sharpest banana in the bunch if you know what I mean, could that be it??

Any advice is appreciated!

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Some birds are just not brilliant and like to sleep outside. Keep putting her into the coop at night, hopefully if that is a daily thing that happens, she will relearn that coop means where she sleeps.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Is it hot where you're at? How well ventilated is the coop?

 

[lechugababy]

Some birds are just not brilliant and like to sleep outside. Keep putting her into the coop at night, hopefully if that is a daily thing that happens, she will relearn that coop means where she sleeps.

Hoping this is it! She doesn't seem to have a lot of brain cells but she's a favorite we adore her.

 

[lechugababy]

Is it hot where you're at? How well ventilated is the coop?

It's not too hot at night, low of 66? We have ventilation on the sides as well as an exaust fan to pull the hot air out. we have other silkies that go in at night with no issues but I will check the temp in there tomorrow night to be sure thank you

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Is she sleeping on the ground or up on something? In other words, is her outdoor sleeping spot higher than her indoor spot?

 

[lechugababy]

Is she sleeping on the ground or up on something? In other words, is her outdoor sleeping spot higher than her indoor spot?

She's rooting on a little bar in the run thats covered. Its lower than the roost in the coop but she's a weird one she usually sleeps on the floor of the coop. She can get on to the roosting bars (I've seen her hop up) but she doesn't care to sleep up there usually.

 

[townchicks]

She's rooting on a little bar in the run thats covered. Its lower than the roost in the coop but she's a weird one she usually sleeps on the floor of the coop. She can get on to the roosting bars (I've seen her hop up) but she doesn't care to sleep up there usually.

This suggests to me that she is at the bottom of the pecking order, likely she is getting prevented by others from using the roost, and now the coop. Go out at dusk and watch them, see if this is the case. I've had this happen in my flock.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

She's rooting on a little bar in the run thats covered. Its lower than the roost in the coop but she's a weird one she usually sleeps on the floor of the coop. She can get on to the roosting bars (I've seen her hop up) but she doesn't care to sleep up there usually.

Ok, interesting. (I wondered since she’s a silkie, and it’s common for them to cuddle puddle on the floor.)

But the floor of the coop is higher than her new outdoor sleeping spot, right? So it’s not that she wants to sleep higher up?