2nd time around Chicken mom

[SERFASS' CHICKEN COOP]

I got my lovely Buffs at 1 day of age. I keep the in the house with a light until the age of 5 weeks. Coop upgrade all finished so out they went Put them in the coop and pen and later in the night I checked on them and they were all out in the pen not in the coop where I wanted them to be. So I put the link get in the coop and they all went in. How do I get them to go into the coop at night with no light? The Rhode Island Reds I had in the past never had a light and went into their coop at night. Thanks in advance for your help

 

[sassysarah]

They should go in themselves. I would think that they could make it into the coop at dark

 

[SERFASS' CHICKEN COOP]

Do you think it would be better to put the light on a timer?

 

[sassysarah]

Are you sure that they are not going in because they can't see?

 

[SERFASS' CHICKEN COOP]

Are you sure that they are not going in because they can't see?[/QUOTE

I believe they can see. I was wondering if it was because they have had a light since day one

 

[sassysarah]

Oh! I don't think that would matter.

 

[SERFASS' CHICKEN COOP]

Oh! I don't think that would matter.

Ok. Tomorrow night I'm going to turn off the light and see what happens

 

[drumstick diva]

They may do better with a light on a timer(maybe set for just 20 minutes) so they have time to go back & roost before it's dark. I would just do this for a short time to get them acclimated to the coop. Maybe shorten the time(timer) until it gets down to zero.