- Mar 12, 2016
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We have 8 hens that are about 3 years old and got 7 new chickens 2 months ago (so now 8 week old pullets)
We built a bigger coop to house all the chickens and have been slowly introducing the chicks (look don’t touch) and now they are together during the day. We are planning to be out of town for a week ;someone is chick sitting) but wanted to get the chickens to share the coop. They’ve spent 2 nights together so far, but we keep having to chase down the pullets to get them into the coop. Not sure how to get them to go in on their own. The big girls go in fine. We have found them on top of the coop or in the trellis over our run. Any tips?
We have an automatic door that opens in the morning and closes at night.
Thanks!
We built a bigger coop to house all the chickens and have been slowly introducing the chicks (look don’t touch) and now they are together during the day. We are planning to be out of town for a week ;someone is chick sitting) but wanted to get the chickens to share the coop. They’ve spent 2 nights together so far, but we keep having to chase down the pullets to get them into the coop. Not sure how to get them to go in on their own. The big girls go in fine. We have found them on top of the coop or in the trellis over our run. Any tips?
We have an automatic door that opens in the morning and closes at night.
Thanks!