Anyone's Chickens Roost outside?

[b2c2chicks]

I have the same 5 roosting outside every night despite temps dropping to 38F! It drives me nuts. I have tried to put them inside but they come right back out. The full moon had them stirred up the other night...woke up at 3am hearing crowing! The weather doesn’t seem to bother them, but they’re getting new coops within the next 2 weeks so hopefully it’ll stop.

 

[dalasgalas]

I have the same 5 roosting outside every night despite temps dropping to 38F! It drives me nuts. I have tried to put them inside but they come right back out. The full moon had them stirred up the other night...woke up at 3am hearing crowing! The weather doesn’t seem to bother them, but they’re getting new coops within the next 2 weeks so hopefully it’ll stop.

That made my day!

 

[karissapaul]

no cage is totally predator proof

 

[meetthebubus]

Welp mine is, so far, its withstood hawks, eagles, fox, bobcat, coyote, rottweilers, just to name a few

 

[Abriana]

They might get eaten! You might just have to grab them and pop them into the coop for a while before they understand where they should sleep.

 

[meetthebubus]

That would be true, except they are in a 360 enclosure, completely surround by strong reinforcements besides you put them in the coop and they just hop right out using the moonlight or the light of dusk still, I'm not worried about predators, just their health, for me