Yep, chickens, you know lolI get that. But this is like a full hour after the door opened
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Yep, chickens, you know lolI get that. But this is like a full hour after the door opened
Today I sat outside the auto door and bribed them with some scratch and mealworms. After about 30 minutes of playing peekaboo I managed to lure them out. About noon or so they went back in, but were out again by 4. It is now 7 and they are still out. If they go into the roost tonight on their own, I will feel like I won the battleWhen I installed our auto door the chickens were hesitant....until I tossed a handful of BSF grubs on the other side, then they were fighting to get through it. My chickens can ALWAYS be bribed with treats
Haven't noticed any issues with them using the door at night - however in the mornings I've seen all of them inside the coop as if the door was closed - nope, it's open, they're just dumb and once one goes through all of them will, lol
I set mine to close when it's obviously dark (so if sunset is around 7:30 PM, I set it to 8 PM). I'm less concerned about predators skulking around just after dark, compared to ones at daybreak.I also purchased two auto doors but didn't install till now. Some of our hens prefer stay in the run much later than others, how do you decide the time to close the door, and do you set a different time in summer and winter? thanks.
I set mine to close when it's obviously dark (so if sunset is around 7:30 PM, I set it to 8 PM). I'm less concerned about predators skulking around just after dark, compared to ones at daybreak.
I manually adjust timer based on season, to compensate for lengthening and shortening of daylight hours.
The rooster is the problem maybe?Unfortunately the rooster prevents me from doing that