Chicken Won’t Go in Coop

[BecKub]

One thing I have found about EEs: if they have the ear muffs they are at a disadvantage. Can't find food or treats, don't see others sneaking up on them, they are naturals to be bullied. You might try trimming their ear muffs down short, so they can see.

Very very interesting. I will try that!

 

[aart]

One thing I have found about EEs: if they have the ear muffs they are at a disadvantage. Can't find food or treats, don't see others sneaking up on them, they are naturals to be bullied. You might try trimming their ear muffs down short, so they can see.

That might be true if they have massive muffs....but not answer to this scenario.

Your birds are crowded, which makes integration much harder.
There are some things you could do alleviate to crowding stress.
Pics of coop(inside and out) and run will garner some viable suggestions.

 

[BecKub]

I’ll have to get more updated pictures of the coop and run, but this is the enclosed area that they’re in throughout the day. They’re let out of the coop/run early morning and spend their day foraging.
The area is bigger than what the picture can show. I can try and do a panorama to get the full effect of the size.