When I moved this group of chickens from the brooder to the coop one evening all seemed ok. The next day I let them out in the run and they had a good time watching me work on the run. Come night time the trouble started... they refused to go in the coop. The leader of the pack would walk up the plank and look inside and go back out. I was watching this on my chicken cam. So I go outside and find 2 on the roof of the coop (run not completely finished at that point) and one outside the run in the chicken yard. So I gather them up and put them in. Next night same thing except no escapees as that hole was covered up. So now I'm wondering what the heck is different with this group from the last ones that had no problem with the coop. The only difference was the brooder was next to the garage door so they chicks had a bit more light than the first group.
So now I'm thinking the coop is too dark so off I go and get a sheet of fiberglass clear corrugated roofing. I replace the tin on the roost side with the clear and sat back and waited. Watching on the chicken cam as night approached and I was sure glad to see them all just march up the plank and into the coop and start settling down like they had been doing it for years.
JT
So now I'm thinking the coop is too dark so off I go and get a sheet of fiberglass clear corrugated roofing. I replace the tin on the roost side with the clear and sat back and waited. Watching on the chicken cam as night approached and I was sure glad to see them all just march up the plank and into the coop and start settling down like they had been doing it for years.
JT
