KilbournFarmhouse
Chirping
We have a flock of 4 hens, all about 21 weeks old. They picked up going into the coop to roost at night within a couple of days of being moved outside this Fall. They did so daily without a single issue, until our recent cold and snowy weather. Almost every night for the past few weeks we find one or more of them out of the coop after the auto door has closed. Usually just one of them but sometimes two or even all of them!
This has never been an issue, and we are confident in the coop conditions being favorable (dry, draft free, well-ventilated). The run is covered and snow-free. We have a roost over run style coop with enclosed run and have the sides wrapped in plastic to cut the wind and snow. We usually find them hunkered in the small, enclosed area under the roost. I'm assuming they are just hunkering down too long and missing their chance; we check on them soon after closing time to scoot them in.
Is this just as we thought: getting too cozy and failing to move inside? Or is there something else possibly going on?
This has never been an issue, and we are confident in the coop conditions being favorable (dry, draft free, well-ventilated). The run is covered and snow-free. We have a roost over run style coop with enclosed run and have the sides wrapped in plastic to cut the wind and snow. We usually find them hunkered in the small, enclosed area under the roost. I'm assuming they are just hunkering down too long and missing their chance; we check on them soon after closing time to scoot them in.
Is this just as we thought: getting too cozy and failing to move inside? Or is there something else possibly going on?