My chickens have been happy with their coop for over a year. For about 2 weeks, though, 5 of my 6 hens have been roosting outside of the coop - on my patio furniture, fence posts, etc. the other hen has been broody. The weird thing is, they've still been laying in the nest boxes. Any ideas as to why they're doing this? Any ideas what I can do about it?
BTW, I did move the broody to a broody pen today. I also managed to catch 3 of the 5 wayward hens and put them in the coop this evening. I thought I could keep them closed in for a few days to see if that would fix things. The problem is, what do I about the other two? If I keep the 3 closed in, the other 2 can't get in at all. And the 2 I didn't catch are probably not catchable.
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BTW, I did move the broody to a broody pen today. I also managed to catch 3 of the 5 wayward hens and put them in the coop this evening. I thought I could keep them closed in for a few days to see if that would fix things. The problem is, what do I about the other two? If I keep the 3 closed in, the other 2 can't get in at all. And the 2 I didn't catch are probably not catchable.
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