Chickens will not go inside at dark!

I tried a little light in their coop but it didn't work. When they are out freeranging they just plop down whereever they may be and go into their "trance". Sometimes I throw scratch in the run to get them in, sometimes I close the door when they are in. In the run they don't go into the coop, they just pile up in a corner. They are dark brahmas and getting big.

Someone gave me some bantems and they are in the same run. They go in the coop, so now the brahmas go into the coop sometimes.



They are getting along better than expected. There was one skirmish, but they keep to themselves for the most part. THe little bantems are wild and high strung. They are more afraid of people than from getting beat up by the brahmas. They actually seem happy in the pen, I have logs in there and the little banties hang out behind them, there is banty sized food and water there. In the evening they scratch together, sometimes they get chased a little but come right back.
 

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