Babicz94
In the Brooder
Hello everybody! I’m new here on BYC. I have 13-14 week old black australorp pullets (I’m like 90% sure they’re pullets!). In the beginning of May they were finally big enough to be put in the coop. There were no issues then. A few whines but 2 days later they were fine and liked to sleep together in one of the hen boxes. Now this past week or so they’ve been sitting on a shelf we have going up to the coop at night and not wanting to go in. My first assumption was they were hot. We had a couple hot days here in the Midwest. But then we had couple chilly days where the nights dropped into the 30s and they still sat outside on the shelf! I was getting worried so I picked them up and physically put them in the coop. That night they stayed in but next night they did the same thing! Every night since this has been happening, I’ve had to put them in myself to get them to stay. I thought maybe they wanted to perch so I put a rod in there and nothing. They have a little night light so I know it’s not that. I also thought maybe a raccoon came by or something to check them out but I’m not sure if that would make any sense. Because why would they sit on the shelf where they are out in the open? I’m stuck here on what I should be doing because I’m running out of options! Need help!!