Chickens won't go into coop at night

[aart]

ChickenCanoe,
we have issues with rabbits digging our lawn so we have boarded and concreted every opening into our yard to keep them out. Since the only thing that can get into our yard are birds , we feel safe letting them roam , and we check on them every hour or so

Rabbits digging...to nest?
Big fence around yard?
No other 4 legged predators around?

 

[chickmashnoon]

I always went out in the middle of the night and stuffed the chickens in the roost where I wanted them to go for the first few nights in a row and after a few days they figured out that it was a safe place and went in by themselves.