Chicks do not want to go in brooder.

[justplainolstev]

I have 9 copper marans that I built a small coop / brooder separate from the main coop for. They have been living in it for aprox 10 days. Last night when I went to lock them in for the night I found them outside the fence all huddled together. I noticed them earlier in the day in their pen area doing the same thing. Tonight I again found them all huddled together outside the coop.

Does anyone know why they would not want to go in their comfy coop?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Mine are doing the same thing, they get goofy, wait too long, than I think it's too dark in the coop for them to want to go in, it's a phase they all seem to go through, I have to round mine up most nights. They grow out of it.