Coop Training

I have a small backyard coop. The coop had a nesting box attached to the back with two roostin bars and a removable tray. It's not big. I have four golden sexlinks and the are two weeks and three days old. I had them in the house for the first week. Then moved them out to the garage for the second week in a large galvanized cage. I have been letting the girls wonder for thirty min the last few days in the yard, closed off. Today I put the ecoglow in the coop, set up foo and water with shavings, left one roosting bar and a ramp to the roosting bar, and I dealing off the bottom of the coop so thy can't get down into the run below. I want them to get used to the coop. I was going to move them in the coop durning the day and back I garage at night this whole week. By the time thy are three weeks/4 weeks I was going to leave them out at night with the ecoglow. Does that sound ok??? I want to move them outside sooner rather than later. The galvanized cage is only 3/12 by 3 and I can tell they want to roam more
With the ecoglow you can leave them in the coop full time. When I raise chicks without a broody, I use a tractor coop and an ecoglow from day one. I do keep them in the coop for two or three weeks before I let them find the run underneath. So your plan works for me.
 

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