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Like az said I had to pick up the birds at night and put them up there... now they all scrunch together up there..
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X2, especially about the light (except that I just let them find the perches on their own, they always do eventually)To make it super easy on everyone, I usually place them on the perch just as it's gotten too dark for them to see. And if you place them very close together so they're touching, they are far less likely to want to leave the security of their mates and jump off. You may need to do this for a second night, but they should catch on by the third night and hop up on their own.
And turn off the light. They don't need the heat at this age.
I have most of my birds roosting up by five weeks. Even dominiques can fly vertically four feet by then. Flat roost does not provide protection for feet against cold(old wives tail). My birds roosting under stars have no problem roosting up while those roosting under low light conditions of coops (also mine) have delay age of first roosting up.