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ChickenDude12345
Songster
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Yeah, mine are only a little over 4 weeks and are not very wise or bright I will see what they do in the next hour or so. If they don’t go in at dark should I wait till they bed down to bring them in?Chickens have a natural tendency to seek shelter at night. If they've been spending their nights in the coop already, they're most likely going to find their way to and INTO the coop as dusk approaches.
As for food and water, we don't put them inside the coop with one exception: new chicks that are old enough to be out of the brooder, but still not wise enough to eat and drink what they want/need for overnight. After a couple of weeks watching the adults eat and drink at the feed/water stations on the way in, they learn to do the same.
Worse, you invite things into the coop that you'd rather NEVER have in the coop...