First night out!!!! I'm freaking out!!!!

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I was doing them same taking them out during the day in at night.....and today I just said F it!!!
 
LOL! Been there, done that!!! And I don't worry too much about making them roost when they are younger, they take to it all on their own and I figure, if they still feel young enough to sleep in the shavings, they should be allowed! But they quickly follow the others, so no worries!
 
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I figured I would give it a shot! lol...my only concern is the 4 w/o...she is so much smaller than the rest!

I went to check...yet again! One is roosting on a roost....one is roosting on a "rafter" (go figure)..and the rest are on the floor of the coop huddled up and the baby is not on the bottom...Now they are away from the draft and the baby wont get crushed!!!


I may be able to sleep after all! lol
 
No way Juan! We want hourly updates on how they r surviving their first night in the coop!
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hahahaha not sure if my wife would approve! hahahahaha...she's already giving me weird looks! lol...but then again....this may be me tonight!
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I'm going to make some
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and settle in for the hourly updates my friend. U should take pics! LOL I upset my girlies & boysies the other night becuz I wanted some pics of them on the roosts and stuff at night. Here is a link to that post. Too funny! I'm sure they were cussing me!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=537346
 
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LOVE IT!!! Spec Mr T and the other one improvising a roost! lol....I may do that in a few days....I so want to take a pic of the one roosting on the rafter...but I think they are stressed enough as it is tonight!!! may be I'll go infrared on them! lol
 
Yeah i guess it would be nicer if u let them get settled in the coop b4 u start to harrass them! Mine have been out since Memorial Day weekend, so they r used to me going out to the coop, flicking the light on and blinding everybody and then start snapping pics! Boy do they raise a ruckus!!
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They r back to sleep within 10 minutes of me turning the light off. Such drama queens!
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When the ladies were in their coop the first night a couple of nights ago, I wandered down there at about 1:30 AM to check on them, and kept coming up with all sorts of stupid scenarios of disaster, chicken unhappiness, and general mayhem. Naturally, they were fine. They're happy as clams in their new digs (are clams truly happy?), and now I can't wait to boot the rest of them out there so I can cut back on the metric tons of pine shavings that have taken over my garage.
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If I'm going crazy, it's a group thing! Makes me feel better. The first night I put out the girls, made sure everything was locked up tight, then worried they'd be afraid, or there wouldn't be enough fresh air, or something would scare them into shock. Didn't actually go into the coop, but every other hour I'd sneak out with the flashlight and put my ear to the wall, listen for, oh, abnormal stress sounds. Puzzled my poor dogs whom know how I grumble if they need to go outside in the middle of the night. In less than a month, can as of today prOudly share that they now climb UP the ramp tO roost at night.
 

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