zaapoole
In the Brooder
- May 30, 2016
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Hi everyone
I hatched six baby chickens and they are now nearly 11 weeks old! Time has gone so quickly..
We moved them outside a couple of weeks ago to the outside coop with our other chickens that we have already had for about three years now.
However five of the chicks don't seem to want to go to bed at night. We have a big chicken coop that has an electric door that closes by night - it is light sensor door so closes at about 10 o clock in the evening around now in the summer (I live in the uk), so they have plenty of time to go in, but instead they sit on top of the roof all piled on top of each other to keep warm!
(Apart from one which always goes in but sits in the nesting box :/ ) They have been slightly getting pecked by the adults so maybe this is why they don't want to go in, but it has been more than a week now and they just don't seem to be getting the hang of it!
I did have a thought that they may be going in and maybe being pecked and then coming back out again.
Also it's not the problem of the house being too small as it's quite a large one that can easily fit all of them in there.
It's not really a problem just that I am going away in a week so it would be good to get it sorted or else it would have to be the responsibility of the person who comes to feed them once or twice a day to wait at night and then out them in by hand each night!
Any suggestions or tips as too how to teach them to go in each night would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
:cd
I hatched six baby chickens and they are now nearly 11 weeks old! Time has gone so quickly..

We moved them outside a couple of weeks ago to the outside coop with our other chickens that we have already had for about three years now.
However five of the chicks don't seem to want to go to bed at night. We have a big chicken coop that has an electric door that closes by night - it is light sensor door so closes at about 10 o clock in the evening around now in the summer (I live in the uk), so they have plenty of time to go in, but instead they sit on top of the roof all piled on top of each other to keep warm!

I did have a thought that they may be going in and maybe being pecked and then coming back out again.
Also it's not the problem of the house being too small as it's quite a large one that can easily fit all of them in there.
It's not really a problem just that I am going away in a week so it would be good to get it sorted or else it would have to be the responsibility of the person who comes to feed them once or twice a day to wait at night and then out them in by hand each night!
Any suggestions or tips as too how to teach them to go in each night would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
:cd