Getting my chickens to use my coop.

[ltaylor53]

It's starting to get cold outside and I can't get my chickens to use my coop. I literally moving them from the roost outside to the inside coop each night and locking them in. Help? Do I need to take away their roost, that is there where they are hanging out, it starting to get near freezing. This is my first winter with chickens, so I'm getting a little anxious about this, I'm stressing my husband out.

any help.

 

[CluckerFamily]

When I moved my first batch of pullets from the brooder to the coop, I locked them in the coop for 2 weeks to make sure they knew where home was before letting them out.
Maybe leaving them in the coop for a week or two would help.

 

[DobieLover]

It's starting to get cold outside and I can't get my chickens to use my coop. I literally moving them from the roost outside to the inside coop each night and locking them in. Help? Do I need to take away their roost, that is there where they are hanging out, it starting to get near freezing. This is my first winter with chickens, so I'm getting a little anxious about this, I'm stressing my husband out.

any help.

Can you please post pictures of your coop and run and provide the square footage of each?

 

[ltaylor53]

 

[ltaylor53]

It is located under out deck which is 10x12.

 

[ltaylor53]

We have 4 chickens

 

[CluckerFamily]

Have you tried sprinkling some treats in the coop about a half hour before bedtime? Then they go in so you can shut the door.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Is the roost in the run higher than the roost in the coop? They will always chooses the highest place to roost.

 

[DobieLover]

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What is the size of the coop?

 

[ltaylor53]

What is the size of the coop?