Hi chicken community,
We have 10 week old silkie chicks. We’ve been raising them in the house from 3 weeks of age. For the past two weeks we put them in the egloo cube coop in the morning and bring them in at night. They refuse to go up the stairs into the coop. When we put them in the coop they fall down the steps. They seem terrified of the coop and don’t seem to know how to grab the floor in the roosting area. Last night, instead of carrying all 6 back into the house, we put them all in the coop for the night. This morning we found them unable to move along the roosting floor (if you’ve seen this coop you will know what I mean) and their legs were stuck between the bars. Has anyone had this issue with silkies and did you find a solution to getting them to love the stairs and the coop? This is our first foray as chicken keepers and we need advice.
thanks!
We have 10 week old silkie chicks. We’ve been raising them in the house from 3 weeks of age. For the past two weeks we put them in the egloo cube coop in the morning and bring them in at night. They refuse to go up the stairs into the coop. When we put them in the coop they fall down the steps. They seem terrified of the coop and don’t seem to know how to grab the floor in the roosting area. Last night, instead of carrying all 6 back into the house, we put them all in the coop for the night. This morning we found them unable to move along the roosting floor (if you’ve seen this coop you will know what I mean) and their legs were stuck between the bars. Has anyone had this issue with silkies and did you find a solution to getting them to love the stairs and the coop? This is our first foray as chicken keepers and we need advice.
thanks!