Help with night time coop routine

[Bri85]

I have 7 month old laying ladies plus a few new ladies learning the ropes. I have a large enclosed run attached to a coop. I can’t get my young birds to follow the flock in at night. The problem with locking the young ones in would be how
Do my laying chickens lay when I lock the others in?! I live in so Cali and it’s really not that cold! Do I care if they go in?!

 

[thecatumbrella]

You may need to physically place them in there for a few nights to learn the routine. Roost time is normally when the younger/lower ranked birds get pummeled for trying to roost with the older birds, so they could be apprehensive about going in. This is becomes more of an issue if your coop in undersized (ie. less than 4 sqft/bird).