Hello...i've got three 16 week old pullets which I hatched myself. They have been going into their coop at dusk automatically for the past 8 weeks without any problems whatsoever. Neither of them were perching inside the house though but they instead all huddled together in one of the nest boxes - quite happily! However, all of a sudden they decided that they're not going into their coop at dusk anymore and I am now finding them roosting outside on the roof of the coop! They are very persistent and I have tried putting them in myself each night to convince them....they still insist on roosting on top of the coop instead of going inside!!! Driving me crazy!
Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this please? The only change I made to the inside of the coop was blocking off the nest boxes a couple of weeks ago. But this didn't seem to bother them and they still went into the coop for at least another week after that. Not sure what the problem is!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
Kris
Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this please? The only change I made to the inside of the coop was blocking off the nest boxes a couple of weeks ago. But this didn't seem to bother them and they still went into the coop for at least another week after that. Not sure what the problem is!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
Kris
Do you have roosting poles in the building and are they higher than the nest? If not that might fix it
