Hindsight is 20/20 - new coop

[adigi4mom]

How old are they? My chickens (not bantam) are 10 weeks and yesterday, 2 slept up on the roost and tonight four out of five were up there huddled together. The fifth one couldn’t figure how to get up. I caught her and put her up there but she freaked out and jumped off. I put a plank that she could walk up and she did and then tight rope walked over to the others. I think her balance wasn’t too good. I did take the plank away as I am not confident it wouldn’t fall.

I would say give them time. Make sure it’s not too high and maybe give them an easy way up.

I’ve got older chickens on the other half of the coop so they would see where they sleep.

They are about 4 months old. The coop is elevated off the ground so it’s not very high inside. I’ve got the roost about 10 inches off the bottom and it runs the span of the coop.

 

[3KillerBs]

Not really but there is a spot under the coop that has cover. The coop is 32 inches off the ground and then the rest of the run is open. What do you mean when you say clutter?

Clutter is the stuff you put into the run to make it more interesting, to more closely mimic the chickens' natural habitat, and to give them cover so that they can hide from predators and/or bullies in the flock.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-cluttered-run.1323792/

 

[Darqaikon]

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Ouuu, that waterer sounds interesting! Do you have any pics you can share?

Would love to see this watering system also