Hurricane flipped coop, now chickens wont sleep in nesting area at night.

[Magpiezoe]

You can use a real shepherd's cane or a cane with a rounded hook on the end to help catch them, not one of the metal ones. My husband uses a stretched out coat hanger. He uses the hook to trip them. (He learned the technique from YouTube. You might want to consider installing a roosting bar in the coop, because chickens like to be high up. Mine won't sleep in a nesting box unless they aren't feeling well or are molting, but they do enjoy sleeping on the 2 roosting bars inside the coops. We use simple slightly thick tree branches, so it's a little more natural. Also, the legs of our coops are screwed onto deck footers, which are dug down into the ground below the frost line to keep the wind from blowing the coops over. We have very spoiled chickens. You could actually live in their coops.

 

[Karen 35]

I have 3 Road Island Reds I received a baby chicks. Two days before I received them from my neighbor their little coop was thrown to the ground by a small fierce wind cycle (not a full tornado). Seven of the chicks evaporated and the remaining 3 were all injured in different ways, one lost a leg. When I got them they moved together as a group terrified to get move. I picked all three of them up and put them under my chin where they could feel my body rhythms and my vibration when I talked to them. I told them I was going to keep them safe and take care of them. That they did not need to be afraid and several things like that. I put them down and checks on them often (I also had two other chicks from a store 2 weeks older). Within a couple of hours they began to explore their surroundings (That is when I realized one had lost her leg). Long story short 3 years later I have 3 fascinating and hens that have learned to weather storms without fear. Allowing them to feel my vibration calmed them. We have had some really severe bad weather (including a couple of hurricanes). If it is severe I stay close until they know it is safe. Now they know the drill and I no longer need to be close at hand. In fact, unless it is a typical Florida deluge they will play in the rain.
When one of my other hens died her sister was really upset. I picked her up (she is a large hen) and held her as close to me as possible and talked to her honestly about how much I love her sister etc. Every time I went out into their yard I made a point of touching her and picking her up. It has been 6 months since her sister died. There are days she needs to be held and cuddled - not near as many - and I talk to her. We are frequency beings and we put out a vibration just as animals do. Animals feel our vibration and if we talk to them honestly and acknowledge their fear they start to relax. I know I have seen and felt the changes in them. I talk to my girls every night and if a storm etc is coming I tell them. I realize many of you will think I am crazy - I will tell you I have seen the difference and can feel it in my girls. Where I live there are far too many hawks for them to be outside unprotected. The yard is not small but it is covered. I wish you the best. For any who want to try it I would encourage you. Our chickens are far more intelligent than we give them credit for being. My Sassy misses her friend Suzie. My girls take care of each other in some interesting ways. Yes, they are very special to me and they all know it.