I Can’t Get Their Rear Ends Out of the Run At Night!

The only way I get mine to roost is by having multiple silkie roosters inside their coop. Then the lower ranking roosters hop up on my wooden veggie crates. Big man on campus stays on the ground with the hens. I do agree with @aart regarding enhancing ventilation and yep you got it more hardware cloth would be a good choice. Additionally, if you are expecting silkies to hop up into a coop...... probably not going to happen in our lifetimes. :)

LOL, no, they have a ramp that leads up into the coop from the run. This is just a crappy pic and you can’t see it since it’s shadowed under there. Here are pics below.. But a hardware cloth side would be better than just windows, you think?

this is the side with the small window, then the other side facing a the shed has a window that runs the length. I made this window smaller since it isn’t as sheltered from rain.
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That is super small and looks like a sauna. Heres my coop. We're in texas also. The big girls always head straight for the highest roost and sleep where they feel a breeze. (I promise one day I'll get a picture of it finished. The ventilation has all hardware cloth attached, it's been painted white, added nesting boxes and I keep all of the windows open during the summer) my babies still cuddle in the corner but they went into the coop by themselves for the first time last night at 3 weeks old. We also keep the door open to the run at night. My run is secure enough I'm not worried about predators and thankfully the babies always stay in.
 

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That is super small and looks like a sauna. Heres my coop. We're in texas also. The big girls always head straight for the highest roost and sleep where they feel a breeze. (I promise one day I'll get a picture of it finished. The ventilation has all hardware cloth attached, it's been painted white, added nesting boxes and I keep all of the windows open during the summer) my babies still cuddle in the corner but they went into the coop by themselves for the first time last night at 3 weeks old. We also keep the door open to the run at night. My run is secure enough I'm not worried about predators and thankfully the babies always stay in.

did you look at the updated pics with the better angle? I don’t understand how it is super small. They have tons of room inside it... they are bantams so they aren’t even anywhere close to each other when all inside it.
 
did you look at the updated pics with the better angle? I don’t understand how it is super small. They have tons of room inside it... they are bantams so they aren’t even anywhere close to each other when all inside it.
I did. But you said the coop is 3.5 x 3ft. Which gives them 6.5 sq ft. I believe bantams require 2 sq ft per bird. You have 5. Which means you need a minimum of 10 sq ft. So..too small. Also, that tiny window is doing nothing. I dont know what part of texas you're in but where I am, our low is 108 this week. My birds actually go inside the coop during the peak of heat for the day because the ventilation makes it much cooler.
 
I did. But you said the coop is 3.5 x 3ft. Which gives them 6.5 sq ft. I believe bantams require 2 sq ft per bird. You have 5. Which means you need a minimum of 10 sq ft. So..too small. Also, that tiny window is doing nothing. I dont know what part of texas you're in but where I am, our low is 108 this week. My birds actually go inside the coop during the peak of heat for the day because the ventilation makes it much cooler.

You actually calculate square footage of things by multiplying, not adding, so it’s a 10.5 square foot coop. Then the run is 22.5 square feet, but they free range all day anyway, :)
 
LOL, no, they have a ramp that leads up into the coop from the run. This is just a crappy pic and you can’t see it since it’s shadowed under there. Here are pics below.. But a hardware cloth side would be better than just windows, you think?

this is the side with the small window, then the other side facing a the shed has a window that runs the length. I made this window smaller since it isn’t as sheltered from rain.
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Could you show the other sides windows? Then we get a better idea of how much venting you have.

If the other side is fully open with HC you look fine. I would be sure to place a thermometer inside those laying boxes on a cloudless sunny day and verify it never goes over 110F in there at any point during the day. That will advise you better than I ever can. I don't stress one bit watching my silkies getting rained on they do just fine with it and they look great in that soaked hairstyle. Mine usually free range the day too and this time of year they try and avoid sunlight and forage in the shade.
 

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