Lady Cluck Cluck from Healdsburg, CA,

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I am first time chicken owner. I have 5 chickens: 2 Buff Orpingtons & 3 Ameraucanas.I have 2 Labs...one particularly interested in her new feathered friends! Hopefully there will be no accidents. It's been 4 months & so far so good.My latest dilemma is the chicks have decided to roost on top of the coop instead of inside. So, nightly, I have to put them, one by one, into the coup!! Hopefully, they will learn to put themselves to bed. For the most part, I have been enjoying learning & caring for the chicks.
 
Greetings from Kansas, ladycluckcluckm, and
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! Pleased you joined our community! If it is warm where you are your chickens might want to roost in the great outdoors. Too much risk of getting snatched by a predator that way. You might consider trimming their flight feathers so they can't fly up there. Here's a diagram that shows how it is done. Good luck to you!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-clip-trim-the-wings-of-your-chicken-to-prevent-flight
 
Welcome to BYC! I learned the hard way with my dog killing my chickens, just make sure they are never left unsupervised together. If you keep your chickens locked up in the coop/run for a week or so, they should learn that inside the coop is the place to roost at night. Good luck to you!
 
Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan
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You might try luring them into the coop with treats an hour or so before roosting time, then closing them in for the night - once they learn to go to the roost in the coop they should continue to do so.
 

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