Letting new pullets out

[Bella333]

I just purchased five pullets, and I have them inside the coop for 3 days now. I haven't attached small run.Would it be okay to let them in there and out of the enclosed coop. Will they know to go up the ramp back inside at night after these three days?

 

[ChickQueen77]

When I move my pullets usually by nighttime they are still out in the run so I will show them the ramp like pick them up and set them on it and they will go in. I have to do that usually once but there are some birds that aren't the brightest so i have to do it for 3+ days

 

[Mother of Chaos]

The first three pullets I bought were not quite 8 weeks old. Their coop (a Nestera) sits inside a protected run.

I put them in the coop when we first got home, and they popped back out.

That night, they put themselves to bed, albeit on the Nestera roof. I put them inside, and that was that.

We don’t have a ramp. They fly up to the platform where the coop sits, or they hop up via and upturned bucket.

 

[Mrs. K]

Generally speaking, they will stay fairly close to the coop the first few days.

I strongly recommend adding a run to the coop, unless you have a fenced back yard? Many times, it is good to have the ability for them to be outside, but protected.

Mrs K

 

[Shadrach]

I just purchased five pullets, and I have them inside the coop for 3 days now. I haven't attached small run.Would it be okay to let them in there and out of the enclosed coop. Will they know to go up the ramp back inside at night after these three days?

Probably. You may have to help them but they'll get the idea provided the coop is suitable.
If you don't have a run is your garden fenced?
Are you planning on ranging them from dawn till dusk and hoping they'll go to roost unsupervised?.