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Hi all!
Thank you so much for the welcoming!
I need some help with getting my new 18-week-old chickens (1 buff orphaned. & 1 black Australorp) to go in the coop. It is just a regular size 4x2 coop with a protruding nesting box that has 3 Bays. The Coop also has three 2 ft perching bars. The two younger ones have been sleeping outside in a secure run.
I also have two wyandottes that are just over a year old. They sleep in the coop.
The younger ones are very scared of the older ones.
I live in New England so it gets pretty cold. Will my little ones automatically go in to stay warm or will they be too scared because the bigger ones are in the coop?

Thank you in advance.

City Chick Mama
 

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City Chick Mama said:
Hi all!
Thank you so much for the welcoming!
I need some help with getting my new 18-week-old chickens (1 buff orphaned. & 1 black Australorp) to go in the coop. It is just a regular size 4x2 coop with a protruding nesting box that has 3 Bays. The Coop also has three 2 ft perching bars. The two younger ones have been sleeping outside in a secure run.
I also have two wyandottes that are just over a year old. They sleep in the coop.
The younger ones are very scared of the older ones.
I live in New England so it gets pretty cold. Will my little ones automatically go in to stay warm or will they be too scared because the bigger ones are in the coop?

Thank you in advance.

City Chick Mama
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They're too young as the older ones will pick on them. If you don't have anywhere else for them, you could put like a hutch or dog house in there for them to hide inside at night. Then put a light inside the chicken door would help get them there but if they're scared already, you might have to just put them in there for a few nights.
 
Debbie292d said:
They're too young as the older ones will pick on them. If you don't have anywhere else for them, you could put like a hutch or dog house in there for them to hide inside at night. Then put a light inside the chicken door would help get them there but if they're scared already, you might have to just put them in there for a few nights.
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Hi.
Thank you for your help.
I'm going to try to separate to coop somehow and place them on the roosting bar.
 

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