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Desimmons524

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Hi! My name is a Deana and I just got chicks for the first time ever and I’m enjoying it. My chicks are 6 weeks old and they don’t roost yet. They don’t even go into their coop at night. I have to physically put them in there. Is this something they will eventually do on their own or do they need to be taught? I don’t have any older hens for them to learn from.
 
Desimmons524 said:
Hi! My name is a Deana and I just got chicks for the first time ever and I’m enjoying it. My chicks are 6 weeks old and they don’t roost yet. They don’t even go into their coop at night. I have to physically put them in there. Is this something they will eventually do on their own or do they need to be taught? I don’t have any older hens for them to learn from.
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Welcome to BackYardChickens! So glad to have you here in our wonderful community of friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people! Your chicks will learn at their own pace. Have faith!
 
Hi and welcome to BYC. Place a flashlight in the coop before darkness falls and the chicks will naturally gravitate towards the coop.Here are some helpful links:

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Hello, Deana, and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
If your coop is elevated and there is a ramp the chicks need to be taught how to use the ramp. A dark coop is also less inviting to the chicks to enter at dusk than a coop with some light in it from windows.
 

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