New chickens stopped roosting?!

[aart]

My coop is built onto the side of my garage with a large glass window looking into the coop,

Would love to see this!...and other pics showing the coop and run inside and out.

 

[DoubleYolk123]

Would love to see this!...and other pics showing the coop and run inside and out.

Sorry been busy today so didn’t have time to get photos and it’s dark where I am at the moment, but I’ll be sure to get some tomorrow

 

[DoubleYolk123]

Once again the young ones were out in the cold when i went to shut the door

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

View attachment 2305711Once again the young ones were out in the cold when i went to shut the door

Well I wouldn't say out in the cold. They look perfectly fine as far a temperature wise and they have a cover over their heads so don't stress too much.

 

[DoubleYolk123]

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

I can't see where they actually perch inside the coop but it does seem fair to say that the older chickens may not be allowing them to or that they do not know to go inside and perch themselves because you did say when they were separated you put them on the roost.
If they continue to roost where they are maybe add a roosting bar for them to perch on and put a piece of metal tin roofing or something sturdier as over head cover from rain/wind because other than that it seems adequate seeing that it's up against the coop and building structure. I'm not sure how cold your winters are so I'm not sure it'll be sufficient for winterizing them. Hopefully they'll get adjusted to roosting with your assistance.

 

[aart]

Is there any ventilation in the coop when the doors are closed?

 

[DoubleYolk123]

I can't see where they actually perch inside the coop but it does seem fair to say that the older chickens may not be allowing them to or that they do not know to go inside and perch themselves because you did say when they were separated you put them on the roost.
If they continue to roost where they are maybe add a roosting bar for them to perch on and put a piece of metal tin roofing or something sturdier as over head cover from rain/wind because other than that it seems adequate seeing that it's up against the coop and building structure. I'm not sure how cold your winters are so I'm not sure it'll be sufficient for winterizing them. Hopefully they'll get adjusted to roosting with your assistance.

The winters here aren’t too bad, more wet then cold. And the perches are just level with the bottom of the glass, sorry I didn’t realise they weren’t in the photo

 

[DoubleYolk123]

Is there any ventilation in the coop when the doors are closed?

there are large wholes drilled in under the plastic, which is there to keep rain, dirt, insects etc out of the ventilation holes

 

[DoubleYolk123]

Also thought you’d all appreciate the photo of Marian pretending to be a falcon