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DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
How much room do you have in your coop and run for your cockerel and pullets? What else is in the run? Do you have more than one feeder/waterer set up far apart?
As long as there is not blood drawn, I would let them work things out but I would add things to the run to get out of the line of sight and to fly up on and perch as well as multiple feeders/waterers.
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The run is 10’ x 18’ coop is honestly a TSC bought coop that holds about 8 chickens total. I do have 2 feeders and 2 waterers in there, there is also a big roosting bar with 3 levels of height in the run plus a mini pen with a roof they can jump up on. Once they are all full grown I plan to let them free range but since the new girls are just introduced I am keeping them confined to teach them where home is. They start getting crazy in the evening and in chaos, none go in the coop, they all freak out, so I have to put them all up. Once in, they roost and are fine.
 
aking19 said:
honestly a TSC bought coop that holds about 8 chickens total.
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You can stuff 8 birds in it, but I guarantee it is poorly designed, lacking ventilation and proper space, and should never hold more than 2. Feel free to post a picture.

I think the tiny size is why they are resisting roosting at night.
aking19 said:
confined to teach them where home is.
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This is only applicable to a brand new flock to a brand new home. The new pullets will wander after the original pair at a distance and they will go back to the setup. Let them out.
 
DobieLover said:
You can stuff 8 birds in it, but I guarantee it is poorly designed, lacking ventilation and proper space, and should never hold more than 2. Feel free to post a picture.

I think the tiny size is why they are resisting roosting at night.

This is only applicable to a brand new flock to a brand new home. The new pullets will wander after the original pair at a distance and they will go back to the setup. Let them out.
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So the new pullets “learn” from the older one? I haven’t had a problem with them roosting or going in til I introduced the new girls (even the new girls already roosted when I got them). I started with 6 chicks in the spring, they all learned to go in the coop and roost, it only took about a week. Problem was I ended up with 5 cockerels so I had to get rid of 4. The 4 new pullets have replaced those boys. Hence the upset. Thank you for the advice, we plan to build a large coop next spring, we did make several modifications to the coop as well. They are free to come and go in the coop they are hust confined to the run for now. Its just at dusk when they are supposed to be going into the coop, they are being chased around by the existing pullet and no one goes in the coop and its getting dark, so I intervene. When they were separated (quarantined) they didn’t do this.
 

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