new hens that wont go in the coop

[Herne13]

I have a dozen birds in a similar set up, and mine are doing fine. And if yours are headed in, they are doing fine too. It just takes a while.

As for roosts - I added space on my roosts by making one roost parallel to the wall, then putting shorter roost kitty corner to that and a shorter parallel roost. Be creative, but mine are all roosting and I do not hear squabbles at roost time.

Mrs K

 

[fuentemoon]

We started with one chicken (stray that just showed up, maybe dumped) and one prefab coop. She refused to have anything to do with it and would only sleep in the garage. We got 2 chicks, they used the coop happily, hen 1 slept/layed in the garage. Built big new coop, hen 1 was thrilled, but still lays in garage, younger 2 won't use it at all. Younger hens start laying, all hens now lay eggs in little coop, but still sleep separate. Move to new house, all hens happy in little coop chickens are weird.