As others have mentioned size of your set up Wil dictate how much aggression you see. The ability of the young ones to get far enough away from the bigger ones will make them more comfortable, if they can never escape they will always appear afraid because they need to in order to appear submissive.
Ok, Do you know anything about using the ladder?
No, did I miss something?
Oh, sorry. I mentioned how they don’t use the ladder to go in and out of the coop so I have to do it manually in my first post.
Sorry about that, I did miss something. Young birds in general are prone to waiting so late at night to go in that they are too afraid to go in due to the darkness. They also can have problems comprehending simple ideas like ladders. You will need to keep encouraging them and they should eventually get it. If the coop is too small they may never do it themselves out of fear of the older birds, and it could be why they aren't doing it.
Ok, I’ll try to teach them again when they are older. My run is bigger than my coop is because part of it is UNDER the coop because the coop is moveable and pretty tall.
Well NOW the chicks are starting to sleep actual touching, but in the free range times and not at night, they are still a LITTLE frightened, but not as much anymore.
