All 8 slept in the coop together last night!
Actually, yesterday, Mr. talked me in to just adding the younger two because he is
sick of chickens smelling up his woodshop. So, much to my dismay, he tossed them in with the others...
We stood guard for 2 hours playing crowd control. It went pretty well. There was some chasing, a little pecking, but overall - I don't think there were any feathers lost. After about 3 hours of being together, Mr. opened the coop door, and they all came out. When it got dark, the older girls all went in to roost, and I put the SLW girls up on the lower roost. They lasted a few minutes, and got down and huddled in the corner for the night. I call that success.
We're celebrating mini milestones over here!