NOT GOING BACK TO THE COOP TO ROOST

[JOHNPWILK]

MY CHICKS ARE 2 MONTHS OLD AND HAVE BEEN RAISE IN A BROODER I BUILT.
I MOVED THEM TO A COOP THAT HAS A 16 X 16 INCLOSED RUN.
AT NIGHT THEY DON'T GO BACK INSIDE THE COOP TO ROOST.
THEY ALL GOUP TOGETHER AND STAY OUTSIDE AND ITS BEEN
RAINING HARD THE LAST FEW DAYS. I PICK THEM UP AND PUT IN THE
COOP AND CLOSE THE DOOR TO THE RUN. I LET THEM OUT THE
NEXT MORNING AND THEN THE SAME PROBLEM THE NEXT NIGHT.

THE ROOST DOES HAVE A ROOF TO KEEP THE RAIN OUT.
I HAVE 15 CHICKS 8 WEEKS OLD AT THIS TIME.

WILL THEY LEARN OVER TIME TO GO BACK INSIDE THE COOP AT DARK?

 

[junebuggena]

Leave them shut in the coop for a day or two and then let them out, into the run. Then go out to put them to bed a bit latter than you have been. It might take a few weeks, but they should get the hang of it eventually. It will just take some patience and consistency.