i have been doing that i wonder if these are the type of un trainable bantams my grams always warned me aboutI had to figure out how to get mine to go into the coop on their own. I've tried feeding them in there at dusk, treats in there, going in there first, etc. What worked best was to figure out who the first chicken was to roost, b/c that's the one they all followed to roost where I didn't want them to roost. Once she was settled (in the wrong place), I picked her up and put her in the coop; she hopped up on the roost and I looked behind me to see the rest of the flock coming to check out Snoodle's new digs. I only had to do that two nights in a row; the third night, Snoodle went into the new coop on her own and the others followed. =D