Putting chicks to bed !

[John Chicken GB]

My newest additions to my flock are six weeks old now,. I have introduced them , and they seem to have intergrated well . But at bed time I'm having problems getting the new additions to go into the coop . The older birds might be putting them off , so I put in an alternative coop for them . Still they wont go to bed volunterairly. This evening I left them out in a safe pen with the coop open . Will they go in on their own or are they in for a chilly night ???

 

[hcppam]

it usually takes a while...with you putting them in every night for a week or 2.

 

[Jerseycoop]

I had this same problem. For tens days I'd pick them up and place inside the coop. On the 11th day I went out to the coop to put them in and to my amazement all my girls were already inside. Now they discovered they have a roost and everynight I go out they are inside the coop on their roost. It takes a little time but they'll get it