Refusing to go into their coop

[Rice and Chicken]

My pullets are now a month old and just being put outside. They have refused to go in the coop without me putting them in and closing them up (I have done this 2 nights in a row). They seem to be really mad at me now. We've had 2 days of heavy downpours and they still won't go in. I have gone out and physically put them in and locked them up as they were huddled together on the puddled ground. They've never seen rain before. Should I let them figure it out or continue to put them up when they need to be in the coop?

 

[sourland]

Chickens hate change. Keep putting them in until they get the idea. I'd say lock them in the coop for several days, but most areas are entirely too hot to do that right now.

 

[Rice and Chicken]

Yes, thank you. The first night I let them sleep outside in the small run under their coop. Yesterday it rained and I put them in the coop. I know it's stressful on them, me having to chase them down. (any other time they'd come right to me) But I feel they need to sleep inside. Their run is totally secured and wrapped in hardware cloth with a full 2 foot skirt. But they cry a lot just being in the dark. But I guess I'll just keep putting them in the coop.