Rueful about my Roos

[Nels]

I have three gorgeous boys. They will not come out of their favored roost in the leafless maple tree despite the fact it’s freezing, windy and rainy AND there’s shelter just a few wing flaps away in the coop yard. Should I worry? The other morning they were covered in frost 🌧🌨

 

[Eggcessive]

What is your location? What breeds are they? Do you have hens? Where do they eat? Can you place food for them inside your run, and lock them in there for a week? I am not sure that confining roosters to the coop for that long would be very safe, but usually when you want chickens to roost in the coop, keeping them in there 24/7 is how to train them.

 

[Nels]

What is your location? Vt- What breeds are they?

What is your location? What breeds are they? Do you have hens? Where do they eat? Can you place food for them inside your run, and lock them in there for a week? I am not sure that confining roosters to the coop for that long would be very safe, but usually when you want chickens to roost in the coop, keeping them in there 24/7 is how to train them.
Do you have hens? Where do they eat? Can you place food for them inside your run, and lock them in there for a week? I am not sure that confining roosters to the coop for that long would be very safe, but usually when you want chickens to roost in the coop, keeping them in there 24/7 is how to train them.
Vt- Hedemore, Swedish Feather and Icelandic- 17 hens. The Roos have had to move around a lot as coop expanded and changed configuration so this is their latest. There’s shelter and a high roost for them but no- they want to stress me out all night
I don’t think they’d make it shut up that close for a week

What is your location? What breeds are they? Do you have hens? Where do they eat? Can you place food for them inside your run, and lock them in there for a week? I am not sure that confining roosters to the coop for that long would be very safe, but usually when you want chickens to roost in the coop, keeping them in there 24/7 is how to train them.

Vt- Hedemore, Swedish Feather and Icelandic- 17 hens. The Roos have had to move around a lot as coop expanded and changed configuration so this is their latest. There’s shelter and a high roost for them but no- they want to stress me out all night
I don’t think they’d make it shut up that close for a week

 

[ackie]

I'm conflicted. Normally I'd say they know themselves and would come in to the coop if they needed to. Have they roosted in the coop at all since you changed it? Have they experienced this kind of weather before?

 

[Nels]

Yes but when covered- I’m bummed. I’m trying to retrain them. Thanks for responding!

 

[Nels]

All seems to be well this morning!

 

[ackie]

Well now they know what they're up against so maybe theyll come in.