Silkie run question

[mandamay28]

Sorry, did mean elevated coop. The run under it will be open into another run.

 

[snow5164]

Sorry, did mean elevated coop. The run under it will be open into another run.

So will your babies go up and down the ramp ? Might want to set a ramp in the coop so they can practice

, my ladder is a test to see what they will try, I put treats up high( 2feet up) and they always find them!!

 

[mandamay28]

I don't know yet if they will climb a ramp. I'll try to test them this weekend. I sure hope they will bc the coop is 2 feet off the ground and if they want to play in the run they will have to go down the ramp. LOL

 

[donrae]

I guess my Silkies didn't read the manual

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Mine roost on a branch about 3 feet off the ground. They get on and off just fine.

Yesterday I moved a 3 year old hen. She's been in an open pen, aviary style with no "coop", all her life. Moved her to a breeding pen that is a smaller elevated coop with attached run, with a ramp into the coop. I started her in the coop, so she went down the ramp the first time. She thought it was a new toy, she went up and down that ramp half a dozen times within the first hour

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Drove the poor little cockerel nuts. He was dancing his little wings off trying to impress her, and here she's just running up and down the ramp