- Jul 30, 2009
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Hi
We have 14 pearl gray and one pearl lavender guineas approx four months old. For the most part they all have been good about going into the coop at night with a little occasional encouragement. For the past week it has been a battle to get five of them into the coop and often a couple do end up staying out for the night. They get to far up on the netting and supports covering the chicken yard for us to get to them. They are developing a bad habit. It is raining hard tonight and they still preferred to be outside.
Now I am trying to figure out if there is something they don't like about the coop. At this point I think it may be the configuration of the roost bars. There is plenty of space for all of them if they use both bars but one bar is higher than the other. I think I will add another bar at the higher level. Anything other suggestions?
I can't tell if it is always the same guineas, but I suspect it is as the lavender is one of the ones that prefers to stay out and I can identify that one.
Thanks,
We have 14 pearl gray and one pearl lavender guineas approx four months old. For the most part they all have been good about going into the coop at night with a little occasional encouragement. For the past week it has been a battle to get five of them into the coop and often a couple do end up staying out for the night. They get to far up on the netting and supports covering the chicken yard for us to get to them. They are developing a bad habit. It is raining hard tonight and they still preferred to be outside.
Now I am trying to figure out if there is something they don't like about the coop. At this point I think it may be the configuration of the roost bars. There is plenty of space for all of them if they use both bars but one bar is higher than the other. I think I will add another bar at the higher level. Anything other suggestions?
I can't tell if it is always the same guineas, but I suspect it is as the lavender is one of the ones that prefers to stay out and I can identify that one.
Thanks,