Ok, I have trained my 2 bantam cochin and old english bantam rooster to roost in the top of the chicken tractor in the coop by setting a solar yard light to shine in there and turn on at dusk. It took about 3 days of me setting them in the coop at the top each night. They have even started roosting on a raised pole that I have in there for them.
I have been doing the same thing with 2 silkies (Almost 6 months old) and a Polish hen (15 Months). Each night they huddle together at the bottom of the tractor, and each night i set each one on the roost in the top of the coop. They come down by themselves each morning, so I know they know their way around.
Question is: Am I wasting my time, will they eventually start climbing the latter and sleeping up top or should I just leave them downstairs? The Polish hen even laid her first egg yesterday, upstairs in the nesting box during the day and then came back downstairs. Of course i had to put her to bed last night.
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I have been doing the same thing with 2 silkies (Almost 6 months old) and a Polish hen (15 Months). Each night they huddle together at the bottom of the tractor, and each night i set each one on the roost in the top of the coop. They come down by themselves each morning, so I know they know their way around.
Question is: Am I wasting my time, will they eventually start climbing the latter and sleeping up top or should I just leave them downstairs? The Polish hen even laid her first egg yesterday, upstairs in the nesting box during the day and then came back downstairs. Of course i had to put her to bed last night.