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We have one 10 week old chick & one 8 week old chick that we just got ... they won't go in/out of the coop ... how can we teach them how to do this?
They won't go in/out of the coop
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What sort of entrance/exit do you have - is it a ramp or a "jump down/up"?
Do they know to come when called? This is an easy thing to teach by associating your call of something like "Here chick, chick, chick" with the arrival of a favorite treat - you go outside of the coop and call, they come out to get the treat - repeat in reverse to get them back into the coop.....or you can even do a "trail" of the treat leading out of the coop/down the ramp and then repeat in reverse.
Do they know to come when called? This is an easy thing to teach by associating your call of something like "Here chick, chick, chick" with the arrival of a favorite treat - you go outside of the coop and call, they come out to get the treat - repeat in reverse to get them back into the coop.....or you can even do a "trail" of the treat leading out of the coop/down the ramp and then repeat in reverse.
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Right now it is a small jump down ... eventually there will be a ramp but not a big one ... We just got them Saturday so they do not know to come to treats yet ... but I figured they are probably stressed right now with the "move" to our house, new coop, etc. I am just thankful that they have each other thru all this ... at least they have "someone" familiar with them while going thru all these stressful things
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