Training flock to go into coop

[MLE]

We have time but I’m trying to plan ahead. We’ve just started visits to their outdoor pen and nobody has yet shown an interest in going up the ramp into the house itself. My question is when they’re out full time what is the best way to train them to enter the house in the evenings?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Without grown hens to teach them, you become the hen. And that means physically putting them on the roost every night for as long as it takes. Usually a week or two.

 

[kattabelly]

You might need to physically put them inside at first but often, putting a light inside the coop a bit before dusk will often be all the encouragement they need. Something simple like a torch (flashlight) or a little camping lantern, a bicycle light, some battery powered Christmas tree type lights or even just the torch on your phone will work. Make sure whatever you use is easy to switch off without disturbing them once they're inside.

 

[Yardmom]

Actually putting them on the ramp and making them walk up it helps them learn what to do.