training my chickens!

[mccchickens]

I am new to chickens for the most part. My chickens are still young and growing. I leave them in their area which is all fenced in, my problem is that they are still not going in at night to their coop. I do have a duck, which I think is a bad influence on the chickens... My question is this normal at this age. Or do I have to do something different. I am getting tired of putting them in at night one by one.

 

[Singlemaple]

This is a common question on BYC.. what you should do when you first get new birds or move birds to your coop is lock them in the coop for a week or two till they know where home is... after that they should be going in to the coop without a problem.

 

[Den in Penn]

Welcome to BYC. Yes putting them in the coop for a week or so will teach them where home is. I never had ducks, but I know young chicks follow the leader. So if your duck is their leader, its going to influence them to try to be ducks. Good luck teaching them to roost.