Two med coops instead of one large?

[DoeAndGander]

Oh, they'll go to the "right house" but they'll decide where that is and if they all decide it's one house, then one house it'll be LOL. When I got the big girls their house, most of them were sleeping on the verandah. I think they go inside now, but to start with, they weren't even going inside. It was pathetic, they had this enormous "chook mansion" and they were huddled on the verandah. They've got a big roost, and they sit up on top of the nest box. That would be the nest box they ignore and lay on the floor next to.....

You can supply a house with a place for this and a place for that, and they'll just decide what they want to do.

I think their natural tendency is to keep together with the flock, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if they didn't spread out and make use of both houses if they had 2 to choose from.

Ha! Thanks so much. Clearly I have a ton to learn. You may have just encouraged me to stop thinking so much and build one coop - less work on cleaning, less time to build and less confusing for them