Weird behavior at sundown

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I hold mine like a football, keeping the wings tight to the body with my fingers around the legs.

If you don't have electricity out there, don't worry about an extension cord for a nightlight -- I don't want to see a post from you later on that it caught on fire. Assuming you are home at the right hour, just sit a flashlight out there around dusk, then after they make it into the coop shut the flashlight off. They don't need the nightlight all night & it will be worth getting new batteries. I bet a couple of nights & they'll be doing it on their own and they won't need any additional light.
We built a ladder with 2x2s for our big girl to get up on the main roosting area easier, she likes it.
If you choose to make a larger one, save the smaller one = you'll use it elsewhere in the future

(baby chicks / decoration / a different spot in the run or coop)
Also, the roost should be higher than their nestbox.

 

[MiaHudy]

For Mother's day my hubby bought me a couple solar powered fence post lights. They work great! I charge is on top of the coop during the day and set it in the coop at night when I go to tuck them in, and works like a charm.

They seem more comfortable on the 2 x 3 perch/ladder than the 2 x 2 one, but I saved the smaller ladder as well. They have both settled in well and seem happy.

Hazel has a tendency to be more perky in the mornings than the other one and I am quick to let them into the run in the morning, otherwise she seems to play leap frog all around the coop driving her bunk mate crazy.

They are so fun to watch, and are teaching me tons along the way. Suddenly all of those old sayings now make sense; like "The sky is falling" they just go crazy when I'm cleaning and adding new bedding.

Now if I can just convince my husband to let me have more....