What do I do if a chicken won't go into the chicken house at night?

[Nia24]

I keep on having to put one chicken into the chicken house every night because she won't go in on her own. It's been at least a month, and she still wants to sleep outside of the coop, even though she knows how to get into the coop on her own. What do I do?

 

[CluckerFamily]

You could try sprinkling a treat (mealworms) in the coop before bedtime so that everyone goes in before you shut the door.

 

[Hidrainja4]

Beatrice does that. I just plan for her to be last. Well, she did that until we moved new house new coop. Now she goes in. I would have to get her into a corner and pick her up and put her in the coop. Even though she had lived there all her life. I really never fixed it myself. The moved changed everything.

 

[Nia24]

sounds great! I'll try it at night.

 

[Nia24]

we moved our hole flock into their new chicken house but she never really wanted to go in.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Is she a lower ranked bird?

How much roost space do you have for how many birds?

 

[aart]

Is she a lower ranked bird?

How much roost space do you have for how many birds?

Ditto Dat!!

 

[Weeg]

we moved our hole flock into their new chicken house but she never really wanted to go in.

Hey Nia, Iknow this thread is kinda old but I would do the meal worms idea! And I posted dan online poultry show hat tI would love for yo to enter! All you do is post pictures or fvideos of chickens and I will judge them! Here is the link! Avery https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poultry-show-ends-september-13th.1413482/