Somewhere in between love and laugh! I would have done the same.Some of you may know I've been struggling with my laying hens not roosting in their coop. We have two coops, both already here decades before we bought this property a year ago. One was originally built for chickens, the other seems more geared to guineas as the roosts are much higher. Both are seriously ugly henhouses, but we got them into usable shape and they'll do until I win the lottery and can build fabulous henhouses. I got the 16 laying hens (RIRs) from a lady who got them from a guy who was going to cull them ... because, ya know, after a year of laying, they weren't any use to him anymore. Half of these ladies "roost" on the frozen ground. I've tried everything to get them to at least sleep somewhere out of the elements. Lately I've been successful trapping several of them in with the younger flock in the enclosed run (the one attached to the "guinea" coop) in the evening. Half of those are actually sleeping IN the attached coop with the young ones. The others might still be out in the elements, but at least they're in the fully-enclosed run...slightly safer. But there's still been this group of stubborn holdouts that I hadnt been able to wrangle. Mind you, of the 16 of them 5 had always slept in their coop...3 on the floor and two on the actual roosting bars. Well, tonight, I'd had it. We're supposed to have thunderstorms all night...wrath of God level storms. So I got 9 of the 16 in with the young ones and after realizing they weren't getting back out again, they all started heading into the cover of the coop or at least near it. Then I made a decision. The remaining ladies were sleeping in the other house tonight come hell or high water. So I cussed and stormed and eventually got them all inside. And aside from some minor grumbling, there wasnt too much chaos once they were all actually IN the coop with the door shut. Tonight, they can all sleep on the floor...in the nesting boxes...I dont care. What matters is that these ladies are going to be dry in the morning.
Do you have enough roost room for all? Try, at night putting them on the roosts they need to be on over and over and eventually they will get it. Poor girls probably did not have a roost so therefor have no learned experience.
I'd also have small logs in the run for them to hop on and get used to and strengthen their feet and legs. I know you have asked for photos of my set up and can see the ones I put in there. The swing adds get away space and extra room.
Would love to see what you were left with. Like DIY coop renovation!!