Recent content by R Drisaldi

Understand the logic. I’ll give it a try. But, another related question, their coop door is inside their run. I still have to put most of them in at dark. With this suggested strategy, would it be counterproductive to put them up and on their roosting bar through the main door of my coop? Or...

Good afternoon! My 6 week olds are beginning to get the hang of going to their coop at night. My question now is why would they not roost on the roosting bars they have? They all huddle in a corner and sleep. I’ve had a dim nightlight in their coop for the “go to bed” conditioning. Now, just...

In order to get my 6 week olds to roost in their coop at night, I’ve put a nightlight in the coop. It seems to be working, as tonight 4 of my 6 were in and roosting. I think the nightlight helped them find their way in the dark. My question….is it best to turn out that light or leave it on all...

Recently. 5 days ago

Great questions. The coop is well ventilated, with three windows. It’s a bit warm in there at night but definitely not hot. To that point, I’m going to see about removing the sliding glass part of the windows. (I have the entire window covered in hardware cloth. Might help get more air flow in...

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My coop door is a dusk to dawn deal. But, I do have the capability of going to manual mode. Good idea. I’ll try that

Hello everyone - I moved my 6 five week old chicks to their coop/run. I built them a Taj Mahal. I’m having an issue with them not going into the coop before my automatic door closes. I tried keeping them in the coop for a few consecutive days. Made it for 48 hours before our Texas weather...