Years ago I introduced two leghorn pullets to my flock. Yeah, they easily went into the trees and if I attempted to climb would look at me like the idiot I was because as soon as I got within three feet of them they'd just hop up a few more branches and watch my slow struggle to get higher.
I had a small coop with the Leghorn making the number nine birds. It took about three weeks for them to start using the coop and they did it all on their own. Free ranged with the others and ate the feed but took a long while of integration and the aid of old man winter coming to change their attitudes about the coop. I've no doubt yours will do the same in time. It's the worry of predators during that duration that's the problem but I put that out of mind and let them figure it out by themselves.
I had a small coop with the Leghorn making the number nine birds. It took about three weeks for them to start using the coop and they did it all on their own. Free ranged with the others and ate the feed but took a long while of integration and the aid of old man winter coming to change their attitudes about the coop. I've no doubt yours will do the same in time. It's the worry of predators during that duration that's the problem but I put that out of mind and let them figure it out by themselves.
