Hi poultry lovers,
A year ago in mid- April we purchased five pullets and a nice coop kit with an upper space for them to nest in (3 sections) and spend the night (two long perches)
For the last two weeks our sweet Easter Eggers have been stubbornly refusing to go to bed on their coop’s nesting area perch. They are safest in there behind the automatic door, so we would much prefer them to overnight in there. We tried putting a small light inside but that didn’t work. If we pick them up and put them in they struggle to get back out.
At first we thought it might be the heat, then when the temps returned to tolerable and they still did not go in, we figured they had been frightened by a nighttime visitor so we put infrared nightlights on the coop to scare the visitors. So far no luck.
We aren’t quite sure what to do to convince them to sleep on the perch inside the coop enclosure.
Any suggestions? Thank you!!!
A year ago in mid- April we purchased five pullets and a nice coop kit with an upper space for them to nest in (3 sections) and spend the night (two long perches)
For the last two weeks our sweet Easter Eggers have been stubbornly refusing to go to bed on their coop’s nesting area perch. They are safest in there behind the automatic door, so we would much prefer them to overnight in there. We tried putting a small light inside but that didn’t work. If we pick them up and put them in they struggle to get back out.
At first we thought it might be the heat, then when the temps returned to tolerable and they still did not go in, we figured they had been frightened by a nighttime visitor so we put infrared nightlights on the coop to scare the visitors. So far no luck.
We aren’t quite sure what to do to convince them to sleep on the perch inside the coop enclosure.
Any suggestions? Thank you!!!
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