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thechicken

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New Coop
« on: June 25, 2012, 08:12 »
How easy is it to get the girls used to a new coop?

Prior to the winter we will be buying a new coop and was wondering how difficult it was going to be to get them used to somewhere new to lay and sleep?

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Re: New Coop
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2012, 09:01 »
I have always found that they wander around for a while trying to find their old home. Some will be brave and investigate the new home but you may have to put a few of your girls to bed for a few nights (easy if you have an enclosed run but not easy if you have free range hens). Some people find putting a light inside the coop helps guide them in but I have never bothered.
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Hen 1-0 Fox

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Re: New Coop
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2012, 14:54 »
I found a little gentle herding did the trick, then after the first night it's as if they've lived there forever.
x1 Light Sussex x1 Black Rock x1 Bluebell x1 Silver Sussex

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Re: New Coop
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2012, 18:00 »
I shake an ice cream tub with corn mix and they run over. Put corn inside Hutch (temp home) and in the 2 girls go and I shut the door.

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Re: New Coop
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2012, 07:44 »
Ours were in it wile we were building it, they are so nosy!
Gained an allotment on the 19th June 08, 135ft by 40ft! eekk. Finally after 4 years it is looking like an allotment and not a jungle

We have 5 lovely hens in the garden, fish, 2 dogs and 2 canaries


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