Hi everyone... I need some advice about my new chooks if anyone can help. As you may know, I got my girls on Saturday, and I have kept them in their new home until yesterday morning. On my way to work, I left the hatch open all day thinking they would venture out to explore, but looing at the bark on the pen floor, there doesn't seem to be any sort of scratting, holes, piles etc, so I wasnt sure if they had been out.
My FIL popped down this morning around 10ish and he has told me that there was no sign of any hens in the pen, but one or two of the girls popped their heads out the hatch to see who was there and then went back in.
I have been feeding them once in the morning with pellets and once around 5pm with corn, both times inside the shed.
My question would be, what should I do tomorrow, do I get them out of the shed and close the hatch so they are 'forced' to be out all day, or do I feed them outside in the morning, encouraging them to come out?