Evening All
Our local free range (not at the moment obvs) commercial laying hen operation had a rehoming of their 'spent' (13months old!) hens at the weekend.
We collected 4, and put them straight into their new coop. Shut them in their for 3 days and then they were out today (covered run). Unfortunately they are having trouble identifying with their new coop - which is raised 2 foot off the ground, with a ramp. They have come from a big field with barn accommodation setup - and they've been in the barn since 13th Dec. They seem pretty fixated on our garden shed which is outside the run and ignoring the coop. I had to round them up this evening and pop them in the coop.
I've shut down the outside run so they can't get as close to the shed, but short of shutting them in the coop again for several more days has anyone any other tips please?
TIA