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| First Post Posted on: 08-25-12 02:55 AM |
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| I have 6- 4week old chicks. I would like to train them to come back into their coop after free ranging out in our backyard. Could anyone suggest me a better way? |
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| Reply #: 1 Posted on: 08-27-12 04:04 AM |
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| You can try keeping them in their coop for few days. So they will know that's their home. Then they should be fine and go back in at night. |
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| Reply #: 2 Posted on: 08-28-12 02:06 AM |
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| At first, we did have to track the chicks all around the yard , but then trained them with sweet corn, bread and the Chick-chick sound so now they come running. They will return themselves in the coop at sunset, if we run late.Try out this, it works great for mine |
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| Reply #: 3 Posted on: 09-04-12 06:46 AM |
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Many thanks, Steve and Duckbuddy. Your suggestion really helped me. Now my chicks started coming back to their coops. Great!
duckbuddy's Wrote: At first, we did have to track the chicks all around the yard , but then trained them with sweet corn, bread and the Chick-chick sound so now they come running. They will return themselves in the coop at sunset, if we run late.Try out this, it works great for mine |
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| Reply #: 4 Posted on: 09-04-12 06:54 AM |
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| Good to see that they are returning :) .Always keep their food and water inside the coops, it does a nice job of encouraging the chickens to return to their house. |
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| Reply #: 5 Posted on: 09-05-12 01:41 AM |
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Yeah, I do that.Thanks for your quick response :)
duckbuddy's Wrote: Good to see that they are returning :) .Always keep their food and water inside the coops, it does a nice job of encouraging the chickens to return to their house. |
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