2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[Monkey Lover]

Hi All,

 

New to forum as we just bought a cube for our 5 silkies (3 black 2 white) last weekend. They are about 11 weeks old and have managed within 3 days to come out of the cube in the mornings on their own.

 

BUT in the evenings they are really struggling to get back up the ladder. We've put a wooden ramp on top of the plastic ladder to give them a chance (frustrating to build our own after paying £600 for a chicken house) but they still wont go up without a helping hand!

 

Has anyone else had problems getting their chickens into the cube at night, and if so how have you solved it?

 

Any help hugely appreciated

[Egluntyne]

They are very young to be negotiating the cube ladder tbh, and are a smaller breed on top of that. They will get the hang of it eventually.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[Cyber Chook]

If you've made sure that the ramp is at a nice easy angle for them, could you try leaving a 'treat trail' going up the ramp and into the Cube, maybe? Something irresistable like mealworms, or mashed potato, perhaps?

 

Caroline

[Doodle]

Put a plant pot at the bottom of the Cube ladder. They hop on to that and then hop up the steps.

[meezers]

My Silkie wouldn't even look at the ladder ( wooden ladder/wooden coop ) for the first few night I went out and lifted her onto it and with some persuasion she would go into the coop. I decided enough was enough when she came running over to me to be lifted onto the ladder So I made her some steps, large concrete blocks, bricks then log, she hops up that quite happily.