JulieP1 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Help, I'm having to go and pick my girls up and put them to bed!! My girls have a portion of the garden and the eglu is within the fenced area without the run, they used to put themselves to bed each night but for some reason they now want to sleep sitting on the fence. What can I do? I have thought of raising the eglu off the ground and putting a ladder up into it to give them the feeling of height, am I mad. I'm about to go and catch Tracey now, I've already got Flossie tucked up. Help please Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 my advice would be to go out just as it is getting dusk, and put a lit torch into your eglu shining out - all mine have always followed the light and just gone to bed as good as gold... then nip out when its dark, remove the torch and shut the door!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewitall Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 From posts I've read it might also be worth checking the eglu with a torch to rule out red mite as a reason for the hens not wanting to go in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen_Pecked Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 The torch method worked for us actually. Going to bed by themselves is about the only "good" thing they're doing at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieP1 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Wow how mad is that, my girls were just going to settle for the night, on the fence, so I whipped in and shooed them off the fence, popped a torch in the house, rounded the girls up and they saw the light and went straight in. Will be doing the same tomorrow to see if it was a one off, fingers crossed it's not. So big thank you for your tip Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
