cliveb Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I have three newbies who are around 16 weeks old now and have been free ranging round the garden for the last three weeks with my original three. The new girls are still sleeping in the wooden coop not in the Cube with the others. I would like to get them sleeping together in the Cube as soon as possible , does anyone have any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I think I would close up the wooden house and ideally move it out of sight. They *might* choose to go into the cube as they have no alternative or you might need to pop them in for a night or two... Once they have come out a few times they seem to get the nack of it. You might also need to try the torch trick to get them to go in. Good luck! I'm thinking of closing up the eglu that has been housing some new girls for a few weeks tonight so wish me luck too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 When they arent free ranging do they have separate runs? If so I would let everyone go to bed as normal and then remove the sleepy newbies placing them in the cube with the others keeping the cube door closed, remove them and separate them the next morning, do this for about a week then leave them to it - if the run is small then do it for longer than a week just in case the more restricted area cauuses them problems If they arent separate then I'd try removing them to the cube for a few nights but let them come out of the cube in the morning so that they understand where bed is Remove the old coop from the area once all is well as they will try to go to bed there otherwise 16 weeks is a little young to be integrated fully but if you have had no problems then I'd say give it a try You can always move back a stage if there are problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliveb Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 I think I would close up the wooden house and ideally move it out of sight. They *might* choose to go into the cube as they have no alternative or you might need to pop them in for a night or two... Once they have come out a few times they seem to get the nack of it. You might also need to try the torch trick to get them to go in. Good luck! I'm thinking of closing up the eglu that has been housing some new girls for a few weeks tonight so wish me luck too! Thanks for the advice. I think i might give it a try next week. Good luck with closing off the eglu karlotta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliveb Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 When they arent free ranging do they have separate runs? If so I would let everyone go to bed as normal and then remove the sleepy newbies placing them in the cube with the others keeping the cube door closed, remove them and separate them the next morning, do this for about a week then leave them to it - if the run is small then do it for longer than a week just in case the more restricted area cauuses them problems If they arent separate then I'd try removing them to the cube for a few nights but let them come out of the cube in the morning so that they understand where bed is Remove the old coop from the area once all is well as they will try to go to bed there otherwise 16 weeks is a little young to be integrated fully but if you have had no problems then I'd say give it a try You can always move back a stage if there are problems Hi Redwing, They all free range together during the day, thanks for the advice I will try lifting them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 When I introduced my new girl to my ex batts she came with her own accommodation. When I wanted her to go to bed with the others I lifted up the ramp to her ark and shut her in the ex batt's run so that she couldn't go back to her own accommodation to sleep. She was of course confused and agitated at first, but after about 3 nights she didn't try to go back to her own ark and now quite happily goes to bed with the others, in fact she's often one of the first to bed now! I have left her ark in the garden as at the moment it's proving to be quite useful for keeping a dry dustbathing area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
