How to Train Chickens to Return to Their Coop

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Training your chickens to return to their coop is a great way to protect your chickens from predators.

Chickens that have established the coop as their home will return to it naturally each evening. You can also train your chickens to return to the coop when you call them in case you spot a daytime predator or need to clean their area of the yard. Chickens do not learn as quickly or as easily as dogs do, but with a little patience you will find that training chickens to return to their coop is fairly easy to do.

1. 1 Prepare your chicken coop. Before you can train your chickens to return to the coop in the evening, you need to ensure the coop is set up properly for your chickens. A basic chicken coop should provide at least twenty-four square feet of space and multiple places for chickens to perch.^[1]
   • Make sure there is a plentiful supply of food and water inside the chicken coop.
   • Wood beams mounted horizontally can provide good perching space for chickens.
   • If you are raising chickens for egg production, make sure there are enough chicken nesting boxes for each hen (usually one box per four hens will suffice).
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