Last night I spent a bit of time sweeping and cleaning up as usual and sitting with the big girls and just generally letting the bantys get used to the evening routine. I also dug over the corner of the run which the girls love as they get the odd worm and fresh soil to scratch in. I then dug a small patch for the bantys and they went straight to it for a scratch  around.
I went back in just as it was getting dark and the big girls went up on to the coop roof. The bantys were in the corner of the run nearest the big girls and looked as if they wanted to join them. I lifted the big girls down and put them in as the door was shutting, this seems to have become the current routine at the moment.
At that moment my husband had come up to check proceedings and Honey ran over to their coop and went in. Amber ran over and went in too, then popped back out a couple times and then went back in and settled. I crept in and closed the door. Job done! At last! Not yet nine o’clock and all the girls in bed with out me having to handle the bantys.
I felt elated. If they will go in themselves each night from now on, it won’t matter how long integration takes and the bantys can get used to me without stress or handling. Hurrah!
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Yee of little faith ! i knew you and they would do it …Now for the next bit đŸ™‚
Thank you Jackie. What a relief ! I am not so worried about the next bit now because it doesn’t matter how long it takes. The main thing is that I don’t have to do the stressful bit of picking them up which makes them scared of me. Onwards and upwards!