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I think I would let them work it out amongest themselves. I have 4 nest buckets for 6 hens and two are often jockeying for position in one of them or the other. 6 eggs get laid (usually two or three in one bucket), so, they figure it out.

A second egg was found this afternoon, so, I guess Tilly laid her first egg on Christmas Day. Or, someone else is laying...though no one has vocalized as loudly, one is doing a little singing. (The one mentioned above). Anyway, this is very exciting! Two eggs! Update: January 7, 2016...

While Tilly was having a nice dust bath, I discovered she had laid her first egg! (No, she is not a barred rock, she is a very dusty Rhode Island red!) For about 3 weeks now, she has been singing "The Egg Song" and I told her, "If you can sing like that, you can lay an egg!" I thought it was a...

I am new to chickens. I purchased 3 Rhode Island Red pullets from a 4-H Chick Chain auction. The county agent told me they were purchased as chicks on May 13. I do not know how they were raised or fed b/c I came into the sale late and had no time to inspect the cages of the poultry available...