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Hi guys,
I have two SLW hens and I recently bought and put together a wonderful new coop. This coop is much more
spacious and has roosting bars, two nesting boxes, and is two stories tall. (there is no run except for the
"first" level of the coop).
Anyways, I still have my old coop in the same area as the new coop (in sight of the hens) because I am
preparing to clean up the old one and sell it.
My hens have not laid a single egg in the new coop, it is almost as if they
don't understand that it is a nesting box (I put in a golf ball in each...still nothing). For a whole day, both of
my hens did not lay an egg so I was worried for their health and opened the door to the old coop and they
laid in there the following day.
I also tried locking them in the top level of the new coop and placing each of them in the nesting boxes at
the time when they usually lay... nothing. I opened the old coop door and they happily laid their eggs in
there.
Any ideas?? Soon I am going to get rid of the old coop and I don't want them to be holding in their eggs
and getting sick... thanks.
I have two SLW hens and I recently bought and put together a wonderful new coop. This coop is much more
spacious and has roosting bars, two nesting boxes, and is two stories tall. (there is no run except for the
"first" level of the coop).
Anyways, I still have my old coop in the same area as the new coop (in sight of the hens) because I am
preparing to clean up the old one and sell it.
My hens have not laid a single egg in the new coop, it is almost as if they
don't understand that it is a nesting box (I put in a golf ball in each...still nothing). For a whole day, both of
my hens did not lay an egg so I was worried for their health and opened the door to the old coop and they
laid in there the following day.
I also tried locking them in the top level of the new coop and placing each of them in the nesting boxes at
the time when they usually lay... nothing. I opened the old coop door and they happily laid their eggs in
there.
Any ideas?? Soon I am going to get rid of the old coop and I don't want them to be holding in their eggs
and getting sick... thanks.
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