Other than nesting boxes, where do your girls lay?

[bdjh]

Just curious.

We found one of our eggs in the run area the other day......to be fair, my wife thinks she may have interrupted one of them laying her egg when she lifted the lid to check for eggs.

But as a kid, I remember collecting eggs at my aunt's farm, and she'd regularly find them half or fully buried in their 'sandbox' where they'd take dustbaths.

I'm just wondering how thorough we need to be when collecting eggs.

 

[sumi]

I'm just wondering how thorough we need to be when collecting eggs.

Short answer: VERY. I've found eggs in places I never, ever though I'd find an egg and I still probably missed quite a few. Put some golf balls in the nest boxes to encourage the hens to lay there and try not to disturb them when they are "in use".

 

[mayberrymom]

I too, am having problems with getting the hens to use the nice nest boxes my husband built for them. I have found eggs everywhere! I told my teenage sons it was like having an Easter egg hunt every day! I will try the golf ball idea, thanks.