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Well...you are going to get some eggs real soon, then, aren't you? You might see if you can place some of your natural bedding you have been putting in your run in the nest boxes and seeing if it will stay in there better. It's the slick plastic tubs that allows it so be moved out of the nests so easily, is all. You can eliminate that pretty quickly, though by removing the tubs and just placing one more board across the front to create some depth. The deeper the better, then you can fill those puppies up with bedding and they will have lovely, deep nests.
If my plastic tote was just bare plastic, I'd lose more of my nesting materials also, but I lined mine with thick cardboard for insulation of the nest and it tends to hold onto materials better than the plastic does.
Well...you are going to get some eggs real soon, then, aren't you? You might see if you can place some of your natural bedding you have been putting in your run in the nest boxes and seeing if it will stay in there better. It's the slick plastic tubs that allows it so be moved out of the nests so easily, is all. You can eliminate that pretty quickly, though by removing the tubs and just placing one more board across the front to create some depth. The deeper the better, then you can fill those puppies up with bedding and they will have lovely, deep nests.
If my plastic tote was just bare plastic, I'd lose more of my nesting materials also, but I lined mine with thick cardboard for insulation of the nest and it tends to hold onto materials better than the plastic does.