BonnieBlue
Songster
- Apr 20, 2022
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One of my almost 20 weeks old girls (none of the 5 are laying yet) is pushing the wooden eggs out of the nesting box. Is there any particular reason for this? Other than the obvious of playing soccer, since it was the fake egg in the nest at the very front of the coop, and pushed to the far back of the coop.
I put the eggs in the (3) nests yesterday, one per nest. Late morning when I went out to clean the coop, I noticed the moved egg. I know the girls don't sleep in the nesting boxes as I nightly check on them about 30 minutes after they get settled in to see if everyone is on the roosting bar. They will, every now and then, lay at the front edge of the nest during the day when they are just chilling. There is rarely poop in the nests, so they aren't hanging out there a lot. (I have fake grass nesting pads in the nesting boxes that I can just change out, and keep a washed set ready.)
I plan to watch and see if it keeps happening with just the one nesting box, or if it happens randomly with all of them. I don't know who is doing this, since I don't yet have a camera in the coop.
I put the eggs in the (3) nests yesterday, one per nest. Late morning when I went out to clean the coop, I noticed the moved egg. I know the girls don't sleep in the nesting boxes as I nightly check on them about 30 minutes after they get settled in to see if everyone is on the roosting bar. They will, every now and then, lay at the front edge of the nest during the day when they are just chilling. There is rarely poop in the nests, so they aren't hanging out there a lot. (I have fake grass nesting pads in the nesting boxes that I can just change out, and keep a washed set ready.)
I plan to watch and see if it keeps happening with just the one nesting box, or if it happens randomly with all of them. I don't know who is doing this, since I don't yet have a camera in the coop.
