My girls like to lay where another egg is. I keep a plastic easter egg in rotation in my nest boxes to keep the girls using them all. My girls only hang out in the nest box when they are laying an egg. They spent the rest of the day scratch'n in the yard.
I've been lurking here for awhile and decided to take the plunge.
I'm just starting my second year with my own flock. Started last April w/ 6 Rhode Island Reds; Tyler and his ladies. Tyler was so beautiful. He tasted good too. Mr. chicken had to go when he jumped the fence and corned my...