Recent content by skeezix05

No more eggs on the ground. They eventually got it. No nesting boxes on the ground,no curtains, original nesting boxes in photo and all is as it should be. Yay! I did see one steal an egg- pulled it right out of the nesting box and it dropped to the floor. She has stopped and settled in to...

Well no such luck. He was definitely a he. But I was able to donate him as a chicken dinner. So the reason for his purchase was still accomplished.

They have a lip on the boxes and that is a roost. It is also used to get to the higher boxes.

Do you have a picture of the bin style?

We are also buying another set of nesting boxes for the other side. Maybe this will help. Always a debate of how many hens to number of boxes...

These are the nesting boxes. Hope they appear. I took away the box on the floor where she dropped her egg. The three eggs are in the right nesting boxes now but two are still on the floor. I found the one hen and put her in the nest box and stood in front of the box(forever) eventually slipping...

Looked like the hen next to her couldn't believe what she was seeing. "What are you doing?!? " lol

Thanks all. The extra nesting box on the floor for her has three eggs a day in it now. In addition, two eggs are always on the floor... Sounds like from what you all say they will all get the hang of it and use the nesting boxes eventually. Im thinking about getting rid of the nesting box on the...

Thanks you were right. I had to separate her. I've come to the same conclusion, I need to cull her. :/

Yep, she is a new layer and four empty next boxes at the time of the video golf balls and all. I put a crate under that perch since an egg is there the same place for the past four days. I saw an egg in there the next morning. However, as I now scan the floor always, I saw that she/someone had...

Hopefully someone has had this happen then it went away

Please let me know if the video worked I'm new at this, thanks.

Confused hen? For the past four days I have found an egg on the coop floor from a new laying pullet. Today I watched and waited. She checked out the nesting boxes that only had golf balls and eggs in them. One had nothing in it. No hens occupied any of them. She paced back and forth until...

I have sixteen chicks that I am introducing that are 2 1/2 months old to four month old chickens. I did the 'see but don't touch' method for several weeks and now they are all together. One chick walks on her hocks and can not roost because one foot is sideways. My question is will she be able...