My girls are 21-22 weeks old. I got 2 layers out of 15 girls we will wait until they are ready. But these 2 are like clock work. Same place same time every morning.
I dont want to get rid of the boxes. I have put some golf balls in there in groups of 3 in a couple of nests. I have hung some curtains in 4 boxes to keep the light down some. I open the outside door on the nesting boxes and they jump up in thinking Im giving them a treat. Hope they get use...
My red sex-link chickens are begining to lay eggs. They lay them under their roosts in alum pans filled with cat litter for clean up purposes. Cant get them to lay in their boxes. Any help? Do I need curtains? They kick out easter eggs (plastics) Any help? Thanks…..
anyone use curtains to get the chickens to lay in their boxes? Im having trouble. They are laying under the roosts. I use alum pans with cat liter to catch their droppings. I need help on them to lay in their boxes. They kick out plastic easter eggs from boxes. Please help.
I set a live trap every night i put in peanut butter and jelly on bread. They cant resist it. I get a coon almost every night. Game warden told me if they are a nuisance to your flock destroy them. Lots of rabbies and dieseases. 22 rifle close range in live trap. Little noise and it controls...
I picked up my girls on the 20th. They told me they were 18 weeks old. We got 2 eggs this week. One in the run and one under the roost in a catch pan with litter. Cant get them to lay in nesting boxes yet. Hope they start soon.
Thanks. I have 6 boxes and I had a golf ball in each. There was 1 in the coop and I ran her out to work on nest. Prob was her. I put the egg she laid in one of the boxes and removed the the golf ball.