My hens have a run and free range when I am home. I just found a henmade nesting box in the lower branches of the arborvitae tree. There were 7 eggs! No wonder my egg count was down. How do I get them to lay in the coop and not in the yard?
On the days that I'm home, I let my chickens out free range. They are getting more confident and exploring more and more areas. Those days, the number of eggs in the boxes are lower than the days that they are in the run and coop. Does that mean they are laying in the yard? We did find one...
I started owning chickens this spring. There are 16, 6 BA, 3WLH, 3 ISA Browns, and 4 Americaunas. My girls have named the last 4 and put there names in hearts in the coop. It's been a blast and I've been reading alot about chickens. Already freed a closed vent, sweating and nervous while...
My chickens, which aren't laying yet, are sleeping in the nesting boxes and not on the roosting bars. Do I need to be concerned or will they figure it out that it's for laying eggs?