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Finally got one in the nest box yesterday! It was very small and a lighter shade, so I'm assuming one of the black australorps has started laying. When my son went out to check for eggs after school, he found the rooster mostly in a nestbox and appeared he was peckin' at one of the golf balls...

Thanks for all the ideas. I probably had a good shot at "training" one this afternoon, after my son caught one of the buff orpington's squatting on the ground nest. I decided to let her be and about 10 minutes later we had a warm egg. I did move her egg into one of the nest boxes, don't know if...

Not an expert here (by any means) but the roosts in our outdoor pen are 41" off the ground. We have heavy bodied birds (orpingtons and australorps) and they get up just fine. At first the orpington's had a bit of trouble but now they just hop right up. Pat

Hi there Carolyn, thanks for the welcome! We had kind of the same thought. We have been letting the birds stay out in their completely enclosed run at night for the last couple weeks because of the insane heat here in the Midwest. They would all be up on the roosts by sunset and it was still in...

Howdy y'all! First let me say that I had to start a new account, I couldn't remember which email addy I would have used but I'm fairly sure I had an account here at one point. Oh well! Anyhoo... Our ladies have just started laying this week (3 eggs Wednesday, 1 egg Thursday and so far nothing...