Thanks everyone! Next question is....Will the other two hens figure out they can use the other two nesting boxes? They fuss like crazy and pace about the coop door all morning long. I hate to keep letting them out to lay in the honeysuckle. I don't want that to become a habit and there will be...
I am a backyard chicken 'newbie'. We bought 3 young buff orpingtons about 2 1/2 months ago. They started laying within days and since then have been getting 3 eggs/day in the same nesting box. (They have 3 to choose from) One hen lays early in the morning and two lay together in the same box...