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Still having issues with the hens stepping and walking all over poop board and tracking it around coop. Any ideas to help keep this from happening? Limited on space as its a smaller coop.

Currently have poop board under roost. The roost bar is a 2x4 spanning width of coop. We have two large pans on poop board but hens keep jumping on the pan and walking in poop and spreading it everywhere in coop. Any ideas on how to prevent them from doing this? Pans are about 10 inches below...

What is everyone's thoughts on mixing grit and oyster shells? We have a 4ft x 4ft coop and currently have a large feeder for layer feed and two smaller feeders for oyster shells and grit. So crammed with all three feeders and waterer. Trying to free up some space.

What did you do for a roost in your coop? We built same coop and currently have a ladder roost but seems kind of crammed with the ladder roost, feeder and waterer.

Installed perch yesterday. It seems to have made it easier for hens to get to nest boxes. Matter of fact one layer an egg in one. After she scratched out all the pine shavings. Then another played on the floor later in afternoon. Was glad to have one egg in nest boxes.

I added a strip of plywood to make the lip about 2 1/2 inches which reduced the opening. I feel that adding any more of a lip will really deter and make it nearly impossible for them to get in. The two hens who are laying both are laying in the same corner on the floor. Was talking to someone...

The nest boxes are about 2 1/2 feet off the floor of the coop. We have normal chickens a buff, sex link, silver laced and an ameracauna. The lip is only a 1.4 inch thick, piece of plywood, nest box openings with lip are about 10 inches. The reason why I am asking about a perch is because two of...

I was thinking of putting it close to them but just enough for them to jump into nest boxes but yet not comfortable enough to roost on.

What are everyone's thoughts on a perch in front of nest boxes for hens to jump onto to get into nest boxes? Don't have room for a ramp which would be more ideal.

Anyone with a 4ftx4ft coop have any pictures of their roost so we can get an idea on how to improve ours? Also what are peoples opinions on poop boards?

Thanks for the suggestions. It is just frustrating but sure she will get the hang of it eventually. Going to make a taller lip on nest boxes, and am also going to put a 2x4 across for the to jump on to make it easier getting into the nest boxes. We are just thankful we are getting fresh eggs...

We have 4 hens in a 4ftx4ft coop. On the one side there is a large door to open for cleaning, on the front is the chicken door for them to go into run. We currently have a ladder roost which consist of 2x4's turned wide side up. The hens seem to like it, but its close to the back wall, and poop...

Got home from work tonight, went to see if there was any eggs. There was one egg, not in the nest boxes though on the floor still. Last night I tried leaving an egg in each nest box and one of the hens kicked all 3 out along with the pine shavings. I am at a loss for what to do. Seems like we...

Left 1 golf ball in one of the three nest boxes this morning, will see if she lays in them now. Or see if she will just scratch all the straw out. Nest boxes are permanently attached so can't really move them. Pretty frustrating, anyone have any suggestions? the inside of the coop is 4ft x 4ft...

We have 1 Black Sex Link, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Buff and 1 Americauna. The Black sex link started laying about a week and a half ago. The first two eggs were outside in the run, the next 8 she has layed in the coop on the floor. We started out using pine shavings in the nest boxes, that...