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my hens did this when they first started laying. i would just move the egg from where they laid it into the nest box where i want them. also if you see her looking for a place to lay, pick her up and put her in the nest. it took a week or so but they get the hang of it. we just built a new...

yeah, i'll probably just try that next year. i wont really need more hens but i cant seem to resist the baby chicks.

polish chickens are adorable and have a lot of personality. but mine is the stupidest animal, she gets lost in the coop and cant get out. also they are unreliable layers.

i have a BO that likes to sit in the nest for hours at a time, but she always gets up and wanders off later in the day. i have been waiting for her to be really broody so i can try having her foster some chicks. well i just lost half my flock to a raccoon so i need to get some more chicks soon...

thanks for the feedback. after some more research i agree it was probably a racoon. i'm being much more careful with my remaining 2 hens. they seem a little lonely so i hope to get some new chicks soon for them to play with.

i accidentally left the coop door open last night and when i went out to feed the girls this morning i had 2 dead hens. the weird part is that it look like 2 different types of predators did it. one of the hens had been dragged from the coop and through a hole in the 4x4 wire fencing around the...