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Muddy feet in the winter, mainly. This was my first winter here - and I chose the location in the field for the laying coop badly. (There was a puddle in front of the ramp.) We are in the process of crowning the field a little better so the puddles won't be there next year. We don't get much...

I tried that and it does seem to work - but they get pretty grungy looking after awhile, and the porcelain ones don't clean up at all - so I took them out. When I take them out for cleaning (like now) - they seem to revert in their behavior. I wonder if it's an instinctual urge to create a...

They are funny. I find some eggs in the grass under the laying house. The wait for "the nest" got too long. But they do get along pretty well.

They do know. I’m just amused by their antics. If I had a 100 nests I bet I’d still find them all in the same one!

This is becoming a regular occurrence. I must not have enough nests (because 5 is not enough for 8 hens), so I added a few impromptu nest on the floor of the laying coop. They seem to like them - just rubber pans. Problem solved - cozy communal nest. The actual nest boxes are no longer used. I'm...