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Yes, that does sound like a good reason to want the fronts of the nests closed. Maybe a pile of dry leaves? Everything you might otherwise put in a compost pile? Chickens really love to scratch through things and look for little tidbits to eat, but plain wood shavings are not especially...

They are just being chickens. I would think the problem was the way you had things set up (which you are working on fixing), not the chickens themselves. Adult hens would be just as bad, except that by the time they are full adults you will have solved the problems. Were they sitting on the...

They probably sat on the edge of the bin or the milk crate and it tipped on its side, then they sat on an edge again and it tipped upside down. If the pullets recently got a little heavier, that could have made a difference in whether it tips when they sit on it :idunno Or maybe they were...

I'm guessing they try to sit on the edge of the nestbox, and that makes it tip over. Chickens like to sit on things in the daytime, which could explain the daytime tipping. Chickens especially like to sleep on top of things at night, usually with some squabblings as they settle who gets to...