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My main reason is that I don't want them to break eggs. One night last flock I accidentally left eggs in the nesting box and while they were sleeping they broke some. I eventually ended up with an egg eating problem... Also, they poop a ton at night! I'm curious, why do you want yours to sleep...

Would fabric like this work? I don't want the wood shavings to get stuck to it, or for it to be too bright for the chickens to want to lay there. Or maybe I'm just overthinking it...:rolleyes::idunno

Does anybody know when I should remove the wood that's blocking the nesting boxes?

Thanks! That's really helpful!

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I have 7 hens that are going to start laying in about three weeks. I've had the nesting boxes blocked off so they wouldn't learn to sleep in them (I had problems with that last flock), and now they're starting to sleep on the roost, which is good. I've heard about...