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Quote: I'll go you one better. We recently had to re-locate the pop door on one of my coops. The chickens know how to come out the new door just fine, but refuse to use it to go back in the coop to lay their eggs. Where do they go instead? They use the pop door on the OTHER coop to go...

Quote: Don't all chickens have a screw loose?

Quote: Yes, I have some very cranky chickens too. Being extra careful not to pass out (from the heat) in the chicken yard. I don't want to be on their menu.

Quote: No chickens in the house and especially not in my bed, thank you very much

I've got golfballs in all the nestboxes. Doesn't matter. Think my girls have gotten wise to me and can tell the difference between a golfball and a real egg? Nahhhhhh! More than once I've had to stop my bossier girls from yanking one of their sisters out of a box when they wanted to use it...

Quote: True, true.

Considering that the nestboxes are all covered kitty litter pans, it takes some skill to extract hens without breaking eggs.

pull two of my big fat brahma hens off the top of another big fat brahma hen sitting in a nestbox! There are 3 other nestboxes available, all identical, all facing the window and fans. Just when I start to think chickens might just have a tiny bit of intelligence.