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We give ours egg shells too, but we don't feed them "laying" feed. We stick to more natural methods, adn home grown feed is about as natural as possible. Quote: I guess not, Krista. Crazy Susan is back to sleeping on the floor. It was just a one night thing when she slept on the roost. I...

All the research I have conducted says otherwise. I've read about some people who tried the fodder BECAUSE their hens weren't laying, and after they began to eat it they started laying. What have you heard that says it's a bad idea? P.S. I guess I didn't say this, but it wouldn't be their...

Nothing in regards to eggs yet. I'm hoping after I install the light things will start happening. We had a problem with the nests... we have five goats and one is super pregnant, she could drop her kids any moment. So she is eating everything she can for nutrients, tha included the chicken...

So, after nearly two weeks, Crazy Susan is finally not sleeping on the ground. Every night after work I would sneak into the coop and put her on the rooting perch. Now she goes on her own. We have bought actual chicken feed, no scratch, and I can tell the chickens like it better. They don't eat...

I'll definitely look into modifying their nest box. That is a good idea. Krista, my wife and I also bought our first birds around the same time. We had no previous experience before. Well, my dad had some, but sincemy parents were divorced I never got to interact with the raising. They were...

Krista, you are a wealth of knowledge!! Yes, they will sleep on top on the nesting boxes. Their perches are pretty thick, about four inches (the are logs we cut) and there is plenty of flapping space if they all sit on it. I think they get on top, because at night they bunch up, probably for...

Krista, thanks for all the advice. I saw that someone else had mentioned to make sure the perches are higher than the nesting boxes. They currently are, by a few inches. We might add one or two higher ones just in case. I took a peek in there last night, and none were sleeping in the boxes. Some...

Thanks for the replies everyone, and happy Thanksgiving!! This is all wonderful advice. My chickens just finished the last of the scratch, so tomorrow we'll buy adequate feed. I managed to find seven golf balls and my kids painted two wooden eggs, they are all in the nests now. I've been...

Krista, thanks for the reply. I have not considered pellets instead. I also did not know that scratch was a treat. Next time we go to the feed store we will look at the formulated pellets. I am sure they cost more so we may have to work the budget. We would like to get a fodder system set...

Iwiw, I just heard of the squat today... My chickens won't let us get near them. I don't know why. The only way we could is when we feed them, as they become very excited and no longer care about anything except that "crack" we feed them. We tried to keep them friendly, but it never stuck to...

Peeps, I never considered that they would only go into the nesting boxes to lay, not sleep. Thanks for the insight. I was considering temporarily removing the roosting limbs to help them focus on the boxes, but I think that is more work than what is needed. I have recently heard about the...

So we recently built a chicken coop from trees that we cut down on my proptery. I have a total of 21 chickens and there is plenty of room for them. There is a wonderful nesting box that we got and put in there. We filled it up with hay and grass, made them look likes nests in order to appeal...