I can confirm that one of my chickens is now using the nesting box after not using it before so I believe the maturity thing is true! Also I added more shavings to the boxes so the could nest deeper as was suggested above, that may have helped too.
One of my other chickens has started to lay as...
I have probably 3-4” of shavings in the one nesting box at the moment. I will add more shavings to see if they want to make a deeper nest.
They do otherwise seem healthy, so I am trying not to worry. I just find it weird that the one has had a larger redder comb for weeks now and the other two...
I have 6 chickens and they are now about 26 weeks old. The egg laying just started for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I am only getting one egg every 2-4 days.
I am not sure which one is laying or if it is multiple since I am only getting one at a time.
My concern is that not all of them...