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Are they in the nests all day? Or is this just off and on? Are they pooping in them? My chicks are... 12 weeks now? They've been playing in the nest boxes but it's sporadic and they're at least not fouling them so I don't stop them. Figure it's fine if they want to explore, since my...

In most cases, they won't. I do have a special needs chicken that, if she falls off the roost, will waddle her way very slowly across the floor (like inches at a time) until she bumps into the nests, and then climb in. We give her a lot of leeway because she can't help being how she is.

Block off the nests before they go in for the night. Once it's dark, go back in and remove the blockade so the layers can lay in the AM.