I have a nest box in my house. My house is small and has no internal doors.
The nest box is about 10 feet from my bed. It's been occupied a lot since I installed it. For a particular group of chickens here it's their preferred nest box and they sit and hatch their chicks in it.
One hen called Ruffles (she the hen in my avatar) has sat and hatched in this nest box 3 times now.
I was lying in my bed one night, it's very quiet here, listening to the night wildlife outside when I hear this strange raspy type sound. I had absolutely no idea what it was. I got up to try and locate it. As soon as I turned the lights on the sound stopped.
After a couple more location attempts I just lay on my bed trying to pinpoint the sound.
Eventually it became apparent that it was near the nest box. I very quietly got out of bed in the dark and moved carefully to where I though the sound was coming from.
Ruffles was lying in the nest box and she was snoring.
The nest box is about 10 feet from my bed. It's been occupied a lot since I installed it. For a particular group of chickens here it's their preferred nest box and they sit and hatch their chicks in it.
One hen called Ruffles (she the hen in my avatar) has sat and hatched in this nest box 3 times now.
I was lying in my bed one night, it's very quiet here, listening to the night wildlife outside when I hear this strange raspy type sound. I had absolutely no idea what it was. I got up to try and locate it. As soon as I turned the lights on the sound stopped.
After a couple more location attempts I just lay on my bed trying to pinpoint the sound.
Eventually it became apparent that it was near the nest box. I very quietly got out of bed in the dark and moved carefully to where I though the sound was coming from.
Ruffles was lying in the nest box and she was snoring.