- Aug 11, 2011
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I recently moved my girls (only 4) into a new coop and they seem to be quite comfortable, going inside and sleeping in there, but what has been happening is that they are all huddling on top of each other in one of the nesting boxes.
As none of them are laying at the moment I decided to block the nests off with some overturned pots but as soon as I remove the pots everyone is going back to the chicken huddle in on nest box.
Any idea why that is and what I can do? As I would like them to actually lay eggs in there again I will have to eventually open the nests up again.
And why the huddling? They can't be cold it hasn't even dropped below 0 C
Thanks
Sabine
As none of them are laying at the moment I decided to block the nests off with some overturned pots but as soon as I remove the pots everyone is going back to the chicken huddle in on nest box.
Any idea why that is and what I can do? As I would like them to actually lay eggs in there again I will have to eventually open the nests up again.
And why the huddling? They can't be cold it hasn't even dropped below 0 C
Thanks
Sabine