So I'm getting ever so increasingly excited as the days go on! My girls will be 18 weeks old tomorrow and I think my Speckled Sussex is getting ready to start laying. I've caught her building a "nest spot" in the corner of the coop even though the next box is open.
I'm trying to nip this in the bud right now, so I've put a bucket in that corner upside down. Of course this was after breaking up the nest spot several times today. When I put the bucket in there she became quite ticked off at me and let me have it, all vocal abuse that is lol.
What are some ways that I can gently show her the nest box? I've already helped her into there, and she doesn't really care for it, per se. I even put a golf ball in there that she checked out. Hopefully she realizes that is where she needs to lay her first egg....but only time will tell!
I'm trying to nip this in the bud right now, so I've put a bucket in that corner upside down. Of course this was after breaking up the nest spot several times today. When I put the bucket in there she became quite ticked off at me and let me have it, all vocal abuse that is lol.
What are some ways that I can gently show her the nest box? I've already helped her into there, and she doesn't really care for it, per se. I even put a golf ball in there that she checked out. Hopefully she realizes that is where she needs to lay her first egg....but only time will tell!