Yesterday I took someone advice and sat in the coop to see which hen laid which color egg.
I found some problems doing this.
One chicken would check out every nest and throw the grass over her back out onto the floor. I was wondering why I could not keep grass in the boxes.
The same hen would go over and talk to the other hens doing there work, getting the whole coop riled up. She would sing the egg song and get the rest singing it.
She did finally go into a nest and do her work. She was only in the nest about 2 minutes.
My ICU baby would head for a nest and then see me sitting on the other side the wire divider. She would jump down and run over to visit me. She would stand and stare at me a few minutes then leave. She would walk around and then jump back on the nest roost, look at me as if she forgot I was there and the whole cycle started over. She never did lay an egg when I was in there.
One chicken seemed to be just resting in the nest and never did anything, but when I left there was an egg under her.
Another one appeared to lay an egg, and sang the song, but had no egg.
When I gave up and left I assume life went back to normal, because I got more eggs than before yesterday.
I found some problems doing this.
One chicken would check out every nest and throw the grass over her back out onto the floor. I was wondering why I could not keep grass in the boxes.
The same hen would go over and talk to the other hens doing there work, getting the whole coop riled up. She would sing the egg song and get the rest singing it.
She did finally go into a nest and do her work. She was only in the nest about 2 minutes.
My ICU baby would head for a nest and then see me sitting on the other side the wire divider. She would jump down and run over to visit me. She would stand and stare at me a few minutes then leave. She would walk around and then jump back on the nest roost, look at me as if she forgot I was there and the whole cycle started over. She never did lay an egg when I was in there.
One chicken seemed to be just resting in the nest and never did anything, but when I left there was an egg under her.
Another one appeared to lay an egg, and sang the song, but had no egg.
When I gave up and left I assume life went back to normal, because I got more eggs than before yesterday.
Yes, she is doing great! The other chickens are kinda mean to her though... (obviously, because she is new to the flock.) She has been eating good too.
