Egg laying nesting

[Peterpam]

Hi. I am a new at this. I have 8 hens and one rooster. I have 7 nesting baskets at the moment. The weird thing is the hens are all laying in the same basket. Is this normal? I am getting 6-7 eggs on a regular basis. Every once in awhile there will be one of two eggs in another basket, but they mostly all lay in the same basket. It cracks me up. I'm having so much fun.

 

[The Chicken Fan]

My girls do the same thing. I have 9 and they only lay in different nesting boxes if their favorite one is already taken.

 

[Michael OShay]

Yes, multiple hens laying in the same nesting box if perfectly normal. Hens like eggs collected in clusters so large numbers of them are ready to be sat on while they are all still viable.

 

[Peterpam]

Thank you Michael. Do you know Mike Baker in Kalispell?

 

[N F C]

I have 4 nesting boxes for the 8 girls in the main coop. They'll actually line up to wait for the "best" box instead of using one of the others. Don't ask me why one box is better than the others, even the "best" one changes from time to time. Silly birds!

 

[ffibyar]

I have 14 pullets laying in 4 nesting box's. They use all 4 daily, but often there will be one of the nest with 4 or 5 eggs.

 

[Michael OShay]

Thank you Michael. Do you know Mike Baker in Kalispell?

No, I don't recall meeting anyone by that name.

 

[Peterpam]

Thank you all. I won't worry so much then.

 

[Michael OShay]

Thank you all. I won't worry so much then.

You're welcome.

 

[b.hromada]

That sounds just like my girls too. They all seem to like the same nest box!