- Jun 4, 2013
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Good Morning! My 6 hens are young, 4 months. I went into their coop this morning and to my surprise, there were 2 eggs on the floor of the coop! The eggs were damaged. Apparently, they had them while they were roosting. I am not sure which 1 or 2 of the 6 hens had the eggs. There are 4 nesting boxes just waiting for them, which they never use. Do I need to introduce them to the nesting box so they do not continue to lay their eggs on the roost? Do I take their roosting pole away so they roost in their nesting box?
Also, this may see like an odd question, but they are doing (what I call) the "happy dance" lately in which they get low and paddle their feet on the floor, thump thump thump, really quickly. Is that normal? I am really curious to hear what that is all about!
So many questions. We have a Rooster in another coop (surprise! didn't expect that!!). His name is "Millie", as you see from the name I thought he was a she! He is separated from the ladies, only because we got him at a later time and I was going to introduce them when they were all the same size. I recently tried to introduce Millie and those ladies do NOT like him! He is actually afraid of them, as they corner him and beat him up! He literally hides if they are in the same coop.
I am sure I will have more questions as this egg laying progresses!
Also, this may see like an odd question, but they are doing (what I call) the "happy dance" lately in which they get low and paddle their feet on the floor, thump thump thump, really quickly. Is that normal? I am really curious to hear what that is all about!
So many questions. We have a Rooster in another coop (surprise! didn't expect that!!). His name is "Millie", as you see from the name I thought he was a she! He is separated from the ladies, only because we got him at a later time and I was going to introduce them when they were all the same size. I recently tried to introduce Millie and those ladies do NOT like him! He is actually afraid of them, as they corner him and beat him up! He literally hides if they are in the same coop.
I am sure I will have more questions as this egg laying progresses!