Found our first hidden nest, and a question

[shelby h]

I went to go check on the girls, because I thought I heard the egg song. Did a head count - 1,2,3... Where's four?!? Why, in the chiminea full of potting soil! Found an egg in there that was cold, plus Husky was getting ready to lay.
I don't mind her laying in there, but my question is, the chiminea is full of miracle gro. Should i scoop that out and put sand instead or bedding? I'm not sure if the miracle gro will hurt them, since she was picking at it.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

I'm not sure if the stuff will hurt them but you would like to play it safe I would change it out.

 

[Jinxy]

did the other chickens scare her away from the nesting boxes? Is that why she went someone else?
(just wondering)

 

[shelby h]

@chicken girl1 I probably will, seeing as I'm already worried about it.
@Jinxy no, they haven't run her out. More of they want to help her. Last time I watched her lay, Sassy got in with her and messed with the bedding around her, like fluffing it up around Husky; and Buttercup sang the egg song for her. Husky doesn't sing the song of bounty, she just wants to lay her egg in peace. I have a wooden owl statuette that is sitting in the opening of the chiminea that she manages to squeeze by without knocking out or over, which is what amazes me the most!
She's not the low bird of the flock, so I'm really not worried about her, i sincerely think she just wants to be left alone while laying, and not be mother henned or cheered on, lol