- Aug 12, 2010
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Hi,
We're pretty new to backyard chicken. We have a fenced backyard and have four Americuna run free there. They seem happy and have all started laying eggs. They all seem to be laying every day. However, we have two decks they can run under where we can't get to. We think they may be laying some eggs there although we find most eggs in what looks like nests they have made themselves in little thickets in the backyard. They seems to change the place quite often. We have tried to put nesting boxes where we find the eggs, but all of a sudden they find a new place. Is there a way we can encourage them to lay them in certain places in the backyard? I guess there's nothing to do about the deck other than covering all openings, or is there other ways to prevent them from going under there and lay eggs? We really do not want to keep them in a coop all the time, so we need to find ways to let them free range in the yard.
We're pretty new to backyard chicken. We have a fenced backyard and have four Americuna run free there. They seem happy and have all started laying eggs. They all seem to be laying every day. However, we have two decks they can run under where we can't get to. We think they may be laying some eggs there although we find most eggs in what looks like nests they have made themselves in little thickets in the backyard. They seems to change the place quite often. We have tried to put nesting boxes where we find the eggs, but all of a sudden they find a new place. Is there a way we can encourage them to lay them in certain places in the backyard? I guess there's nothing to do about the deck other than covering all openings, or is there other ways to prevent them from going under there and lay eggs? We really do not want to keep them in a coop all the time, so we need to find ways to let them free range in the yard.