Brillig
Chirping
- May 20, 2016
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One of my hens started laying eggs about two months ahead of schedule and I didn't have my nesting boxes ready...She decided to use my potted fig tree as her nest...Every day, when I open the coop doors, she heads over to the fig tree and lays an egg (she's got close to a dozen now)...I'm planning on making the nesting boxes this weekend but I'm not sure how to encourage her to use one...If I take the eggs out of the fig tree and put them in the box, will she recognize them and start laying along side the older eggs, or do I need to get rid of the eggs and the fig tree and take that option away from her??? Sorry, I know it's a weird question, I just don't know the answer...
Also...
Is there a way to encourage her to go broody or is that just something she'll either decide to do or won't???
Also...
Is there a way to encourage her to go broody or is that just something she'll either decide to do or won't???