Hen not laying in nest box, now everyone keeps breaking and eating her eggs?!

[DoubleYolk123]

Thanks for all your replies, I’ll go get photos now

 

[DoubleYolk123]

 

[rosemarythyme]

Kinda hard to tell... is this a top down view? A sideways photo from the door? Where is the hen laying in relation to the nests?

 

[LaFleche]

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This looks as if the dividers might be too low to provide some privacy for the hens, so they can get easily molested or even driven out by a neighbour.

 

[eveleychook]

Why don't you put in a false egg? (Ceramic Eggs)

 

[BDutch]

In case the fake eggs or (catlitter) box near the entrance don't help.:
What about a few bricks before the door opening , that make it too uncomfortable to lay an egg?

If the shells of your eggs are easy to break: supply oyster shells or give crushed egg shells back.

Maybe a camera can tell you more? Or get up early to see for yourself.

 

[DoubleYolk123]

In case the fake eggs or (catlitter) box near the entrance don't help.:
What about a few bricks before the door opening , that make it too uncomfortable to lay an egg?

If the shells of your eggs are easy to break: supply oyster shells or give crushed egg shells back.

Maybe a camera can tell you more? Or get up early to see for yourself.

I do give them a calcium supplement 3 times a week, and I will try the brick idea, it happened again the other day but today the egg wasn’t broken and left alone.

 

[DoubleYolk123]

This looks as if the dividers might be too low to provide some privacy for the hens, so they can get easily molested or even driven out by a neighbour.

I’ll have to sort out getting some higher dividers soon thanks

 

[DoubleYolk123]

Kinda hard to tell... is this a top down view? A sideways photo from the door? Where is the hen laying in relation to the nests?

It is a sideways photo because I was trying to get it all in, and it’s a top down photo from the lid of the nest boxes

 

[DoubleYolk123]

She’s laying just off camera on the sawdust, and the other hen is laying in the corner on the sawdust on the top corner of the photo