Hide and seek

[Byrd gal]

Suddenly my girls have took to laying everywhere but in the nest box. There has been nothing new going on at my end but I did see the dominant hen chasing the others out a couple days ago. I haven't seen her doing it again why is she being a jerk? Obviously she doesn't need the whole coop to lay an egg.

 

[aart]

Suddenly my girls have took to laying everywhere but in the nest box. There has been nothing new going on at my end but I did see the dominant hen chasing the others out a couple days ago. I haven't seen her doing it again why is she being a jerk? Obviously she doesn't need the whole coop to lay an egg.

Spring fever.
Might need to confine birds to coop or isolate the bully.
How many birds in how big of a coop?

 

[Byrd gal]

They have a 16x20 coop with 10 boxes and a 20x60 run. 11 girls who just turned 3. Plenty of purina layer feed,shells, greens, and free range. I think she might need caged. How long should she be in? I have a large size dog cage in the coop ready to go.