How can I stop my hen from sleeping in the nesting box?

[OldEnglishGameBantam33]

ok, thank you!

 

[Capoken]

Did they stop laying in the nesting boxes??

Yes - they now sleep on the roosts and the eggs are mostly clean.

 

[Michael Propst]

Did they stop laying in the nesting boxes??

I think you are asking if they stopped laying eggs in the nesting boxes? You will need to block or close off the nesting boxes in the evenings. When mine were young I would simply place cardboard boxes in the nesting boxes around 6PM before they went to roost and then removed them from the nesting boxes in the early morning so they were available to lay eggs in again. I never had any problem with them laying anywhere but in the nesting box.

 

[OldEnglishGameBantam33]

some pics coming up:

 

[OldEnglishGameBantam33]

 

[OldEnglishGameBantam33]

I just cleaned out the nestbox so there is no poop in there.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

When I had a prefab, I blocked the nest boxes off because those roosts aren't high enough for them to differentiate the height. I blocked them off in the evening before they went to roost, then opened them back up in the morning. But, if I ever left them open, they slept in the nest boxes.

 

[OldEnglishGameBantam33]

Thank you so much for all the help! I raised the roosts, blocked the nesting box at night and no one slept in it. In the afternoon I got 2 nice clean eggs without poop!
Yay!

 

[aart]

Thank you so much for all the help I blocked the nesting box at night and no one slept in it. In the afternoon I got 2 nice clean eggs without poop!
Yay!

Great!
Did you remove covers after dark or the next morning?
Might want to try to differentiate the nests from the coop floor,
put up a board with a couple 10" dia holes for entry,
will be easier to cover like that too.

 

[OldEnglishGameBantam33]

I raised the roosts too