Or several, for that matter!
The nesting boxes I have for my standard hens are various sized wooden fruit crates, turned on their sides with a board across to keep the shavings and eggs in. I had originally had 5 of them stacked in one corner of the coop and behind a ladder perch, so it was hard to gather the eggs.
This past weekend DH and I added 4 more nesting boxes and moved the whole setup about 5 feet away from where they originally sat, to another corner location. 2-3 hens have taken right to laying in the newest boxes and none have laid any in the old set that sits right beside the new ones.
I have 2-3 hens laying their eggs on the floor in the corner below where their nesting boxes used to sit. Is there any way I can get them to stop this and go lay where the nesting boxes now sit?
I think I am lucky only 5 or 6 hens are laying so far, hopefully the soon to lay hens will go straight for the nesting boxes. Unless they see the eggs being laid on the floor and join in.
The nesting boxes I have for my standard hens are various sized wooden fruit crates, turned on their sides with a board across to keep the shavings and eggs in. I had originally had 5 of them stacked in one corner of the coop and behind a ladder perch, so it was hard to gather the eggs.
This past weekend DH and I added 4 more nesting boxes and moved the whole setup about 5 feet away from where they originally sat, to another corner location. 2-3 hens have taken right to laying in the newest boxes and none have laid any in the old set that sits right beside the new ones.
I have 2-3 hens laying their eggs on the floor in the corner below where their nesting boxes used to sit. Is there any way I can get them to stop this and go lay where the nesting boxes now sit?
I think I am lucky only 5 or 6 hens are laying so far, hopefully the soon to lay hens will go straight for the nesting boxes. Unless they see the eggs being laid on the floor and join in.