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How to stop her sleeping and pooping in the nest box?

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by gottaknit, Nov 20, 2008.

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  1. Nov 20, 2008 #1
    gottaknit

    gottaknit In the Brooder

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    I know it's been asked before, but I wasn't paying attention. [​IMG]

    I adopted a hen this summer, but she won't roost with my other three hens. She sits in the nest box instead, and I wouldn't mind except for all the poop.

    How can I discourage this? Do I need to provide her with her *own* roost? I know she roosted at her old house, so this is clearly just her and the other chickens not wanting to be too close to each other.
     
  2. Nov 20, 2008 #2
    portlandpeeps

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    hey gottaknit,

    sounds like we have similar situations. We also have a playhouse coop for our 4 hens. Adopted two pullets this year and one (a black cochin) sits in the nest box a lot and poops. The other hens pick on her and she tries to avoid their pecking her feathers out by either sitting in a nest box or in the food bucket... where she also poops. I haven't figured out what to do with her besides turning her into roasted chicken.
     

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