Is this what they mean by a "favorite nest box"? :)

[Coop de Grille]

OMG that is hysterical!

I had four guys that liked to pile in the nest boxes. If all 8 of them could have fit they would have.

 

[n8ivetxn]

A surveillance camera

Great idea!

- This is a great thread....

 

[idamarie]

reminds me of teenagers. fighting and arguing over closet space, the bathroom, what program to watch on tv....!

 

[Habibs Hens]

this thread is a prime example of why they say 1 nest box to every 3 birds


great pics love em

i have 7 currently laying and always find all 7 eggs in teh 1 box they are pretty good though and take it in turns to lay

thoughout thier laying days since i had them only had 3 broken and a few minor cracked eggs

so thats a good result

 

[sezjasper]

This thread is hysterical...and maybe I shouldn't admit it, but I swiped the opening picture for my desktop background. Now I can start every day with a laugh! My girls have not started laying yet, but if the way they eat is any indication...I'm in trouble. Their feeder has about 20 openings for them to peck, but all five chickens MUST peck from the same opening. They crowd up like kids at a concert and someone is always pushed to the back of the bunch...then she will run to the other side, duck down to walk under the feeder to get back to the front of the pack. I love my babies!

 

[Yukonchick]

LOL, I think I.m going to build a nice long community nesting box when it comes time for mine to lay.

 

[hennyandpenny]

my hens used to lay on the floor. then they moved their nesting area... still dont know where. but id have 3 birds triing to lay in one area at once but then take turns. i have crazy chickens who like to put rocks in their nesting box the top box.... and then they acciddently crack their eggs.... now i just have to clean it out every week or risk breaking an egg....

.... i love my girls. but they drive me crazy... i do have a hen that proclaims befor and after she lays her egg. it is so loud! and it freaks my mom out because she thought something got a hold of her...

though it did sound like it...

 

[dadthebaker]

I have five with three boxes and they all lay in just one... Just like the other posts, they walk around llike they have to go really really bad, but don't use the other two boxes...

 

[Yukonchick]

Thats really odd about the rocks. Who knows what goes on in their tiny brains, but it sure makes me wonder. I've always been facinated by animals when they do unusual things, but there has to be some reason.

 

[JoMWy]

I don't have chickens, but I do have ducks - 14 actually. Having researched bedding, I finally attempted to make pseudo nest boxes for my babies to lie in when they came in at night. I initially had 2 boot trays and a shallow plastic container about 2'x2' and filled them with shavings, shredded paper, and carefresh bedding. My hubs said I made them a salad to play in rather than lie in (which was partially true). Within about 3-5 minutes, 6 of the ducks were crammed into the plastic container with the others all around it and zero in the boot trays (filled with the same stuff). So, I forced the hubs to go out to Target at 10 pm to buy another plastic container.When I checked on the ducks after I heard him pull into the driveway with their second bed, I couldn't help but crack up when all the ducks that could fit were now in, on the edges, or surrounding a single boot tray...with zero now in the plastic container (the type I forced the hubs to buy).