It's 90 degrees in the coop, yet I just had to.....

[gritsar]

pull two of my big fat brahma hens off the top of another big fat brahma hen sitting in a nestbox! There are 3 other nestboxes available, all identical, all facing the window and fans.


Just when I start to think chickens might just have a tiny bit of intelligence.

 

[redhen]

 

[Crazy4mypeeps]

Mine seem to want what everyone else has too. They all jocky for the same one.

 

[chicmom]

Isn't it funny? For some reason, one nest box is always very popular....Even if they're identical......

 

[jjthink]

Oh my goodness -what a visual that is!!!

JJ

 

[gritsar]

Considering that the nestboxes are all covered kitty litter pans, it takes some skill to extract hens without breaking eggs.

 

[jjthink]

Or hens!

JJ

 

[gritsar]

Quote:

True, true.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Quote:
I have this issue too. I have three hens, three nest boxes and they all fight for one.

So I put two plastic Easter Eggs in another nest box, and suddenly, IT was the place to lay eggs. I move them around to mix it up and try to keep them from fighting.
I've really got to get a webcam.

 

[gritsar]

I've got golfballs in all the nestboxes. Doesn't matter. Think my girls have gotten wise to me and can tell the difference between a golfball and a real egg? Nahhhhhh!

More than once I've had to stop my bossier girls from yanking one of their sisters out of a box when they wanted to use it. Human "cat fights" have nothing on my girls when its hot and they're cranky.