Molting hen has been sleeping in the nesting box

[Bhapimama]

One of my girls (she's an Easter Egger and at the bottom of the pecking order) has been molting for the past 2-3 weeks. I think she might be on the 'upswing' now but for about the past week, she has been sleeping in a nesting box instead of on the roosts with the other girls. We've had some chilly nights and even a little morning frost here....I'm wondering if she just cold (?)... Poor little thing

 

[Ducksandchickens]

One of my girls (she's an Easter Egger and at the bottom of the pecking order) has been molting for the past 2-3 weeks. I think she might be on the 'upswing' now but for about the past week, she has been sleeping in a nesting box instead of on the roosts with the other girls. We've had some chilly nights and even a little morning frost here....I'm wondering if she just cold (?)... Poor little thing

She could just be cold. My hens used to sometimes sleep where there was hay in the boxes

 

[chickens really]

Hello..She is molting so is uncomfortable and likes her own space. Don't worry about where she sleeps.

 

[aart]

She is molting so is uncomfortable and likes her own space

This^^^^...but I wouldn't let the bad habit of nest sleeping continue.