Move in day was yesterday. They played in and out and in again. They free ranged, and went in again. The broody was the easiest. Moved the whole nest while she was out for a walk. Showed her the nest when she was done. Plop. The other girls kept trying to get into her box to lay, so I spent the afternoon building her her own walls, in the coop. Sigh.
The other girls needed shown the roosts after dark, but that's not surprising.
Today my orpington is being a pain in the butt. She, and the others, KNOW where the boxes are, and yet she is pacing the run and going in and out, and in and out. I don't think she's happy with them. I added a curtain to one, and that made her a bit happier, but after two minutes of twirling, she got back out again. Eventually, it's just going to plop out of her, where ever she is! The box is the same design as the old, but two inches more headroom and an inch more wide. Orps are BIG girls, same mats and everything.
I decided not to watch her any more. She's making me a nervous wreck.
On the upside, day 10 on eggs, all candles and developing well.
The other girls needed shown the roosts after dark, but that's not surprising.
Today my orpington is being a pain in the butt. She, and the others, KNOW where the boxes are, and yet she is pacing the run and going in and out, and in and out. I don't think she's happy with them. I added a curtain to one, and that made her a bit happier, but after two minutes of twirling, she got back out again. Eventually, it's just going to plop out of her, where ever she is! The box is the same design as the old, but two inches more headroom and an inch more wide. Orps are BIG girls, same mats and everything.
I decided not to watch her any more. She's making me a nervous wreck.
On the upside, day 10 on eggs, all candles and developing well.
