I feel so bad, only cause dear hubby has to search in weird places for eggs. They bawk bawk at me when I go to the pole barn to collect from their improvised nests. They bawk bawk at me when I look in the coop. They give me the evil eye when they are on the nests laying.
I will be so glad when we have the new coops built. I am segregating for breeding, and we are building a setup for this. I will be collecting eggs from behind the coop, and they will have no choice but to lay where I have the nests.
They will be free ranging, but at particular times. Right now they free range all day long, hence the hidden nests. The two sneakiest locations, one had 10 eggs today in it, and the other one I found about a month ago had 24.......
It is amazing that they yell at me, especially since they announce to the world, for 5 or 10 minutes, "Hey!!! I laid an egg!!!"
Chickens, gotta love them.
Cheri
I will be so glad when we have the new coops built. I am segregating for breeding, and we are building a setup for this. I will be collecting eggs from behind the coop, and they will have no choice but to lay where I have the nests.
They will be free ranging, but at particular times. Right now they free range all day long, hence the hidden nests. The two sneakiest locations, one had 10 eggs today in it, and the other one I found about a month ago had 24.......
It is amazing that they yell at me, especially since they announce to the world, for 5 or 10 minutes, "Hey!!! I laid an egg!!!"
Chickens, gotta love them.
Cheri