Nest boxes

dweaver

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9 Years
Apr 19, 2010
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We have 15 chickens and 4 large nests boxes..Is this big enough for the laying hens?? The older hens (7 of them) lay all their eggs in one nest. Is this normal??
 
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from S. Florida! Glad you joined us! And yes, its very normal for them to all favor one nest, my silly girls do the same here too.
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I know, it's just plumb silly! I fixed my first chicken coop with 13 homemade nesting boxes at different heights and ladders...and I sneak in with a flash light and my 21 chicks where snuggled up in 2 boxes. I was so worried the were gonning to smother each other. But each morning I did a head count and all was well. Eventually they did spread out....but it took about 10 weeks.
 

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