I have a question regarding nesting. It's probably naive, but I don't know a whole lot about chickens.
It looks like most people provide a nest box with all the 'bedding' already made up, ready for immediate laying. Birds in the wild create their own nests, so why don't chickens?
Is it because we do not want a chicken to create a nest somewhere outside the hen-house where we can't readily find her eggs?
Do the chickens play with the bedding in order to "personalize" it during the period just before they begin laying?
thanks!
peace
It looks like most people provide a nest box with all the 'bedding' already made up, ready for immediate laying. Birds in the wild create their own nests, so why don't chickens?
Is it because we do not want a chicken to create a nest somewhere outside the hen-house where we can't readily find her eggs?
Do the chickens play with the bedding in order to "personalize" it during the period just before they begin laying?
thanks!
peace