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Now that we have a nice new coop with proper nesting boxes, I had to try this out. I have a different mix of material in each box, and over the course of the week I'll be seeing which is the favorite. Here's a pic of the setup:
These are all poorly edited together because I was not able to get a pic of all of them at once. This is, however, the order that they are in in real life. From left to right:
Shavings with no fake egg
Shavings with fake egg
Shavings with a bit of straw and fake egg
Equal shavings/straw mix with fake egg
Straw with fake egg
I have since updated the nests so that they all have fake eggs aside from the one on the far left. I arranged the bedding so that it looked like someone had nested there. I don't have updated pictures but it's basically the same.
These boxes are all the same size and get all the same amount of light, so those shouldn't affect the experiment. Pic from the inside:
(I added more shavings to the coop floor after this was taken) it looks like the ones toward the camera are more brightly lit, but that is because they are closer to the door. The chickens:
Round Chicken. The least consistent layer-we don't get eggs from her every day. Sometimes we get some funky eggs from her as well.
Ruth. Best egg layer-she's never skipped a day, and never laid funky eggs. Usually lays later in the morning rather than later.
Poppy. When I took these I had just refilled their food, and they were feasting. Poppy is the third best layer-she sometimes skips days but lays most of them. I don't think we have funky eggs from her, but I'm not sure. Lays earlier in the morning.
Tillie. Also feasting. Second best layer- was the first to start laying, and lays every day. We've gotten some weird eggs from her, however. Lays earliest in the morning.
I"ll update every day with where the eggs were!
These are all poorly edited together because I was not able to get a pic of all of them at once. This is, however, the order that they are in in real life. From left to right:
Shavings with no fake egg
Shavings with fake egg
Shavings with a bit of straw and fake egg
Equal shavings/straw mix with fake egg
Straw with fake egg
I have since updated the nests so that they all have fake eggs aside from the one on the far left. I arranged the bedding so that it looked like someone had nested there. I don't have updated pictures but it's basically the same.
These boxes are all the same size and get all the same amount of light, so those shouldn't affect the experiment. Pic from the inside:
(I added more shavings to the coop floor after this was taken) it looks like the ones toward the camera are more brightly lit, but that is because they are closer to the door. The chickens:
Round Chicken. The least consistent layer-we don't get eggs from her every day. Sometimes we get some funky eggs from her as well.
Ruth. Best egg layer-she's never skipped a day, and never laid funky eggs. Usually lays later in the morning rather than later.
Poppy. When I took these I had just refilled their food, and they were feasting. Poppy is the third best layer-she sometimes skips days but lays most of them. I don't think we have funky eggs from her, but I'm not sure. Lays earlier in the morning.
Tillie. Also feasting. Second best layer- was the first to start laying, and lays every day. We've gotten some weird eggs from her, however. Lays earliest in the morning.
I"ll update every day with where the eggs were!
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