question about hens laying

kushball21

In the Brooder
8 Years
May 30, 2011
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Harveys Lake, PA
I have at least 1 hen laying out of 15 and she seems to lay them in the corner of the coop under the roost. Somehow the eggs get covered up by the pine shavings. I have to hunt for the eggs.
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I do have nest boxes hanging on the walls with golf balls in them. So my question is, how do I get her to lay in the nest box?

P.S. just took 1 nest box off the wall and put on the floor of the coop.
 
Good luck trying to change the behaviour.
I have 6 hens and 6 boxes, but 5 of them will all lay in the same box and 1 BO who always lays on the floor under the nest boxes.

At least you know where the ground layer is hiding her eggs.
 
If she lays there all the time I would put something in her way,and if she changes the spot but still not in the box move it to that spot. Hopefully she will get the point. Otherwise you're doing all the things you are supposed to do.
 
thanks all for the reply.... i think if she doesn't get the hint i might glue her feet to the nest box, maybe then she'll get the idea.
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Give the hens at least one box, which is placed virtually on the floor. Just bang together a 18" cube of scrap plywood or similar. Put little 3" lip on the front opening to help keep the straw/chips in the box and set the box on a couple of half blocks or some bricks, just 3" off the ground. Many hens will not jump up to an elevated box. Give it a try. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
 
ok so i took the nest box down and put it in the corner where i saw her lay the egg and now she lays them in another corner!!!!!!
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and it was buried again!!!!!!
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I was having this problem too - I placed an egg in each nest box (I scribbled on the egg with a pencil) - so I could identify the eggs I placed in the box - after a few days, they were all laying in the boxes.
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You`re stressing too much over this, my friend. Since you know now where she is laying, let her lay there and leave a marked egg for her refference. You know where the nest is, so you can collect the fresh ones. Everyone is happy........Pop
 

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