Ribh's D'Coopage

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

I've seen mine using two different boxes, but when I collect eggs they are all in one box.

 

[BY Bob]

I was going to go with eggs. Ive known mine to change boxes for one with eggs in it.

Each of mine has a ceramic egg in it at all times.

 

[rjohns39]

Here are a couple of sunset shots just a few minutes apart.

 

[RoyalChick]

Here are a couple of sunset shots just a few minutes apart.
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Wow - it is like fire!

 

[Shadrach]

I cannot figure out what makes a particular box more popular.

A hen having recently laid an egg in it is one of the reasons certain boxes are more popular than others here.
Another is a particular box has produced chicks.

 

[Shadrach]

Each of mine has a ceramic egg in it at all times.

Fake eggs have never worked here.

 

[BY Bob]

Here are a couple of sunset shots just a few minutes apart.
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Oooo Aaaaaaa those are amazing!

 

[BY Bob]

A hen having recently laid an egg in it is one of the reasons certain boxes are more popular than others here.
Another is a particular box has produced chicks.

That is interesting. The far left is the Hattie and Aurora box. I have seen them evict other hens. The center box is where Sydney hatched. Those are the two that are generally used. I guess the third box is basically overflow as they will not share with each other. It is rarely used.

 

[BY Bob]

Fake eggs have never worked here.

The fake eggs did work for me when I built the coop, or at least they seemed to. Until I put them in the nest boxes I was finding eggs all over the place.

There us a theory that they discourage egg eating as well because the hen can't break them. I'm not too sure about that but it can't hurt.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Each of mine has a ceramic egg in it at all times.

Until one of the hens gets suspicious and turfs it out!