I am laughing because my new layer Cordon has decided to make herself a nest right next to the actual nestbox despite the golf balls right there in the picture beside her chosen spot.
All three eggs have been in that exact spot.
What makes it even funnier is that among my in-town flock I had a Delaware who liked that corner too.
I know that my nest boxes are fine because, though they were repaired, they are the same boxes that the previous flock laid in -- with plenty of room for the big Dark Brahma hens (who went broody in them).
I'm hoping that if I keep obliterating the floor nest and that if another pullet starts up in the box she'll get the idea.
All three eggs have been in that exact spot.
What makes it even funnier is that among my in-town flock I had a Delaware who liked that corner too.
I know that my nest boxes are fine because, though they were repaired, they are the same boxes that the previous flock laid in -- with plenty of room for the big Dark Brahma hens (who went broody in them).
I'm hoping that if I keep obliterating the floor nest and that if another pullet starts up in the box she'll get the idea.