Strangest/Funniest Places Your Free Range Hens Lay

[bobbi-j]

So, after noticing a sudden decrease in eggs collected, DH said the other day, "I think they're laying someplace else." (They had been laying in the machine shed behind the stairs that go up to a storage loft.) So today I decided to let them out a bit later than usual and follow the ones bolting out of the gate with their legs crossed. Three of them ran here:

This is an old semi sleeper cab with a tree on it. They waded through several inches of water, jumped from branch and worked ther way up onto the tree trunk. (“They” are two Barred Rocks and a Red Ranger. The top of the cab is roughly 5.5’ high.

Note that the head of the chicken you see does not belong to the body of the chicken in the foreground.

Apparently these aren’t the only ones laying up there, and it’s been a favorite spot for a while...

Now let’s see your chickens’ favorite places! (And remember - pics or it didn’t happen.)

 

[Birdsong 82]

I accidentally left the top off of the 30 gallon feed bin and found an egg in there. Ha ha but didn’t have my camera with me at the time. Then there was once or twice in the chimnea fire pit

 

[bobbi-j]

View attachment 1718760 I accidentally left the top off of the 30 gallon feed bin and found an egg in there. Ha ha but didn’t have my camera with me at the time. Then there was once or twice in the chimnea fire pit

Looks like a nice cozy spot!

 

[Birdsong 82]

Thank goodness there was no fire going at the time. Ha ha I don’t like roasted chicken for dinner if that’s the way it happens

 

[WVduckchick]

Malibu hid her nest in this maybe 5" wide space between the duck pool and the fence. I ended up letting her hatch them there.

 

[Ginmary]

Love this thread

 

[MallardMomx2]

Our chickens will ONLY lay in cat litter buckets!!

 

[bobbi-j]

Thought I'd update. Today DH took a ladder over there and got the eggs. There are at least 4, maybe 5 birds laying up there. This evening, I found one here:

On a bare shelf, behind the battery charger. Egg had already been picked before I decided to take a picture.

 

[elmo]

I have one chicken who likes to lay her eggs in high spots and is very fussy about looking for new places. She was trying to lay her egg on the windowsill of the coop when I happened by and scooped her up....and she laid her egg right in my hand.

We joked about training her to lay right into the fry pan. Now, wouldn't that be something? Can't get fresher eggs than that.

 

[bobbi-j]

Laying eggs in the frying pan - that would be great! No one has laid on the sleeper since DH took the eggs. But I have a Welsummer and EE that are laying somewhere... I haven’t seen eggs from them in over a week. Tomorrow when I’m home, I’ll let them out later than usual and see if I can follow them.