I'm new to chickens and confused.
I have a 4 1/2 month old EE who insists on sleeping in a nest box. High, low, or brightly lit til late at night, she's stubborn about it. I've resorted to removing the nest box from the coop and replacing it late, after she's gone to sleep. That's worked for about a week, but last night, just before the automatic coop door closed, she found an outside nest box and for the first time entered it. I have golf ball in there to inspire her and again for the first time, rather than stepping all over it, she nudged it in the right place and sat on it... and settled in for the night!! The sun went down; the coop door closed. When I went to put her in the coop, she made broody noises at me... sitting there on her golf ball having never laid before. What's going on?
Thanks!
I have a 4 1/2 month old EE who insists on sleeping in a nest box. High, low, or brightly lit til late at night, she's stubborn about it. I've resorted to removing the nest box from the coop and replacing it late, after she's gone to sleep. That's worked for about a week, but last night, just before the automatic coop door closed, she found an outside nest box and for the first time entered it. I have golf ball in there to inspire her and again for the first time, rather than stepping all over it, she nudged it in the right place and sat on it... and settled in for the night!! The sun went down; the coop door closed. When I went to put her in the coop, she made broody noises at me... sitting there on her golf ball having never laid before. What's going on?
Thanks!