We don't need no stinking BOXES!

[SHillChickMan]

I had a heart-to-heart with my 26 LF girls and explained to them that I intentionally purchased dual purpose birds so that I could eat them or their eggs....................two days later I had my first egg............now getting 18-20 a day.

 

[bertman]

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Not yet, Mommy 2 Wee Ones. They're way too pretty and fun to do that.

I do think that SHillChickMan is on to something with his technique. I'm such an old Softie that I'll probably have them out for a little BOSS and cantalope seed soiree and break it to them gently.

 

[AZBootsie]

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I gave mine little drapes (kinda) It worked.

nogahyde (spelling?? fake leather stuff) and a staple gun. Cut a mousehole type door and then cut the fabric into strips.

 

[Country Heart]

Wow AZBootsie - those are nice boxes! I like the "Deposit Eggs Here" sign too.

Now I understand why my girls refuse the boxes and prefer the bushes - they are holding out for drapes and signage.

 

[CapricornFarm]

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You are not going to believe it, but my first coop has drapes over the nest boxes! I slit the fabric so it looks like vertical blinds.:-D

 

[AZBootsie]

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My chickens can read....that is why they lay in the boxes now

 

[Country Heart]

 

[kaybats]

 

[Marcymom3]

Best thread I've read so far!! Hilarious! And awesome curtains! ... well, even if they aren't velvet.

 

[hennyannie]

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I gave mine little drapes (kinda) It worked.
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nogahyde (spelling?? fake leather stuff) and a staple gun. Cut a mousehole type door and then cut the fabric into strips.

OMG, the whole thing puts me in mind of a bank in the old west.
Nice, real nice!

No wonder the hens love it!
They look like they are waiting in the bank line.