We have a design flaw in the coop we just built

[Hokum Coco]

I hope to get a few eggs before spring. ..lol..how disappointing to have to wait until spring!

Got my first egg at 25 weeks and two days, no additional light added. Hang in there, it will happen before you know it!

 

[tcstoehr]

Yes, raise the roosts higher than the nest boxes. My hens fight to get to the highest spot. I have still had one nest box sleeper. It's because she gets pecked at sometimes up on the highest roost, so I gave her another roosting bar a bit lower down and she uses that. But first I had to block the nest box with a piece of plywood an hour or two before dusk, and then removed it after the hens have roosted. A few days of this got her into the groove.

 

[ronda1]

We lowered the nests and raised the roost...there was still a little poop in the box so I assume one of the pullets liked roosting there. My husband made the nest box removable so I've just taken it out and will put it in after a few weeks had passed. Hopefully that solves the problem.