When to remove golf balls?

[cravenchx]

I'm pretty sure the girls know
where the nests boxes are. I have only
gotten one egg. Should I remove the
golf balls now?

 

[fifelakelooper]

craven...I'd wait for another week at least......I have had my fake egg in the box for 3 wks.....got one egg every other day in the nest and then yesterday found two on the floor I blocked that spot and put out 2 more fake eggs so that now I have 1 fake egg for each (3) nest.

 

[cravenchx]

Quote:
Ok, thanks. I was afraid they might get mad
at something in their nest. I'll wait a little while.

 

[galanie]

I leave the fake egg in there always. I had one girl that went nuts looking for it before she'd lay if it was gone, even after laying in the same nest for months. So I just leave them.

 

[florida lee]

I took mine out after I got the first egg. After that the non-laying girls figured it out by watching the one that was laying....never had a problem with them laying in the nest box after the first egg. Did have one girl that was bullied out of the nest box, by my RIR, and she laid on the poop board 3 times and then went back to the nest box.

 

[rancher hicks]

I remove the golf balls when I see a set of clubs in the coop.

Seriously, I use wooden eggs in the nest boxes and leave them there. Though I suspect it increases the chance that some go broody. Not always a good thing.

Iwish you a good day,

Rancher fooorrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

[JodyJo]

Mine have been laying for a couple months now...they are still in the nest boxes...the girls still like sitting on them.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I had wooden eggs and golf balls and I never take them out.

 

[CheerioLounge]

I used plastic easter eggs and have never removed them.

 

[nakstk]

I was wondering the same thing. I had put a plastic Easter egg in there nest and 3 days later it was on the floor of their coop. I think they play soccer with it. I find it in different places everyday. My hubby's cousin told us to put a golf ball in there. That stays in the nesting box but they bury it and move it about the nest. Only two of my girls are squatting and still no eggs. Patiently Waiting...........