Wild Chickens

[Wandalea Wild]

I've been raising domestic chickens off & on for years, but now am wanting to entice the wild chickens of Kauai to lay their eggs in the nest boxes we just made. The boxes are in a quiet, sheltered area where the chickens already scratch. We have added a compost pile of manure, ongoing veggie scraps, leaves, & yard trimmings. Also some chow just temporarily to get them started. Our friend has wild chickens laying in elevated boxes in her open barn. Ours are several feet off the ground too. Kauai is brimming with wild chickens! So hopefully they will discover the boxes & lay in them.

 

[H-B-O]

I've been raising domestic chickens off & on for years, but now am wanting to entice the wild chickens of Kauai to lay their eggs in the nest boxes we just made. The boxes are in a quiet, sheltered area where the chickens already scratch. We have added a compost pile of manure, ongoing veggie scraps, leaves, & yard trimmings. Also some chow just temporarily to get them started. Our friend has wild chickens laying in elevated boxes in her open barn. Ours are several feet off the ground too. Kauai is brimming with wild chickens! So hopefully they will discover the boxes & lay in them.

Ooo yay! Tell me what happens! I would put some on the ground too just in case

 

[Wandalea Wild]

Ooo yay! Tell me what happens! I would put some on the ground too just in case

Do you mean nest boxes on the ground or chow? I will add a box on the ground! The chow is already there, in a feeder & scattered. Here I go to make a ground box.

 

[H-B-O]

Do you mean nest boxes on the ground or chow? I will add a box on the ground! The chow is already there, in a feeder & scattered. Here I go to make a ground box.

Yes a ground box my chickens go in the bottoms and the tops even the wild turkeys sometimes go in the nesting boxes on the ground!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[Wandalea Wild]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

Thank you!

 

[Wandalea Wild]

Yes a ground box my chickens go in the bottoms and the tops even the wild turkeys sometimes go in the nesting boxes on the ground!

OK, I just added a ground level box!

 

[H-B-O]

OK, I just added a ground level box!

Ok!

 

[Stipenvlerk]

I've been raising domestic chickens off & on for years, but now am wanting to entice the wild chickens of Kauai to lay their eggs in the nest boxes we just made. The boxes are in a quiet, sheltered area where the chickens already scratch. We have added a compost pile of manure, ongoing veggie scraps, leaves, & yard trimmings. Also some chow just temporarily to get them started. Our friend has wild chickens laying in elevated boxes in her open barn. Ours are several feet off the ground too. Kauai is brimming with wild chickens! So hopefully they will discover the boxes & lay in them.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[DucksAreBest]

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