- Oct 2, 2009
- 1,333
- 15
- 151
I have two EE pullets. One laid her first egg yesterday, her second today. The other has been laying for a month now.
The one that started first lays in the nestbox. She laid her first eggs under the BBQ grill, but we moved them to the box and she lays in there now. She's not the one with the problem.
Yesterday, my other pullet laid her first egg in the coop, but not in the box. Okay, whatever. I put an egg in each of the nesting boxes. Today, she kept ripping up the newspaper lining the poop board! It was obvious she was trying to make a nest. I moved her to the nest box, she sat for a while, then went back up. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I tried holding her down until she was sitting when I put her in the box. She sat for 10 seconds then jumped back up. Finally, I thought, she must like the newspaper lining! I dashed indoors and put some newspaper in the box! Success! She went in and ripped it up, and I eagerly watched and waited for her to sit.
Then she jumped back up.
I finally gave up and just left. Then she went under the BBQ grill and started scratching there....so I came back a while later and both were under there, along with an egg that was still warm. The egg came from the one that started laying yesterday.
So...I still have an egg in each nesting box. Now what? She laid yesterday in the coop, but today it's under the girll?
The one that started first lays in the nestbox. She laid her first eggs under the BBQ grill, but we moved them to the box and she lays in there now. She's not the one with the problem.
Yesterday, my other pullet laid her first egg in the coop, but not in the box. Okay, whatever. I put an egg in each of the nesting boxes. Today, she kept ripping up the newspaper lining the poop board! It was obvious she was trying to make a nest. I moved her to the nest box, she sat for a while, then went back up. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I tried holding her down until she was sitting when I put her in the box. She sat for 10 seconds then jumped back up. Finally, I thought, she must like the newspaper lining! I dashed indoors and put some newspaper in the box! Success! She went in and ripped it up, and I eagerly watched and waited for her to sit.
Then she jumped back up.

I finally gave up and just left. Then she went under the BBQ grill and started scratching there....so I came back a while later and both were under there, along with an egg that was still warm. The egg came from the one that started laying yesterday.
So...I still have an egg in each nesting box. Now what? She laid yesterday in the coop, but today it's under the girll?

Last edited: