chicken question -

[bvar22]

6. chicken answer:

[font size=4 face=Tahoma]Depends on the chicken,
but I wouldn't really know,
cause I turned out to be a Rooster!
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We have 9 hens of different varieties
and they lay in traditional square boxes.
The amusing thing is that in a row of 8 identical boxes,
they ALL prefer two particular boxes,
and will wait in line and bitch at the other girls to Hurry Up!

We added two more square boxes in a different area,
and two birds have claimed ONE of these two boxes as their own.
They will also bitch at each other to Hurry Up! instead using the vacant box.

Things are going to get interesting over the next week
because we have 10 more young hens starting to lay.

Your post raised my curiosity,
and I am going to experiment with a round laying nest.
I'll let you know what happens.

My personal guess is that the shape doesn't matter near as much as the location,
and whichever box they hens, in their communal wisdom, decide is the best one.