Rural/Farm Life

LWolf

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9. My hens don't care about shape or color.

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 10:19 AM

Aug 2012

They like their boxes to be clean, well filled with hay or shavings, and in a quiet, darker spot. They prefer corners; boxes that are in corners, or, if they lay in a larger area, they will lay in the corner of that area. I have a couple of small "shelters" that I keep filled with hay, and they often lay in there.

As a flock, they will choose one or two spots and all will lay their eggs in the same place. They don't want a separate "nest" unless they get broody.

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just sticking in a reply to make sure mopinko Aug 2012 #1

well, chickens are kind of round.. Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #2

I read about it somewhere - if they like it, it makes a lot of sense - hedgehog Aug 2012 #4

We found round buckets work best. JoeyT Aug 2012 #3

Thanks! hedgehog Aug 2012 #5

chicken answer: bvar22 Aug 2012 #6

Ours do the same thing. JoeyT Aug 2012 #7

Yeah, they do that! Redford Aug 2012 #8

My hens don't care about shape or color. LWolf Aug 2012 #9

anybody use cardboard boxes? mopinko Aug 2012 #10

No. LWolf Aug 2012 #11

Well, the buckets are in place, and so far all the hens are ignoring them. hedgehog Sep 2012 #12

They have their own ideas, lol. LWolf Sep 2012 #13

Last fall I built a nice wooden set of 3 nesting boxes. rad51 Sep 2012 #14

I have a dozen hens at the moment Kali Sep 2012 #15