Bouncy Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Rugby is laying most days which is great, she lays a lovely dark brown egg as she is a Maron, the only problem is she is laying on to roosting bars and hasn't got a particular time of day to lay anything from 7am to 2pm Ebony has also layed a few eggs no so dark but still brown and she also lays on to roosting bars As soon as I clear all the poop out of the nesting area and fill it with nice new straw they both run in along with Snow drop and Ivory and kick through the straw and pull it all out into the run. When I've looked in at night time none of them are roosting in the nest area so it's not like they sleep in it. Any advice would be appreciated Cheers Timcho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 my maran lays any time of the day aswell! She's never laid anywhere other than the nesting box though, so I dont really know what to advise about getting yours to lay in there. We peeped in the egg port tonight and the maran was asleep in the nestbox!!! Have you noticed how hard their egg shells are? We could use Coco's as torpedo's they are that hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 My Rosie occasionally lays on the bars, but usually that is because one of the older hens is already on the nest and she doesn't like to intrude You can buy fake eggs - worth popping one or two of those into the nest box to show them the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 You could use a golf ball aswell. Mine started laying on the roosting bars recently but some fresh straw in the NB did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I get the odd one on bars and even more occasionally....in the run. I imagine that they are caught short when the nesting box is occupied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 My girls hate straw in their nest box and either refuse to lay in there or pull it all out. I think it's because it gets tied around their feet. I changed the straw for hemcore and now they're fine. Maybe it's worth trying something different for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncy Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 Thanks will try something differnet in the nesting box to see if that works, I have got 2 marble type eggs so will try that as well HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE & ALL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 You could try shredded paper - a good way of getting rid of junk / personal papers - our chooks like it. We put a layer of aubiose in the bottom and then the paper on top. Poops can be shaken out of the paper and then the whole lot gets changed at the end of the week. Fake eggs/golf balls also help All the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateP Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 My two don't like too much straw in the nesting box. I only put a few strands in there otherwise they make a big fuss of dragging it all out again. Donna used to always lay her eggs on the roosting bars and I tried a golf ball but that didn't fool her! I then bought a fake plastic egg and she has laid in the nesting box ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
