ISCA Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 My Marans has started laying eggs and is doing a grand job...7 eggs in 7 consecutive days. Well done that girl BUT she seems to prefer laying in the main run area rather than in the coop (5 of the 7 eggs have been laid in the run). She used the floor of the coop twice and never uses the nest boxes. I am worried that an egg will smash under the feet of the stampeding flock, they will then eat the egg and then I have a problem with egg eating chooks. So any words of wisdom in how to get her to lay in what I consider to be the right place, the nestbox? She clearly has other thoughts on the issue! The nest boxes have Hemcore on the floor and I have put some dummy eggs in them to try and give her a hint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi-Hi Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Mmm, all I can think is try and figure out when she is due to lay, and then when you see her starting to settle, move her to a nesting box. A few times might be necessary, but maybe you can 'train' her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggasperated Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 My Pippa was like that and would just stop, lay an egg, and then carry on with whatever she was doing. I solved the problem by putting a plastic cat box in the run and she would happily sit in there and lay - it seems she liked to watch the world go by and not be isolated in the nest box for a time-wasting exercise like laying an egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
