meganpip Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 We have only had our two since Monday but we got a soft shell egg on the first day from the larger one (Hetty). She laid this first one on the grass inside the run and this morning when I checked there was another soft shell egg inside the eglu but it had been laid on the roosting bars and was broken. The egg itself appeared to be whole on the dropping tray so I hope it was merely stood on instead of pecked at. Does anybody have a tip on encouraging Hetty to lay in the nest box. It is well lined with straw and looks cosy enough to me. Meganpip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi Meganpip happy new chickens you can get little ceramic or rubber eggs to put in the nest box, these seem to convince the chooks that this is the right place to lay, but as she is new she could have been caught short and had a bit of a shock with her laying ive also heard of people putting real eggs in the nesting box too (shop bought ones if you dont have any "home laid") to show the girls where to lay. I must say - the nesting box sounds cosy to me too hope this is helpful cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganpip Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi Cathy Thank you very much, we are going to the toy shop now. Lets hope this works. Thank you Meganpip xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
