Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[chickenopolis]

Both yesterday and this morning (infact for the last little while...on and off), Flo decides that before she flings herself out of the cube in the morning, she turns round 3 times on the roosting bars. She then launches herself out into the run - luckily I have the door on the run open, otherwise she would be a heap in the run..

When she has had a stretch of the legs, a morning poo (sorry, too much information) and a few mealworms, she heads back up to the nest box, but before we flings herself up there for a sit down and an egg (if I am lucky), she goes round the bottom of the purple ladder 3 times.

I have checked her for lice, and anything yukky, but she is as clean as you can get. She does clean herself quite a bit, but both my girls do - they settle themselves down by the fridge in the kitchen and have a good shake, clean and then a snooze.

I wouldn't want my girls to be "normal", can't think of anything worse to be honest.....but do any of your ladies do this??????

Have I got an OCD chook????

[MarkBevBen]

Ooh I'm not sure if your Flo has OCD, but you did make me at her little routine.

 

I have noticed our Dottie in fact seems to have a little routine - straight out of the Eglu first thing to eat her breakfast, then it used to be around 10am she'd go and lay an egg. The eggs have been a bit earlier/later in the last week or so though - maybe due to the darker weather?

 

They're so much fun to watch though aren't they

[Plum]

I think she is just superstitious

[MarkBevBen]

I think she is just superstitious

 

 

[merlotti]

Brilliant! Am enjoying watching the scene in my head!

And you're right - there's nothing like a hen that's really got their own little quirkinesses! I'd leave her to it!

 

Merlotti x