Mr Rhode Island Red Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Just wondering... My 8 hens have a choice of four nest boxes to lay in, but only on two ocassions have I found that they didn't lay all their eggs in the same box. It seems taht its a case of follow the leader, because I was cleaning the hen house one morning and I moved the two eggs that had been laid already into the box beside it. When I collected the eggs in the evening, they were all in that nesting box that I had left the other two eggs in. Does anyone find that their hens do this as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Put one in each that will fool them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtie14 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yes, I read about this the other day. Apparently hens like the reassurance of knowing that another chicken has successfully laid an egg there! Ours have a choice of two places to lay, they tend to stick to the traditional nestbox but occasionally we'll get a couple in the new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
