jennym Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hey all, Our new chooks are spending a fair amount of time in their Eglu during the day - snoozing I guess. They rush out in the morning and gobble down some pellets, then they are in and out all day, sometimes disappearing for an hour or so. No signs of anything wrong though, so I'm hoping this is natural. Do yours do this? Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Ours use to do that. Don't worry, they'll grow out of it when they get older. You'll probably find that they stop doing it for a while, but as they get to egg-laying age, they may have the odd 'practice' before starting to lay eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Oh, that's great - I have an image in my head now of them settling down in the nesting box and wiggling around, trying to figure it all out Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacake Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 our new chickens often run in the eglu if something scary comes (ie me...) in the WIR, and they also seem to be practising laying, they go in / out/ sit and read the newspaper for a while? / come out and pretend they've laid an egg and sometimes I think they are just playing follow the leader - if one goes in they all go in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 That sounds eggsactly right teacake. This afternoon I sat out there for a while as they went in and out and trashed the nesting box. Well, I guess keeping chickens was never going to be a tidy exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witzend Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 sit and read the newspaper for a while? NEVER - they'd have to be MALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 teacake wrote:sit and read the newspaper for a while? NEVER - they'd have to be MALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 our boss hen likes a good sit down and read of the paper when she lays an egg (up to an hour). Mind you, she's a big burly, almost blokey hen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimmyCustard Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Our boss hen also sits in there forever,(knitting) then there's an almighty screeching and clucking - announcing the arrival of said egg noisy bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
