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

[Lindy Loo]

I know this may seem crazy however I thought I'd see if anyone else has experienced the same thing...

After losing 2 of my girls in a fox attack my OH was so sweet and as a surprise he went to a breeder near us and bought some replacements... Not just 2 - he was bitten by the "oh they are all so lovely I can't decide so let's have 1 of each" bug. Anyway...with 5 newbies my existing 3 were fine and everything in the hen house is calm . However my Maran, the largest of my existing girls is now the most dominant and at the crack of dawn she has taken to making the most unholy noise. The first few mornings I thought that Mr Fox could be on the prowl however this morning I tiptoed out to the run and she was on top of the cube. The other girls were just pottering about in the run and weren't scared by anything at all. Until recently this hen has been a reliable layer however she has stopped laying now.

Any advice as to how to firstly, get her back to being somewhat quieter in the mornings and eventually back into lay would be appreciated !

[Redwing]

Thats reasonably common yes

 

They can change as they reach the end of the egg laying life and their hormones go a bit crackers. Sometimes this can happen at a younger age too, in that case they do normally carry on the egg laying

 

Either way its pretty common