Nest Boxes For The Girls

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Got a couple nest boxes for the girls for Christmas. Put in today. They not sure about them yet.

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Couple have slacked off some but still getting eggs.

This mornings.
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Past 9 days. My neighbors have been returning my cartons.
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I've maintained a flock of chickens for almost 13 years and I've lost count of all the different nest box configurations I've tried...I've never once retrieved an egg from a nest box.

Oh, they'll lay BESIDE the box, in FRONT of the box, on TOP of the box (if flat surfaced)...they'll even go INTO the box and stay for a while, then EXIT the box, lay an egg, and RETURN to the box.

I gave up...lay 'em wherever you want, girlies!
 
I built in our nesting boxes and they have doors on the back for egg collection. All but a couple us them and they like to lay under the ramp I built for the girls to get to the nesting boxes lol
 
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