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Chicken Question (Patreon)

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2020-09-30 04:52:37
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2024-01
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Hello Patreon,

I have a question for you guys this time.

We are new to having chickens and have loved it so far. The other day we noticed that some of them are not laying in the nesting boxs.

Wondering if anyone here has any tips on why this may be and thought I'd ask.

Let me know!

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Anonymous

I’ve got one chicken that will make her own nests around the yard, in the garage, in a lawn chair, she lays wherever she wants. The rest use the laying boxes. I also leave an egg in each nest when i collect them, idk if that helps, but i do it anyways.

Anonymous

Hey Shawn j. Griswold here Grizzly River Art just join and my first comment! We got chicken's earlier this year. They free range and we had the same issue. I locked them in the run that's attached to the coop for about 3-5 days. Basically forcing them to find and use the nesting box. Fixed the issue. Excited to be up here finally!

VigilanceElite
>>46670830

Hey man! Dig your stuff. Griffen on NODS was badass! I'll have to look into that next time. Unfortunately the little guy didn't make it.

Anonymous

I know this post is old, but in case anyone comes to this post, I have some suggestions. Make sure there’s enough (about an inch) of the bedding/shavings. The main thing is when you get new chickens it’s similar to cattle in the sense that it’s best to keep them pinned up for the first few days in their new habitat. Cattle will walk the perimeter for a few days and are at risk to get out, while chickens will establish their roost. Because they’re roosting animals, when they get to a new location they’ll find the places they feel safest immediately upon arrival. Rarely will they relocate unless there’s a predator getting into their house. People have problems with turkey roosting in trees instead of the coupe all the time if they didn’t give adequate time for them to settle. Also, block off areas you don’t want them to use (within reason of course. You can’t do every spot). You could try using dummy eggs that you use to trap snakes to attract them to the laying box if they’re already in the habit of laying on the ground. Other than that, having enough boxes, and collecting the eggs often. That should help most of the ground layers, but the breed of chicken plays a role as well! Some are really good layers without laying pellets, some are great sitters/raisers, and some are honestly a pain in the ass. There will always be the occasional hen with that quirk, though. They would drown in the rain if they were left to their own devices! If anyone ever wants more breed specific advice or advice on other farming topics I don’t mind helping where I can ☺️ I grew up around large scale cattle & grain farming. An interesting topic would be preparation for a deliberate attack on our livestock. I have a personal experience involving China adding a mineral to certain feeds and it WIPED OUT an entire generation of baby pigs. Ours included. There was nothing you could do to save these litters. Because almost all feed goes through the Co-Ops, it affected everyone in the U.S. That would be detrimental for the beef industry because the gestation period is so much longer. There’s no way to speed up the process of producing babies, or finishing them out.