Marianne
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Do any of you have hens that like to lay their eggs on the floor?
My new hens will be laying soon. I currently have three nesting boxes, 20" or so above the floor. My past hens seemed to favor just one box, but occasionally we'd have eggs in all of them and one on the floor.
I'd like to move the nesting boxes, but there is only enough space on that wall for two of them. My thoughts are to take one completely out and use milk crates underneath the other two. I have hard rubber mats (old baseball bases) that I can put on the 'floor' part of the milk crates. So that would give me 4 nesting boxes. Should or could work, yes?
I only have 10 hens, including the 2 older ones.
My new hens will be laying soon. I currently have three nesting boxes, 20" or so above the floor. My past hens seemed to favor just one box, but occasionally we'd have eggs in all of them and one on the floor.
I'd like to move the nesting boxes, but there is only enough space on that wall for two of them. My thoughts are to take one completely out and use milk crates underneath the other two. I have hard rubber mats (old baseball bases) that I can put on the 'floor' part of the milk crates. So that would give me 4 nesting boxes. Should or could work, yes?
I only have 10 hens, including the 2 older ones.