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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: jo40 on October 08, 2009, 19:25

Title: Laying outside
Post by: jo40 on October 08, 2009, 19:25

Hello
My son got a lovely birthday present today, Gwendoline laid her first egg :)
She's happy to sleep in the nesting box (when I forget to close it off) but laid her egg outside under the house.
Any idea's how I can encourage her to use the nesting box, it has 'fake' eggs and is clean, dry and warm(er). Definitely no mites :ohmy:
Thanks Jo 

Title: Re: Laying outside
Post by: Vember on October 08, 2009, 19:37

It might have come by surprise and she didn't have time to get in the nest box, bare with her if it was her first she's plenty of time to get the hang of it :D


Sarah :)

Title: Re: Laying outside
Post by: redmolly on October 09, 2009, 11:30

 :D :D
I had one do this for a few weeks!! After week one - she would go in and think she had laid!!! When back outside and "recovering" from laying it would drop out!! Or if you made her jump.....as she ran off it would come flying out!!!  :lol: :lol: :lol:
She always lays indoors now tho!!  :D

Title: Re: Laying outside
Post by: lucylou on October 09, 2009, 19:55

 :D they are such funny creatures!!

Title: Re: Laying outside
Post by: jo40 on October 10, 2009, 08:00

Thanks for replies
She did it again yesterday, when I checked the nesting boxes they had obviously been disturbed. So its probably like you say she hasn't quite got the hang of it yet ???
We haven't had any eggs for a couple of months now as we lost all our layers to the dreaded fox. All the younger ones were still cooped up and safe at the time so at least we didn't lose all our hens.
Im looking forward to egg on toast for breakfast now :)
Jo