That reminds me that several years ago I used a "found" golf ball which did seem to work...I'd rather forgotten that. On the other hand, I had some fake plastic Easter eggs in bright colors with goofy faces on them laying around last autumn, so thought I might try putting those where I wanted the girls to lay. The hens weren't fooled. So I tried wrapping one of the fake eggs with masking tape to hide the color and face. Still not fooled. Next I put 2 ounces of sand inside the fake egg before wrapping in tape...again, the chickens weren't buying it...they avoided it! The only way I've found to get the birds to lay in a desired spot is to put another real egg in that location, next time I check there's usually a couple additional eggs in the same place. I hate to sacrifice a half-dozen real eggs as nest eggs, hence my question about the wooden ones. Thanks, all, for your comments.
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Amdalen" <dandda@...> wrote:
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> I do not know either. We use golf balls one is even orange. Mine even lay in empty boxes with out any fake egg. Sorry, I hope you can find a solution.
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> Good Luck!
> Dawn A. NE Iowa
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