Well you actually answered your own question .... clean straw on the
floor but not on the nest boxes. If given a choice hens will lay in
clean areas.
Pete
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On 12/03/2010 11:13 AM, Rita wrote:
> Yes I know it's winter and yes the girls have a light in their coop and yes it's heated to about 35 or 40 degrees and yes they have a covered run so they can go outside with out being in the snow. So where are the eggs -- for about 2 weeks now we only get 3 or 4 (we have 9 hens) We have one hen that lays an egg while on the roost a couple times a week -- thats been going on for a long time (we have a poo catcher under the roost and we find it in there). A couple of days ago it was nice so we cleaned out the coop, put in a fresh bale of straw and now we are finding eggs on the floor -- no we did not put fresh straw in the laying boxes -- in fact we put the whole bale in and they get to dig it apart -- which they seem to enjoy.
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> So what is going on and how do I stop them from laying, the eggs they are laying, on the floor of the coop??
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> Thanks in advance -- really thanks
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> Rita
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