Category / nesting box
October 2, 2017
Fall has arrived at Tilly’s Nest. We never really had a moment to warm up after spring. Cape Cod had a cool and wet summer. We were all waiting for beach weather and it really didn’t show up. This happened a few years ago too. I guess things are cyclical. This past week cooler temperatures …
June 8, 2017
Have you ever seen this? Do your chickens seem to lay all their eggs in one nesting box? Well, my chickens certainly do. My flock has this strange habit but it turns out that I am not alone. Other chicken keeper’s chickens do this as well….
October 11, 2011
Fifi is at the bottom of the pecking order. It is not such a bad thing in our flock. Some chickens in other flocks are terrorized in that position. Not in ours, Fifi is left alone for the most part until she needs to lay an egg. I am not sure if it is due …
February 28, 2011
Over the course of my nursing career, I have seen some pretty disgusting things. I’ve smelled things that were even worse. However, nothing could have prepared me for the wrath of Dolly’s broody poo!…
January 8, 2011
Every time after cleaning the coop, the chickens love to rearrange the pine shavings and straw. When I first started using this coop, the chickens were so efficient at scratching. They would scratch all of the bedding out the front door into the run. They accomplished this feat within an hour. After replacing the bedding multiple times …
December 22, 2010
Dolly, a lavender Silkie Bantam, is our best and was our only egg layer up until a couple of days ago. Yesterday when freshening up the three nesting boxes, I found a rouge egg laid in a corner piled under shavings. It was smaller than Dolly’s and pointier; another silkie had a laid an egg. Who …
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