In my last post, I mentioned that the redesigned nesting boxes hadn't caught on like I'd hoped with the new chickens. They were making a nest out of the hay bedding I was using in the tractor over the winter months. Once I started moving the tractor again, they kept using the back corner--and the middle of the tractor--for their eggs.
In the last few days, I'm seeing signs of hope:
One day I found three eggs in one nesting box and two on the ground in the tractor; within a couple of days, both boxes were in use. For the last two days, all eggs have been laid in the boxes. Success!
I usually have to open up the tractor, anyway, because I have two feeders. One is a tray on the ground, which they often knock over and kick around, so it might be unreachable from the front door. I also will probably always have to check for eggs on the ground inside, because moving the tractor with an egg on the ground would probably break it. But this is definitely an improvement.
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