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Locking her in a nest box for a few hours one day did the trcik! She lays her eggs in the nest box now.

I'll try locking her in the nest box. Thank you for the suggestion.

This has been going on for several weeks. I do have a way to lower a door over the nest box, unfortunately it covers 4 out of 6 nest boxes 😬 That would cause a traffic jam at the other 2 open boxes. Maybe I can come up with a way to just shut her in one egg box. She is a Welsumer, of course...

We have a pullet (10 months old) that is laying her eggs in the run- not in a nest box inside the coop. We have 16 hens- all the rest lay in the nest boxes. We have 6 nest boxes that all contain a fake egg. I have watched her (on our chicken cam) look in the nest boxes and then go out into...

New to chickens. I'm trying to decide if these 13 week olds are pullets or cockerels. I ordered all pullets but I think a few could be cockerels. What do you all think? Pretty sure the Barred Rock is a cockerel. Not sure about the others. The Black Australorp, Rhode Island Red, Speckled...

Does this help? Thanks

Thats what I think. We have 2 Barred Rocks. The other one has a much smaller comb and is dark while this one is a much lighter color and has this big comb.

I am new to chickens. These two chicks are 5 weeks old. I ordered all pullets- I think these two might be cockerels. What do you think? Silver Laced Wyandotte and the Barred Rock. Thank you!