My two silkies insist on sleeping in one of the nest boxes. My others kinds roost at night (higher than the nest boxes). I read that silkies just like to pile up. What should i provide them that is more attractive than the nest boxes? I've kicked them out, but they just return.
I saw some articles on using the sous vide to pasteurize eggs doing this at different temperatures for different times. There is posted be some trade-off with texture, but it is supposed to work. Does anyone have any experience actually doing this?
I have a few hens who like to sit for a few hours at a time (Orpington, Barnezieux and ayam cemani). In the morning I'll find one or two hunkered down, but by the afternoon they are happily free ranging with the rest of the flock. Is there a way i can encourage them to stay on? I'd like to try...