Cpgrnwd
Songster
This is my first year with chickens. I brought home 6 in March and had to rehome one cockrell. The other 5 pullets are all laying and seem to be getting along well. I purchased from a feed store and was told 2 black astrolorp (lulu and nunu) 1 sapphire gem (violet) 1 amerucana (although i have posted pics here and been told EE gogo) and finally one EE (dude).
Dude is the one i am concerned about. She looks like a speckled Sussex to me and she lays brown eggs. She has been laying about a month now and refuses to use the nest boxes. She spends quite a bit of time in the coop or running in and out of the coop in the run. She tends to look like she is looking for a place to set something down. She is also sleeping on the poop boards not the roost.
Our coop is 4x8 with two 4 foot roosts opposite each other. The run is a covered dog kennel 5x15.
Most days they get to free range with supervision for an hour here or there. Some days multiple times rare days not at all.
I have tried putting putting her in the nest and holding her there for a few minutes while reassuring her. Last night I placed her on the roost I'm not sure if she stayed or not.
Im just wondering if this is cause for concern or just a personality thing. She usually lays in the corner of the coop but sometimes they are in the run or laying in the coop like she dropped it on the go because the pine bedding is several inches thick. She makes nests in the corners.
Dude is the one i am concerned about. She looks like a speckled Sussex to me and she lays brown eggs. She has been laying about a month now and refuses to use the nest boxes. She spends quite a bit of time in the coop or running in and out of the coop in the run. She tends to look like she is looking for a place to set something down. She is also sleeping on the poop boards not the roost.
Our coop is 4x8 with two 4 foot roosts opposite each other. The run is a covered dog kennel 5x15.
Most days they get to free range with supervision for an hour here or there. Some days multiple times rare days not at all.
I have tried putting putting her in the nest and holding her there for a few minutes while reassuring her. Last night I placed her on the roost I'm not sure if she stayed or not.
Im just wondering if this is cause for concern or just a personality thing. She usually lays in the corner of the coop but sometimes they are in the run or laying in the coop like she dropped it on the go because the pine bedding is several inches thick. She makes nests in the corners.
