Tips and Tricks to Get Your Chickens to Lay Eggs in Nesting Boxes

Encouraging chickens to lay in their nesting boxes is sometimes easier said than done While many chickens will naturally gravitate to their nesting boxes, sometimes they need a little encouragement to lay their eggs in the convenient boxes you give them

 

Here’s how to encourage nest box laying in your backyard flock

First, make sure you have the right number of nesting boxes The general rule of thumb on nesting boxes is three to four chickens per nesting box If you have 12 chickens, you want four nesting boxes

If you have too many nesting boxes, the chickens might start sleeping in

How to Get Your Chickens to Lay Eggs in Nesting Boxes

One of the most exciting times we’ve had in our backyard chicken experience is the day we received our very first egg If you’ve gone through this, you know how thrilling that first egg is! When our girls first started laying it was very early spring They were technically still “cooped up” then But to our surprise, Coco plopped her first egg right there on the floor that day, and I didn’t even care because I was so excited!!

After our first egg, I remember researching what kind of nesting boxes I wanted We decided on a really

How to Encourage Chickens to Lay in Nesting Boxes: 4 Proven Methods

That moment when your spring pullets start laying their first eggs is one of the best parts of keeping chickens After months of feeding, watering, and watching them grow, finding those first little eggs feels like a real reward What is not so rewarding is the daily Easter egg hunt that happens when your hens decide a hidden corner of the yard is better than the cozy boxes you built for them If you want to encourage chickens to lay in nesting boxes instead of scattering eggs everywhere, you are in good company, because nearly every flock owner runs