The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: red-september on May 21, 2012, 05:17:26 pm
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any sugestions or fool proof ways of getting my hens to stop Pooing in there nest boxes, it gets all over the eggs and no matter what time i collect the eggs there still poo all over them.
any suggestions?
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same here - I shake the straw when the birds have left the house first thing to get the big bits off and turn it over - that just avoids some of the muck but helps :chook: it's nothing compared to duck eggs , though ;D :&>
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Are they sleeping in the nest boxes?
If so, block off at night, if possible, to break them of the habit. Uncover first thing.
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As Inthehills says break the habbit first by blocking them off at night -upturned plant pots we use. Fit curtains to the front of the boxes so they are less obvious. That will help prevent them returning and help prevent egg eating later -slit rubber Wilkos car mats we use.
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I have a LS hen who sometimes perches on the handle of the drinker in the day time ... s**ting in the water!!
I'm thinking of "anti vandal" paint... ;)
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Could try a rabbit drinker Little Blue. For a while until the habbit is broken.