nest boxes

Our 24 chicks turned out to be 21 hens and 3 roosters. We are going to keep one or two roosters so that we can raise our own chicks in the spring. The 23 hens now have a place to lay eggs. These are community style nest boxes that should give the girls plenty of nest space. Anna is excited to have a lid on the nest boxes so that we can retrieve eggs from the outside of the coop.

The hens that are laying right now are constantly "flying the coop" and we are finding eggs in the grass along the fence line instead of in the nest boxes. Maybe they are looking for a safer place to lay eggs where we will not steal them. I need to do some reading to find out what a good solution would be.