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Nest Boxes; why do we make a sitting hens job so difficult?

Shadrach
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This has been a very interesting read. I have been trying to figure out a good isolation coop for my broodies coming next spring and I own a bottomless, hinged top 'coop' that is ideally sized for a hen to be able to walk about and do her thing while sitting so I think I will use this on bare ground in the enclosure (has mesh buried 6 inches below the decomposed granite base) so she can build to suit, her own nest! Thank you for taking the time to write this article!
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I'm pleased you liked the article. I've just been trying to build a simpler version of the nest box in the article that I can put in a run. Thankfully the hens have given up on the broody bit for the year I hope, so I'll have time to think a bit more about it.
I would like to introduce a similar system that I could use in a coop.

Dust bathing – Why, where and how? Keeping your flock clean and happy.

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I enjoyed this article very much. My hens dust bathe in holes that they have dug themselves in their run. I do use DE every now and then in their bathing holes and it does not seem to affect them negatively but to each their own. I like the idea of putting the insecticidal dust in the bathing holes, that's very clever. Thank you for this!
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