female wont leave anything in the box

diz-awn · Post by **diz-awn** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:27 pm

except the egg! she will not have any paper, moss,aspen chips.
is this ok?

Jade · Post by **Jade** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:24 pm

have you tried wood shavings? I get the stuff for guinea pigs from the pet shop, and mix it with peat moss and put it in the nesting boxes (when I used to breed them)

skray · Post by **skray** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:44 pm

Alot of times when the female will remove everything out of the nest box.Its because she wants to go deeper in the box.I have had hens take every piece
of shaving out in a 2' nest box.Add another foot and she would dig a little deeper and be fine.Try going deeper.

Kenny Ray
http://raysaviary.com

diz-awn · Post by **diz-awn** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:32 pm

Thanks for the info

Neokireina · Post by **Neokireina** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:33 pm

some people connect logs to to the outside of the box, this gives the birds the feeling they are going deep into a tree

Fresno · Post by **Fresno** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:34 pm

needs to be deeper 3ft. is what i use. works well.