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On Sunday our neighbor brought us a bale of hay he grew, which set off a morning of cleaning out the coop, removing the cardboard boxes we brought the chickens home in, and installing more permanent nesting boxes. The chickens seem entertained by their new environment, although they only lay an occasional egg in the nest boxes we built. Their favorite spots are now behind the bike wheels in one corner and behind the new hay bale in the other corner.
We did however collect three slightly fractured eggs. Two of these were from the Auracana, who is always being chased off her nest and ends up laying in the middle of the floor. Hopefully having some more straw in the coop will help with this (so the eggs have a soft landing), but the chickens seem determined to express their creativity in finding awkward places to lay. They also sit with their heads close to the ground and their backside in the air as they're laying, so the eggs begin their existence with a 4" drop to the ground. Fun fact.
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