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How to Keep Chickens from Pecking and eating Eggs and MORE!

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The presenter reiterates that chickens are creatures of habit and will eventually learn to lay their eggs in the comfortable, dark, and safe nesting boxes provided. The presence of false eggs further reinforces this habit by guiding them to the desired laying spots. He advises patience, as it takes time for chickens to fully adopt these new habits. Providing a well-designed coop with accessible outside nesting boxes also benefits the farmer by preventing messy egg collection and dirty coop interiors.

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they'll also do this with golf balls too so when you build your coop think about this think about having a nice little cave for the chickens to go into a nice dark spot they don't want to lay eggs out in the bright sunshine they want to be sheltered they want to be in their little happy spot in a safe spot where they can see anything that approaches them and you'll have healthy and happy chickens guys for sure and this will stop them from pecking those pesky eggs thanks a lot guys i hope you enjoyed this little video here on the stoney ridge farm today i gotta go move the cows i got a lot of work to do but i thought i'd take you guys along by popular request a lot of folks have been asking me my chickens have been pecking my eggs what do i do that's what you do that's how you fix it and this is the nesting box area that you can use to entice your chickens to lay in the nesting box and they'll learn eventually they'll learn just be patient they're creatures of habit thanks a lot guys we'll see you next time on the stoney ridge

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