POULTRY
From page 24
which will give them the idea
that the boxes are "the place"
to lay their eggs. You can buy
a ceramic egg or use a golf
ball. Hens have even been
known to be taken in by a
china doorknob.
Most hens lay early in the day,
so by keeping them in the
coop until most of the egglaying is done, you maximise
the chances that they'll lay in
the nest boxes instead of
finding a cosy place outside
the coop.
Line the box \