tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post8779056452806648092..comments2024-03-27T15:54:10.505-07:00Comments on Homesteading in Hawaii: A Daily EggSu Bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-2490871903072969472016-11-07T21:20:58.833-08:002016-11-07T21:20:58.833-08:00It's actually fairly easy to tell which hens a...It's actually fairly easy to tell which hens are laying. The color on their legs pale out, their feathers get a tad ratty, their vent gets softer, and the pelvic bones on each side of the vent get wider apart. <br /><br />The problem I see with the trap door idea is that non-laying hens will go into the nest boxes too. They sometimes just lay in there for a while, sleep in there at night, or go looking for eggs to break open & eat. Su Bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125127467859054156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351299832598163605.post-5641876971884893232016-11-07T21:00:54.759-08:002016-11-07T21:00:54.759-08:00I wonder if you could set up some kind of trap doo...I wonder if you could set up some kind of trap door on the nest boxes so when they start laying again you could separate the layers from the non layers.HansMassagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789848416034379910noreply@blogger.com