Since the late morning / afternoon sun shines on the new nesting boxes in the barn enclosure, because there is a window, I decided to make some curtains - even though the opening is to the left of the box, creating some shade from the sun. DH had made these new nesting boxes to accommodate the hens that should start laying around the beginning of December. Otherwise, during the winter, there would only be the three laying boxes in the barn hen house for about 23 hens, 9 of which are not laying as often.
- New nesting boxes in barn enclosure.
- The curtains are made from a worn out bed sheet.
Curtains are installed, even while a hen was in one of the boxes, and 2 curious hens outside.
I overdid the length a bit, only because I pulled the top band snug with no stiffener fused in between the fabric. Oh well.
I loosely knotted a couple of panels at each entrance so the hens could see that they could go in. I hope it works.
