The other problem with broody hens is that they take up valuable nest space. After catching two hens in the same box I thought something needed to be done, especially when I found an egg under the roost because a hen wasn’t able to have nest time. So I made more curtains and rearranged the other two lower nest boxes to be similar to the favorite boxes.

I used some old sheets to sew four panels, then strung the panels on picture wire using the screw eyes to attach the picture wire to the table legs.

The hens were quite interested in what I was doing. I had a large audience. And when I was done, a hen crawled in a bottom box. Hurray!