Comment by cmroanirgo
7 years ago
As you say, where the chickens lay is always scrupulously clean (--They keep it that way, moreso than us). The boxes are elevated and they go there just to lay (& tend to sleep nearby, but elsewhere). I've never had poo on the eggs: but even if there were, I'd pretty much ignore it.
My parents kept chickens when I was growing up and this is what I remember too, from all the times I was tasked with collecting eggs from the (elevated) boxes.