nesting box update

i was able to get all 6 nesting boxes in the coop yesterday. my friend, michelle who needs her own blog :), suggested that i line them with cardboard. well, we have a lot of cardboard due to my amazon.com addiction so i gave it a try. i had been worried about just how nasty the cardboard would get, but right now i think it's a good option. the hardware cloth with straw bedding seems like it could poke an egg or a chicken. the tarp works okay, but it will probably get just as nasty as the cardboard and is more expensive.

speaking of nasty, with all of this rain, the coop is so yucky! it's a muddy, poopy mess. yesterday, i sprinkled diatomaceous earth all over the hardware cloth floor and we moved the coop to new location. i am much more used to the mess of chickens than i had been, really, but this rain has just put me in a funk!