You can always put a ceramic egg, if you want to buy them, in there, but a golf ball works the same. This will show them that this is where eggs go.
But, all chickens have preferences. I have a couple that won't lay on the ground to save their life and I have had a couple who only lay in a...
I'm beginning to wonder about mine as well. I have a bunch of birds and adding light is not an option because they are in chicken tractors in the field. They do not have best boxes yet, I will be building some this week, but I was expecting my first egg at the end of August.
I have some I...