ok - I have all new girls and they are roosting on top of their nesting boxes which is nasty. The bedding in the boxes is covered with poop and once they start laying eggs it will not be an ideal situation.
Any suggestions for changing this behavior? We are going to try to build an impediment...
one of my girls was laying in the nesting box consistently -- large green eggs. Now she is laying either under the nesting box, on the ground in the coop or not at all.
What can i do to encourage her to lay in the box? And to resume laying?