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I posted a little while ago about my girls not laying in the nest boxes, however, until today it has not been a problem. One of my hens laid on the floor again, which they scratch the bedding away from until it is just plywood, and then lay, and today one of the eggs has a slight indentation...

I was just wondering if they are merely for the convenience of the person, or do they serve some other purpose? Mine seem content to lay on the floor. I even put some eggs in the boxes to maybe get them started but they kicked them out and started to lay on the floor again.

We are about to get three new Wyandottes and move them into the coop we just built. The coop itself is about 3x4, and our run is 8x8. Now the run is pen made of 1x1s, with two panels that serves as lids essentially. The whole thing is covered in standard chicken wire which is stapled into the...