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Since one flock always returns to the coop to lay because they have always food but the other flock doesn't because they were weaned off food very early... Perhaps that is a key factor in their egg laying behavior? Might you try raising a free range flock to full maturity and a full egg...

technically then it's not 100% forage. they do see you as a food source. not a primary source but enough that they are not too interested in going totally feral and completely migrating deeper into the woods in search of greener pastures. If you totally cut them off it would be interesting to...

not exactly...what I meant was getting all the forage only flock to lay consistently in the provided coop. Otherwise, you are kinda foraging for wild eggs yourself even though you have a fairly good idea of where you might find these eggs. I think you did mention that some of the nests you...

Point well taken...I should have phrased that a bit better. It's really from the chickens point of view that I am speaking. I believe you said you are not providing any food for this flock. So when they see you they are probably not seeing "the bringer of food". They see you more as a...

No I get a lot of your points and I'm not at all surprised by your observations. I guess I just have some different interpretations of your observations and how they might be applied. If you expect everyone to reach the exact same conclusions from what you have observed and reported I think...

22 pages is a lot to skim through...so I might have missed some stuff and critical info... Some thoughts and questions. An animal is gonna do what an animal does. Since you are not managing them in a way, they are gonna go where they want, roost and lay where they want. they will find food or...