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Some years ago I gave up, totally, on straw in any form for chicken nests. I have watched my ladies kick straw out with abandon, I've had hens choose to lay their egg on bare ground under a freaking scrap piece of lumber that was 6 inches above their heads instead of using the extremely well...

Sounds perfectly normal. You need an experienced hen (or a decent rooster) to teach them. Lacking that, be patient and keep trying to teach them how to chicken. I've had the same thing happen on several occasions when I didn't have an older hen to "mother hen" the flock. Do remove temptation, by...