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My hens don't lay in nest boxes. During breeding season they find a place they feel comfortably hidden and start building a nest. They lay an egg daily to build a clutch (a group of eggs) of about 15 to 20 eggs, and then set on them. I made little caves in the mesquite and only one hen found...

I free range some of my turkeys (don't have all the toms out together because they fight so much!!) but am sure to bring them in at night. They aren't quite as awesome at it as the chickens :) but do round themselves up and start hovering around the gate around 430 each night for feed and herd...