All my chickens like one nesting box

[karibare]

We currently have 11 hens, 8 of which we know are laying. We have five boxes for the gals to lay in but we always seem to go in and find six eggs in one box and an egg or two in a different box. We have used the fake eggs but it doesn't get the gals to lay in the other boxes. Any ideas how to fix this?

 

[bobbi-j]

I don't bother trying to fix it. I just let 'em lay where they're going to lay. They're quirky creatures.

 

[Mrs. K]

and then for some unknown reason.....they will change boxes.... it is nothing to be concerned with.

 

[Chicken Happy]

Have 10 boxes and they will only use one, but a different one each day. I guess it seems logical in their minds - I gave up trying to figure out why.

 

[roostersandhens]

My hens all lay in one box, it doesn't matter. If a hen gets desperate enough she'll probably go into another box.

I have 2 roosters together in a coop separate from the other chickens, and this coop came with nesting boxes, and the 2 boys sleep in them. It came w/ 3 boxes but they sleep together in one! Lol!

 

[gander007]

Oh yes I have chickens ducks geese and genies and I have all of them
do this it is normal just let it be as you will notice in time if you watch them
at times there will be even two or three in the laying box at the same time
and another will be waiting even with laying boxes open for service all
the birds do this nothing is wrong and you do not want to mess up the
laying cycle ........

gander007

 

[gander007]

Oh yes I have had roosters who just would not roost on a stick for the night
it seems chickens are like people, had a Rooster who spent the nights on
top of my truck and others who would always roost on a flat surface of any
kind it is nothing out of the ordinary and surely nothing to worry about .....

gander007