This is the most aggravating thing. They all used the next box(best nest box for those wondering, works great) about 95% of the time with only the occasional oopsy egg. It's winter so they've slowed down and some have been through a molt, well a couple that have started to lay again now just lay where ever. I've tired piling wood and junk in the places they lay, then they just move. I've started filling the the nest box with shavings and fake eggs again and this seems to work....sometimes, but even then once I try to ween them back to normal they just lay where ever again. I'm getting to the point where I'm just going to lock the offending hens(based on the eggs it's 1 for sure I caught in the act and maybe a second) in the nest box all day until they lay.
It's not REALLY the end of the world as they know to at least go in the coop so the eggs are always just sitting right there, but I had them trained and now it's like dealing with teenagers again. Anyone else experience this?
It's not REALLY the end of the world as they know to at least go in the coop so the eggs are always just sitting right there, but I had them trained and now it's like dealing with teenagers again. Anyone else experience this?