Chicken laying on coop floor

[loracarroll]

How do I get the chickens to lay their eggs in the nesting boxes? Only one out of our five Ameraucanas has started to lay, and she’s making a nest on the coop floor...

 

[DobieLover]

How do I get the chickens to lay their eggs in the nesting boxes? Only one out of our five Ameraucanas has started to lay, and she’s making a nest on the coop floor...

Can you post pictures of your setup?
It a nutshell, chickens want a safe, dim, secure, cozy spot that is easy to access to lay their eggs. If your nest boxes are lacking in these features, they may choose a location they feel is more appropriate.

 

[loracarroll]

Can you post pictures of your setup?
It a nutshell, chickens want a safe, dim, secure, cozy spot that is easy to access to lay their eggs. If your nest boxes are lacking in these features, they may choose a location they feel is more appropriate.

Thank you. When opening the door to the coop, the nesting boxes are right there on the left - we leave the coop door open all day. She is laying in a corner where it is more secluded. Maybe I can make some nesting boxes in that area for her. Or build a privacy wall...which would be best, as our current nesting boxes have a an outdoor lid you can lift, to access the eggs...

 

[aart]

Put some fake eggs in those nests....and a bucket in the corner where she's laying.
It can take up to a month or so for them to get things straightened out.