Chicken sleeping in nesting box

[JNC]

About a week after she first started she started laying she started sleeping in the nesting box. Last week she would go back and forth from sleeping on the persh to sleeping in the nesting box. But today is the 3rd day in a row that she sleeps in the nesting box. I mean i imagine the nesting box being far more comfortable since it’s fluffy but i don’t know if it’s normal. Other than that she’s a been acting fine. This is about her 2nd week of laying. I thought that it could be because shes cold but 30’s Can’t be that cold plus her coop is insulated.

the blue box is where her nesting box is and the red like is a stick so she can fly up to her perch (picture above this one)

 

[rosemarythyme]

Block off the nest box before sunset with a piece of cardboard/plywood. Unblock it again once it's fully dark, and that should get her to use the roost. Do it for a week or two, then you try leaving it uncovered to see if she sticks with the roost, if you don't want to have to keep covering/uncovering.

 

[Kriscam]

I have a hen who sleeps in the nest box sometimes. She doesn't poop in it, so I leave her be.

 

[Anne Marie-MT]

I have a hen who sleeps in the nest box sometimes. She doesn't poop in it, so I leave her be.

Mine do that and I have been told it is because the roosting bars are the same height as the nesting boxes. (Prefab. Coop)

 

[Kriscam]

Mine do that and I have been told it is because the roosting bars are the same height as the nesting boxes. (Prefab. Coop)

Interesting! Mine was built by a contractor friend, but the roosting bar is about the same height as the nest boxes. Thanks for that insight!

 

[MAX817]

Block off the nest box before sunset with a piece of cardboard/plywood. Unblock it again once it's fully dark, and that should get her to use the roost. Do it for a week or two, then you try leaving it uncovered to see if she sticks with the roost, if you don't want to have to keep covering/uncovering.

I am going to try this method after raising a rooster bar higher than current nesting boxes at the same time.