Chickens not laying in Nest Boxes

[yellowchicks]

Some chickens will be floor layers no matter what you do. One of mine was a floor layer,tried everything to no avail. She was the first to start laying. Others all used the nests. But after 7 months for her own reasons she did start to lay in the nests and left the floor. If you research poultry studies or read texts on nest vs floor layers some just do it and others don't and no one has an explanation. And most of early floor layers will eventually move to the nests.

Just make sure nests are easily accessible and chicken friendly.

I have 4 Leghorns, two started laying 2 weeks ago. One of them is consistently in the nest box, the other one is either on the floor of the run or on the floor of the coop. The problem is I don't know which one is the floor layer. What can I do to get them all lay in the nest box? I am afraid the other two may see a bad example from the floor layer.

 

[matt44644]

I think they lay where they want.I have 15 hens,5 nest boxes.4 hens lays on top of a bundle straw.1 lays on the coop floor.The others use the 5 nest boxes.