Egg laying

[Kentuckychicken1]

So I am newer to having chickens. However I have two chickens I am not sure how to help insure that they lay their eggs in the chicken coop. I let my chickens free roam at certain times of the day really from2:30 until dark. I have other chickens who are laying just fine but lay in the morning in the nesting box. How do I get these two bantams to lay in the nesting box instead of randomly in the yard. They are white egg layers of that makes a difference.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Can you share more about your set up and flock? Are they all bantams? How big is your coop? How many birds? Pictures of coop and nest boxes might help.

 

[Kentuckychicken1]

Sure I would be happy to give ya more. I have 11 hens with 2 ducks. I have a chicken coop that is 10x15. I have two road island reds, two bantams and the rest are just a mix of a lot of different breeds. My bantams for the longest time always layed eggs in the nesting box just like my road island reds do daily but since they lay at 5 ish that’s when they are roaming.. they used to still go in the coop and lay eggs but recently for the last three weeks stopped.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Are they being bullied in some manner that makes them uncomfortable to go back to the coop?

 

[Kentuckychicken1]

No they are some of the first chickens I got so pecking order they seem to get the other chickens moving more..