Help, chicken wont lay in coop

[aart]

Ok guys and gals, i have a update

I left all my chickens in the coop/run this morning before i left for work. I thought everyone else is getting eggs, why am i not?


So i left them in there this morning, i just stopped home on my lunch hour and guess what i found.....one of my isa browns laid me a very nice (large compared to my buff orpington) egg!!!


They have probably been laying so a while all over the place. My goal is this weekend to leave them in the coop until about 2pm or so...then let them out



My isa browns used the boxes too! it was awesome!


Now i just need to get my buff in there...i think she will get the hang of it

Yayyy....yep, lock em up!

Free range birds sometimes need to be 'trained'(or re-trained) to lay in the coop nests, especially new layers. Leaving them locked in the coop for 3-4 days can help 'home' them to lay in the coop nests. Fake eggs/golf balls in the nests can help 'show' them were to lay. They can be confined to coop 24/7 for a few days to a week, or confine them at least until mid to late afternoon. You help them create a new habit and they will usually stick with it. ..at least for a good while, then repeat as necessary.