Hens laying eggs somewhere other than nest box...

[AMA Chick]

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[Squirrelgirl88]

I have four buckeye hens that just started laying at almost 8 months old. Three use the nest box - one lays her egg in my goat pen. Not because it's dark, it isn't. So far I can't believe the goats have not stepped on the egg, but there it is every day.

I'm going to try and start moving her to the nest box when I catch her. We have a total of 8 laying hens, and 6 nest boxes. All of the boxes have decoy eggs in them. All of the hens figured out what the boxes are for except this one. I guess those are good odds.