Mine are free range with an auto open door around 7:30 am. Five of the six go back to the coop and lay in the nest box but one insists on laying on the poop board. I need to see if I can catch her in the act and discourage her. Would picking her up and putting her in the nest work? She would probably just scare and fly down before I could move her.
I had one that would do that and I would pick her up put her in the nest box and put something to block her so she wouldn't come out of the nest box until she laid an egg. I have an old metal wire shelf that I used to have in my laundry room till I took it down and use that and put things to wedge it in so it does not move. But the chicken can see out but not get out (also the chicken does not get hot b/c the wire makes it so she gets airflow). Worked like a charm only had to do it twice now she lays in the nest box!
