Laying her egg from the perch!?

[MuskokaChick]

Hello!

I have had my chickens since Apr 13th, they were 15 weeks.

They started laying at 16.5 weeks and now all of them are laying everyday. All but 1 are laying in the nests. The one is laying in the opposite corner of the coop on the floor under the perch.

I had put fake eggs in there because 3 were laying on the floor and that worked to get them down to 1...so I just resigned myself to the fact that she was going to lay in the corner.

Well yesterday I installed a poop board under the perch, about 1.5 feet off the ground, so that chicken could still go lay her egg in the corner. Well today I go in and no egg in the corner, just a smashed egg on the poop board which means she is laying while on the perch...

She is still only 18 weeks old, will she eventually lay in the nest? I removed the poop board because before her eggs were surviving the drop.

thanks
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[AKsmama]

It's not uncommon for new layers to drop an egg or two from the roost. Just keep the fake eggs in the nest boxes- sometimes it takes some pullets a while to get the hang of everything. 18 weeks is very young, so she has time to learn.