My Charolett (she is a Wyanadotte) has finally started laying but......

[the3ofus+oursixchicks]

She is laying but, she has made a nest in the edge of the pasture in our back yard. She has only laid 2 eggs unless she had layed somewhere else. My question is how do I get her not to do that and to lay in the nest box? Thanks

 

[Vickilynn45]

I've been waiting to find this out too. My Black Australorp lays in my garden area and has resisted all attempts for weeks to lay in the nest box.

 

[autumnjanene]

Try putting a decoy egg in the nesting box. Use a golf ball, plastic egg, wood egg, basically anything that resembles a real egg and put in in the box until she starts getting the idea!

 

[ChickensRDinos]

If she is laying far from the coop you might want to shut her in for a few days so she gets used to laying in the coop. But a fake egg or one of her eggs in the nest and let her get into a routine before letting her out again.