One laying while on roost.

[Jim41]

My girls started laying last week . Ive gotten six eggs so far, four from 2 nest boxes one from the run. But ive found two broken eggs under the roost. Will she start laying in a box on her own or is there something i can do to help?
I have 15 RIR .18 weeks old

 

[cmom]

Have you tried golf balls or fake eggs in the nest boxes?

 

[Jim41]

Yes have golf balls in the nest boxes, some chickens are laying in the boxes but one is haveing trouble figureing it out, maybe she will find a box soon .

 

[SproutGirl]

We had one hen who did that. She first started laying her eggs under the house, then when we figured out that she had started laying, we decided it was time for a lock down. She was so upset that she would not drop that egg, and it fell out of her at night while she roosted. She just refused to let it go, and she clucked around that coop holding on to that egg all day long! Eventually, she gave in and started laying where the other hens lay, and lock down was over.

I just re-read your post. Our problem hen was a RIR too, about the same age, had just started laying. Funny.