Redirecting chickens to lay somewhere else

[CKfarm22]

Both of my chickens have decided to lay in a corner of the coop instead of the nesting box. This has been happening for maybe 1-2 months now. I bought dummy eggs but their still laying in that same spot. Is there anything else i can do to get them to lay in the nesting box?

 

[Percheron chick]

What breeds are they? My bigger girls like brahma would not lay in the boxes so I just gave them a litter pan with a cover on the ground. I now have an EE that only lays on the ground under the nest boxes. Easier to just let her be.

 

[WIchickMama]

Is there a reason that you want them to lay in the nesting boxes? Is it hard to get to where they are laying? Is it in a dirty spot? If it is just so that they 'lay' in the nesting boxes maybe it isn't worth trying to train them?! I would just let them lay where they lay, unless I couldn't reach them, it was a gross area, other chickens are eating them etc.

 

[CKfarm22]

Is there a reason that you want them to lay in the nesting boxes? Is it hard to get to where they are laying? Is it in a dirty spot? If it is just so that they 'lay' in the nesting boxes maybe it isn't worth trying to train them?! I would just let them lay where they lay, unless I couldn't reach them, it was a gross area, other chickens are eating them etc.

They laid in the nesting box all the time until about 1-2 months ago. I’m building a new coop at the moment and want them to lay in the nesting box in that coop. I can’t reach them, my boyfriend has to do it because he has longer arms.

 

[CKfarm22]

What breeds are they? My bigger girls like brahma would not lay in the boxes so I just gave them a litter pan with a cover on the ground. I now have an EE that only lays on the ground under the nest boxes. Easier to just let her be.

Both are cream legbar

 

[rosemarythyme]

You could try blocking off the area they're currently laying in, but most likely they'll just lay right next to it.

 

[CKfarm22]

You could try blocking off the area they're currently laying in, but most likely they'll just lay right next to it.

I knew you’d come to the rescue i was thinking about blocking it off but they’re stubborn so you’re probably right with them laying right next to it

 

[rosemarythyme]

I knew you’d come to the rescue i was thinking about blocking it off but they’re stubborn so you’re probably right with them laying right next to it

Doesn't hurt to try it! Maybe it'll get them to rethink laying in that corner in general, or... they'll just do as predicted lol.

 

[CKfarm22]

Doesn't hurt to try it! Maybe it'll get them to rethink laying in that corner in general, or... they'll just do as predicted lol.

I was thinking about putting a bucket there and then i said to myself “they’ll jump up on it and lay up there, an even harder spot to reach then before”

 

[raingarden]

Maybe you could put a nest box back there and, if they use it, nudge it forward a little every day until it's somewhere easier to reach.