Rehab foe caged leghorns

[gailaus2]

We just adopted 2 lehorns that were kept in a cage for the sole purpose of laying eggs. We introduced them to our 3 Golden Comet girls and the leghorns are very bossy, pecking the Comets every chance they get, especially at the feeder.
How do we best rehab them and/or teach them to lay the eggs in the nesters instead of the dirt as they are doing?
Also, they don't know how to go up the ramp to the coop at night. We have been carrying up there.
They are very skittish and unapproachable. Can they re-learn behavior? Can they calm down? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
We thought we did the right thing, but our Golden Comet girls are suffering because of it. They are so friendly and sweet compared to the nervous leghorns.

 

[confusedbanti]

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Leghorns are bossy and noisy. They will eventually get inside the coop get up on the Roost and lay in the nest area by learning from the Golden Comets. It will take a while. When we introduced leghorns into our flock it took a looooooong 4 weeks (!!) for everyone to settle down and settle in.

Don't give up. You did a NICE thing buy adopting the 2 ladies

 

[nurse_turtle]

Leghorns by nature are flighty and easy to spaz out. They make ME nervous when I watch them or have to deal with them.