that's an adorable photo to illustrate the pointBut Théo finally succeeded in convincing her to lay in the coop.
It reminded me that a few weeks back Tintern (the equal youngest and lowest ranking male here) stood next to Quenell and shouted at her while she was laying in her regular spot (used throughout last year) in the SW corner of a raised bed. She squawked her annoyance in reply, and this went on for 3 days. Since then, she has been laying in a coop So the roos here appear to have progressed from suggesting totally unsuitable places to dissuading hens from laying off base