ok we got the egg thing going BUT how do i get them to use the nesting box for egg laying not just as a potty box am finding eggs in wood pile or in flower beds
The only way I know of would be to lock them in the coop for a week and put golf balls or fake eggs in the nests where you want them to lay. Then once they're laying in the boxes begin to let them out again. I have a flock of 20 whose coop is next to the woods. About once a month I have to leave them locked up for a few days to remind them to lay in the nests and not in the woods. It works for me.