Will/do chickens lay in the same box?

[jayjaymozza]

Hi, I have a few nesting boxes in my coop but only one seems to be getting used, will chickens lay in the same box or do they all need their own ?

Thanks

 

[pippo]

We have a polish and an australorp that lay I'm the same nest and don't have to if they don't want to.

 

[MichelleL64]

I have 7 hens and even though my coop has 6 nesting boxes they all seem to lay their eggs in the box that the first hen to lay for the day did. I've even seen them waiting for another hen to be done to use that nesting box even though there are 5 other available. A couple times my EE has squeezed in next to the hen in the same box. In my experience they don't need their own.