Won't lay eggs in the nest box

[Eggcessive]

We have 32 hens that are 20 weeks old, and 3-4 of them have been laying tiny eggs for a week now. I have 9 next boxes in their coop with golf balls, and now some of their real boiled eggs, but they want to lay in a corner on the floor or out in their run. Today, there was a line for the spot in the corner. Any suggestions?

 

[Tank]

Put a box/nest in the corner and slowly move it to the spot you'd like them to lay.

 

[so lucky]

Put a nest box in the corner. It could be that the nest boxes you provided are too "non-private" or too small for their preference. Who knows what a chicken wants.lol. You might try hanging a burlap curtain in front of the nest boxes, or doing something to make them more private.

 

[Eggcessive]

I did try putting a cat litter box with pine shavings in that corner for a day and a half, but they wouldn't use it. The real eggs I believe are making them more curious about the boxes. I just took the covers off them a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Scooter&Suzie]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ceramic-Nes...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item7b674a3aca

My friend used some of these he got at 4H and he loved them, apperently they worked!