4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Torrin]

The third of my hens has just started to lay (hooray) but has laid her 2 eggs so far in the cube run.

 

Maybe I have been spoilt because the first 2 to start laying have used the nest box every time. Apart from the fact the kids love taking off the hatch to check the box, it's a pain having to climb in and get it and I'm worried they'll break it before I get there.

 

Any ways of getting her to lay in the 'right' place? (for me anyway!!)

[ubereglu]

Try putting a fake egg in the cube nestbox-eg a golf ball or a rubber/porcelain egg. Then she'll get the hint.

 

It may just be that she doesn't know when she's going to lay and they take her by surprise, (My chicken, Spice, did this when she was coming into lay).