Do I need a second coop? (turkey hen won't go in at night)

[Molpet]

A quarter sheet of plywood against the coop wall is a favorite place for mine.

 

[fat brown hen]

Speaking of training-- would it work to lock the hens in the coop for a few days to force them to use the nest boxes?

 

[R2elk]

Speaking of training-- would it work to lock the hens in the coop for a few days to force them to use the nest boxes?

If they have to lay during the period they are locked in, it will force them to lay in the coop but not necessarily in your nest boxes. They are not chickens and don't typically use nest boxes.

 

[fat brown hen]

If they have to lay during the period they are locked in, it will force them to lay in the coop but not necessarily in your nest boxes. They are not chickens and don't typically use nest boxes.

In the coop is good enough for me! would they continue to lay in the same spot after i let them out?

 

[R2elk]

In the coop is good enough for me! would they continue to lay in the same spot after i let them out?

Maybe but if they have other preferences, probably not.

Mine either leave their run on their own or holler for me to let them out and then make hidden nests that I have to search for.

 

[fat brown hen]

Maybe but if they have other preferences, probably not.

Mine either leave their run on their own or holler for me to let them out and then make hidden nests that I have to search for.

Desperate times call for desperate measures...