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Sorry to be so tardy on response, but I rarely go to this site these days. If you will go to my BYC page there are a whole series of photos of the exterior and interior of my coop. However, you will see that I did not use buckets because I already had 12x12x4" deep plastic auto parts store...

Sorry. If you look at top of page two of this post, you will see my setup. I only did the bucket post to give alternatives to folks besides buying $50 worth of plastic boxes at Lowe's.

For those on a budget, here is one way to make easilly-cleaned and durable nests. Just take a length of scap plywood or a 1 x 6 board, say a salvaged decking plank. ( Does not matter if it is pressure treated.) Take 5 gallon plastic buckets and a sharpie and trace quarter-circles along one...

Quote: Hi, Where did you find the boxes? Are they cut down milk/storage bins? Happy new Year BYC'ers Joe They are some sort of parts bins. I was given 4 dozen by my son. I put too many nests in. I started with 24 chooks and needed only 6 nests instead of the 12 I did. Lots of time...

Quote: As you can see, I just used 12 x 12 x 3"deep plastic boxes. Easy to clean. I just use grass clippings for litter and for nests. Free and smells good.