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will 8 nesting boxes be enough for 30 chickens

post #1 of 7
5/2/12 at 5:10pm
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Any thoughts?
Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 89
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
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Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 89
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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post #2 of 7
5/2/12 at 5:15pm
I would think so. Probably more than enough. I have always gone with 1 nest box per 4 birds
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1 Delaware, 2 Black Australorps and 1 EE

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post #3 of 7
5/2/12 at 5:35pm

That will be fine.. I go with 1-5 ratio...

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-Caleb

 

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"Real heroes wear dog tags"

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post #4 of 7
5/2/12 at 5:35pm

Quite likely.  They tend to lay in just a few.  Egg laying, like almost everything else a chicken does, is very social, very flock oriented.  They follow the leader and tend to like sitting on warm eggs to lay their own, building a clutch.

 

 

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post #5 of 7
5/3/12 at 11:46am
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Thanks all, I'm taking down the bantam leghorn boxes today and installing the big boxes I got.
Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 89
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 89
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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post #6 of 7
5/4/12 at 7:24am

I have 20 chickens and most days I only find eggs in 2 or 3 nest boxes.  Once in a great while some one will lay one egg in one of the top 3 nest boxes, but mostly they just use the bottom three.  When we do our new coop, I am seriously considering jus making one big community nest box.

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post #7 of 7
5/4/12 at 7:27am

thanks all. answers my question also

1 Wife, 1 son, 3 daughters, 1 great dane (Lilly)  1 cat (Dave),1 Hamster (Flash)  2 Black Australorps, 4 Barred Rocks, 4 Black sexlinks, 6 RIR, 8 Isa Browns, 6 Buff Orpingtons and 5 Leghorns..House is FULL!

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1 Wife, 1 son, 3 daughters, 1 great dane (Lilly)  1 cat (Dave),1 Hamster (Flash)  2 Black Australorps, 4 Barred Rocks, 4 Black sexlinks, 6 RIR, 8 Isa Browns, 6 Buff Orpingtons and 5 Leghorns..House is FULL!

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