Nesting Box Ideas!!! Please!!

[lkellogg]

So we are currently constructing a larger coop for our growing flock and I have several ideas for the nesting boxes but my favorite right now is the 5 gallon bucket idea...please post your ideas and some pictures if possible!! please please please give me some input!!!

thankyou.

 

[FuzzyButtz]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/838728/show-me-your-nest-boxes

 

[lkellogg]

Thankyou that is an awesome thread!!!

but do you know of any designs for using five gallon buckets??

 

[jsawler]

I use milk crates personally. just zip tie em together, add a tied on lip on the front of them......done!

 

[FuzzyButtz]

I used Milk Crates up until now - until my favourite chicken got her head stuck and broke her own neck ..

 

[cherylmad]

That is so sad.I feel so bad for you. Thank you for letting us know about the milk crates. We will not be using them.

 

[lkellogg]

Ya definantly will not go that route thats very very sad, im just looking for something simple, effective and safe

 

[kmollyhughes]

We originally wanted to use 5 gallon buckets. We had a shelf across the back wall of the coop to line them up....but some of our girls are big and didn't seem comfortable. So now we have a mix of boxes. A couple buckets, a couple covered litter boxes, open areas to nest. All the girls have a favorite spot.

 

[Primo]

If you are in the construction phase, why not just add on some external nesting boxes? They are easy to build and don't require much material

 

[lkellogg]

My coop is an A frame design so I dont really want to have to deal with that, it is big enough for us to just walk in and get the eggs, i had external egg boxes on our last coop and it really is not hard but I just dont feel like put it on this go round.