Getting eggs to roll to a collection area

jazzpurr · Mar 2, 2007

Hello all you fellow chickeners...

I am psyched about getting my first chickens. Last year I moved to
a fairly isolated property with 6 acres.

I have lots of plans and books... but what I haven't seen is how exactly
do you build the nest so that when the Hen lays the egg it will roll to a collection area?
I want to have a rear panel open up to the nests so I can collect
the eggs without going into the coop.
It would be better still..I think..If the eggs collected slightly below the nests
so I wouldn't disturb any hen currently at work.

I saw pictures of the collection area but were no drawings
of Point A to Point B.

If the hen can sit and lay an the weight of the egg makes it roll..
Is it some kind of funnel shape?

Thanks from the latest Newbie..

SkeeredChicken · Mar 2, 2007

I remember seeing a show on TV that featured this kind of thing. It was awhile ago. Anyway, I think the cage was angled as such that the egg rolled to a wire funnel after it was laid.

What you could do is angle it with a built in trough for collection, leaving a gap in the bottom front that the egg can fit through. Experiment as necessary.

NeuseWorks · Mar 5, 2007

What you are looking for is called a "Roll Away" nest box in the business. I've seen them done 2 ways that seem to make sense. The first is with a plastic insert to the nest box and the other is a box that is built with the floor sloped towards the rear a bit so the eggs roll out. I have actually built the later in the past.

Check out:
http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/rollaway_nestboxes.htm
and
http://www.nfpledbury.co.uk/products/poultry/commercial/rollaway_nestboxes.htm

jazzpurr · Mar 5, 2007

Thanks Neuse... It's beginning to look all too expensive.
I'll just grab them by hand.

cajunlizz · Jun 18, 2008

Quote:
MAYBE like a laundry shoot . HEN lays the egg , drops down in SHOOT and hands its master the egg ?

LOL I think I am cracking up . Worked most of the day today getting the roof onto the coop . ITS SO HOT . DANG and we are only in JUNE . LOOK OUT for JULY AND AUG.

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