2011/09/17: We had let our girls out to free range earlier in the morning and after breakfast, we went to check the nest boxes (as our kids {and I even more frequently} have been checking every few hours since the nest boxes' completion only two days prior), and when the oldest lifted the lid...
Buckets...cat litter boxes...now how's this for a hybrid:
The smaller (right) side of the lid is permanently attached and the other side opens/closes. Cutting off the part that opens and closes would make it so the hens could get in and out, but the permanently attached portion would keep...