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Quote: Go for it - its the lazy man's nest box, but the girls do love them!

Quote: Cover them/close them (the nest boxes) before they go to bed at night, and open them up early in the am for egg laying. You can fill them with something like boxes or anything just so that they can't get in. Make a nice big fat roost - long enough for all of them, and with a fat/wide...

Quote: I have one nest box on the floor, and its the favorite box. The other is raised off the floor on a wooden crate - my nest boxes are the lazy mans box..... I don't think it matters if they're on the floor or not. Mine sleep on the roost. They spend time in the nest box, but only to...

I have a mix, shavings and hay. I originally used only shavings, but one day noticed one of my hens got OUT the nest box went over to one of the bales of hay we have in the coop, started picking out pieces and putting them on her BACK (?) I figured she wanted to make a cozy nest with them - so...