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  1. Bananabread

    How do I stop my Chickens sleeping and pooping in nesting boxes

    Looks like a perfect egg! What breed was that? Isbar? or olive egger?
  2. Bananabread

    How do I stop my Chickens sleeping and pooping in nesting boxes

    Thanks! Re above, based off the pictures and that you don't have too many birds, I'd put the roosts on the wood pieces over the vented windows. You can build a "ladder" to help them if you think too high. Also--with just 4 birds you might get a way with just one bar if that space is 48in wide...
  3. Bananabread

    How do I stop my Chickens sleeping and pooping in nesting boxes

    These are the brackets that I used. You can buy them from home depot for a $1-2 and their made to support much more than a few birds. However, as @ridgewater alluded to, you'll need to find something structurally sound to attach them too, as the weight of the birds will likely pull them off the...
  4. Bananabread

    How do I stop my Chickens sleeping and pooping in nesting boxes

    Big box stores sell 2x4 metal brackets/ties...same area as where you'd by hurricane ties in framing section that can easily be mounted/screwed into the wall and support a 2x4 cut to length
  5. Bananabread

    How do I stop my Chickens sleeping and pooping in nesting boxes

    a pictutre would help. Need to figure out a way to raise the roost bars or lower the nest boxes. I would put a wood plank in front of the opening for a week or two. Once they actually start laying you can remove it and place some wooden eggs in there and that'll do the trick. I find it's rare...
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