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Six is more than plenty. If my 10 girls (used to be 12) all wanted to lay at the same time at best there would be space for 8: - One 4' box partitioned into 3 open nests - One 4' enclosed community box - One corner grain feeder in the feed room (put there after a girl laid an egg in that...

I would think a couple of balls in each would be fine. The idea is that they think another bird has laid there so it must be a good place. They will likely gather up everything egg like in the box then lay theirs in the same place. I know some say the birds want dark and privacy when they lay...

Thankful for small favors I would guess

So what you are saying is they have a REALLY LARGE community box? Bruce

I'd go 8". I had about 4" on my "open" 3 bay nest box and they flipped a lot out so I put another 4" board on. Though, if they make a mess, they make a mess, it isn't critical And you can always add it later if you think it necessary, as I did. For what ever reason, several of mine dig...

Not a bad plan, some of the girls don't take much time, but others are in there for a half hour or more. And you can always add dividers later if it seems necessary. If that is your final design, I would suggest making the board in the front taller. You want several inches of nesting material...

Hi Pepper, If you go back to your post, you can edit it by clicking on the little pencil icon in the lower left next to the red flag. To get rid of the duplicate Quotes and pictures, click on them then do Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) then x. I see over in the new member into forum you...

Here is my community box yesterday with the first two eggs to be laid in it. There were three this morning all on the left side. Other pictures Bruce

Interesting idea but I am confused about one thing. The eggs can't roll if there is straw or shavings for the hens to nest in. How do you convince them to lay on bare hardware cloth?? I would think they wouldn't particularly want to walk on it let alone lay.

Me too. Glad I read the thread before I started. I was planning to build a single outside unit, with dividers, the width of the space to the left of the chicken door (to the post the electrical box is connected to) and cut individual holes in the wall for each nest. Now I'm going to build it...