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  1. colburg

    New rollout nest design Picture heavy-edited 1/21

    I'm still kickin around. I looked on my comp and can't find any pics. It'll be a day or 7 before I can get some pics. We're actually getting some rain and we have a vacation planned, but when things clear up I'll see what I can do. I do know that on the inside of the coop, there are two...
  2. colburg

    New rollout nest design Picture heavy-edited 1/21

    Opa, thanks for the tip on the longer boxes. Since I extended my out to 14" deep, we haven't had any broken eggs.... Well, except for the ones that got a little too much velocity on their way down. Fixed the angle a little and we're going on about 2 months without a cracked egg. Thanks again.
  3. colburg

    New rollout nest design Picture heavy-edited 1/21

    You can also get them from Murray Mcmurray hatchery. ;)
  4. colburg

    New rollout nest design Picture heavy-edited 1/21

    Turns out, all we needed was a little time to see it for ourselves. My wife caught one of the chickens with its head in the roll out box. The eggs(first egg) rolls about 8" from the bucket, but eggs laid thereafter stack up and are within reach of the chickens. I'll extend it 4-6 inches and...
  5. colburg

    New rollout nest design Picture heavy-edited 1/21

    Opa, Thanks for the ideas for the rollaway design. I stole parts of your design, the angle and nest pads, to make mine and wanted to give credit where credit is due. Also had a question. How far from the nest do your eggs roll? It seems that the chickens are able to stick their heads or feet...
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