nest boxes

Two days ago I got two eggs. Both shell-less. It was our first eggs, it's been stinking hot... I am not concerned about it, just setting a time line :) Both were laid near the roost bars. Yesterday I got my first egg!! From an almost-20 week old Easter Egger! (They turn 20 weeks today). It had a...

Ok, been reading BYC, looked at 100+ coops here - thanks to all who have taken the time and effort to post photos and explain their designs. Hard to imagine getting into chickens without all of you at BYC! Mahalo! I've come up with a design that I think will work for our first coop. I need...

So my group of bantams (10, mixed breeds) have just started laying and it’s utter chaos. I’ve got a mature buff orp who is routinely laying in a nest box. The bantams are very sporadic about their laying spots. Two of them only lay in the run (one in a food container, the other straight on the...

My pullets are now 19 weeks old. They are messing around in the nesting boxes, having sex with Black Bart the rooster and generally look pretty ready to lay. I can't wait! But I have to. Do you thing either of these girls look ready to lay to you? :fl

Hi all and thanks in advance for any help. I have four one year old chickens who are great layers. I recently got six additional chickens. I have had them in a “see and be seen” situation for the last two months, and now I am integrating them into the flock. Everything was going great until...

Good morning! When I put my 6 hens in the coop, I blocked off the nest boxes so that they couldn't use them to roost in/sleep in. They are currently 11 weeks old, and are Black and Red Sex Links. At what age should I turn the nest boxes around? Should I wait until 18 weeks when they are closer...

Hello Everyone, I am hoping someone will be able to help me. I am looking for a type of chicken nest box that locks the hen into the nest. She is not able to get out until someone releases her. This is so we can know which hen laid which egg. We need to do some genetic selection with our free...

My name is Eric I'm starting a new hobby and have started building me a chicken coop and I want my chickens to b happy and safe I'm looking for any suggestions

My name is Eric I'm starting a new hobby and have started building me a chicken coop and I want my chickens to b happy and safe I'm looking for any suggestions

Short question: is there anyone who has nests in their coop that aren't enclosed boxes, meaning they don't have a "roof" on them? I would like to just use a box or a basket for them to lay in. I'm not having my next boxes built into the side, they will be inside my coop, but within reach of the...

I finally got my first egg:wee, but, of course, the chickens are all laying their eggs in the far back corner of the coop (under the poop board) instead of in the nice nest boxes I made for them! :barnie I have devised a way to access the eggs without laying on the floor of the coop, but with...

How much space would a Serama need for a nest box? I know minimum coop space for bantams is 1sq ft per bird and 4sq ft per bird for the run. Does anyone have bantam nest boxes ? If so, what size?im looking to get Seramas so they are very small. Im also aware that I can use buckets, baskets...

Hi there , I am currently building a bantam Mini coop, which I’m designing for about 2 bantam hens and a bantam rooster . I know they need 2sq feet per bird as they are only gonna be locked up in the coop at night. My questions are: >How big/small should bantam nest boxes be? (I know they will...

So our flock started as 5 laying, 1 getting ready within a month, and 5/7 still not sure who is boy and who is girl who will lay in Jan/Feb. And one very happy Rooster. Well this weekend it grew! New ones ares as follows 2 laying, 5 very close if not already, 2 no where close to laying, and a...

New nest boxes without heir privacy curtains. Water hangs in front of them a few inches up off the ground. Old nest boxes about 3 feet off the ground which everyone loves Stash of eggs hiding in the yard hey All! This spring we built a brand new coop for our ever expanding flock. This...

Due to a possible egg eater, I put up curtains (black cut up t-shirt) on the nest boxes. As soon as I did the girls would look at the nest then back at me, as if to say what the heck is this. They seem confused and now I'm worried they may not use the boxes. Those of you that have curtains over...