nest boxes

  1. barred2rock

    Curtains?

    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...
  2. Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!

    Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!

    Last winter was unusually cold for my area, with days turning to weeks of temperatures way below freezing. My schedule allowed me to gather my eggs twice a day, 8am and 8pm. For weeks I had cracked frozen eggs. Literally dozens of eggs were deemed unfit for human consumption, and fed back the...
    • RonP
    • Article
    • 3 min read
    • cold eggs cold weather cracked egg freezing frozen chicken eggs frozen eggs heat in coop nest boxes winter winter care
    • Comments: 74
    • Category: Getting Started Raising Chickens
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