nesting box

  1. chickenreyna

    aspen or pine for nesting boxes

    Anyone. I think i heard pine is better? I have a huge bag of coalton pine shavings, a friend gave me.
  2. Sammamish-BYCs

    New Nesting Box used irregularly, younger of 3 hens only uses coop floor

    We just redesigned our nesting box to take it out of the coop since there's not enough room. Our top hen uses the new nesting box regularly, the middle hen uses it most of the time, but our younger hen who's been laying for 3 months has only ever used the coop floor, even when a temporary box...
  3. LovejoyHomestead

    How To: Nesting Boxes & Egg Laying

    We are new to this. I SO understand if people think that we are doing things wrong, but hey! That's why I joined the forum and am reaching out. We want to do this right. I've attached photos of my coop and our nesting boxes. (We have to clean it out today so don't mind the drippings). I am...
  4. saikkia

    READY FOR BIG DAY! Can I use pine pellets in my nesting box?

    My hens are finally about to lay. The Australorp has bright red comb and waddle and has grown in size in the past week. Therefore I need to prepare my nesting box for the big day. I have some pine pellets left over that I used as bedding materials for my brooder, I was wondering whether I can...
  5. Fluttering-about

    Can I build nesting boxes in the run?

    My chicken house is a bit small. - OK really small! I made the mistake of buying a darling chicken house on Amazon. WOW what a mistake. There isn't even room for a roost. So, seeing as my girls are sleeping in the "nesting boxes", really just an extra space divided in two, should I build...
  6. Summercrest

    Training new hens to use nesting box

    Quick Question: When adding new laying hens to a free range flock that already uses the coop/nesting box- how do you get the new ones to use the coop/boxes instead of going rogue? If we keep them in the coop and close it up, the original gang won't be able to go in there. Long Story: We had a...
  7. SwedishFlower13

    Roosters climbing in nesting box, finding goo from smashed eaten eggs

    I've got 2 young (maybe 7-8 months old) SFH roos in with 2 hens (and some 2 month old pullets for future hen relief). I keep finding only one egg a day, or no eggs and wet egg goop in the hay in the nesting box. Today I've observed both roosters climbing into the nesting box, for who knows what...
  8. FlyWheel

    Tips and recommendations for roll-away nests

    Hi I'm planning on designing a pair of roll away nesting boxes to (hopefully) put a stop to my hens' sudden craving for their own eggs. I have searched here and watched some YouTube videos on the subject but I still have a few questions. What (if anything) do you line the nesting area with...
  9. ejbeez85

    Sleeping in nesting boxes!

    My chickens are anywhere between 13-17 weeks old and they pretty much all climb into two of the nesting boxes to sleep at night. Is this normal? Will they adjust when they start laying? I'm going to put a couple more wood ladders in there today but they don't even use the one that is in there.
  10. RHChicks

    Nesting box dividers- vinyl curtains, wood or none

    finishing up our external nesting box and trying to figure out if I should put in dividers. Was thinking maybe vinyl curtain dividers like I am doing on the front of the box. We have 9 chicks and built the box to have 4 individual boxes in case we get more chickens. I want to have the dividers...
  11. RHChicks

    New to the chick world

    Hi, in our neighborhood we have re-purposed a kids playhouse and sandbox into a community chicken coop. We are starting with 9 chicks. 3 Silkies, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 Rhode Island Red, 2 Bantam Barred Rock. We are going to use tubs for the brooder. I have uploaded a photo of our work in...
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