Ended Do You Need A Rollaway Nest Box? - Win A Free Nest Box From Urban-Egg.com

[Villainess]

No. You NEED this nesting box. I was surprised how quickly I became attached to my first flock of ducks and chickens. 14 years later, I just added 10 more full grown young laying hens to my current flock of 10 free range ducks and chickens and am converting a shed we had been using as a furnished "bunk house" (It's NOT a "She Shed". It just looks like one.) into a huge hen house. It's perfect. I wish we had done it a decade ago. I am so excited because there is plenty of room for even MORE birds. When I say that, my husband just looks at me. I am a baker, with a state certified home bakery, so I can't see how we could ever have too many eggs. But he just walked in, put on his jacket, sighed and said, "Well...I'll go see how many eggs I can find.", on our first morning with double the birds. He came back with 2. Whoops. I guess the girls were a little shy in their new home. Let's hope they warm up. I love that you give so many of yours away.

I would love to be able to add on to what we have so that we could get more chickens and ducks. I told my husband that I’ve considered buying more property so I could raise more birds, and he just looks at me—probably the same look your husband gave you!

I love the fact that you’re a baker, so raising your own chickens for eggs is awesome! It’s kind of funny, but that’s how I had convinced my husband we needed to raise chickens of our own: so I could bake more I’m not a professional baker, not highly skilled or anything, but I like baking more than I like cooking. And during the winter, with the holidays, is usually my favorite time to start baking (keeps the house warmer, too). We used a lot of eggs prior to having chickens, but I’m pretty sure my talk about pumpkin and zucchini and banana breads, cookies, cakes, etc., is what sealed the deal. Hahaha!

I never expected to have any attachment to my birds. I guess I thought they’d just be there, little eating and pooping machines with feathers and no personality. Boy, I couldn’t have been more WRONG!!!!

I think because I brooded them in the house with me and handled them daily, I am very attached to my Rhode Island Reds and them me. My husband never believed me when I said how close my girls are to me, that I think they’ve adopted me and love me as Mom, until he’s started to pay attention to their behavior with me. Yesterday I walked into the run with them, and rather than giving them their little talks and pats first thing, I “ignored” them. I was bent over filling a water bowl for a few seconds when Rose came up beside me and gently started pulling on my hair (I have long hair, about mid-back). She kept giving it little tugs until I looked at her, talked to her a bit, and gave her a petting. After that she left me alone. Not long, Ruby came to me and started pecking at the back of my boots. Same thing; she kept at it until I acknowledged her with a talk and pet. Red, my cockerel, he’s not as clingy as my girls, but he’s still comfortable with me and eventually wants attention. Well, yesterday was one of those days. He didn’t peck at me, or pull my hair, or anything of the sort. No, he jumped up and kicked me in the butt. Yep, he kicked me! I wasn’t sure what happened at first. I just knew something had hit me on the butt while I was bent over. The I hear my husband say, “Ummm....Alicia? I just watched that chicken kick you. He like, literally jumped up and kicked you in the a$$!”

Yep, those are my Reds They follow me everywhere. They rush to me and chatter at me when they first see me, much like my kids first thing when they get home from school. They like to perch on my shoulders. They’ll hide behind me for protection if they feel the other girls are being mean. They’ll tug on my hair or gently pull on my eyebrow ring if I’m close enough. They’re mischievous and silly, like children, but they have never hurt me when they could have. They are little feathered eating and pooping machines, but they each have their own personalities that I can’t believe I ever thought any differently

I apologize for the “novella” but I get a little carried away I guess when talking about my girls.

 

[Noah Way Farm]

I could definitely use this nest box! 18 months ago, I had a series of strokes that left me disabled and unable to continue working as a veterinary technician, my career for nearly 25 years. I turned to raising rare and heritage breed chickens as a way to maintain my connection with animals and am in the process of launching The South Carolina Poultry Conservancy Center. As you know, raising animals properly can be expensive, but we do the best we can on one income. This nest box would provide a clean, safe place for our rare breed hens to provide successive generations to help ensure the survival of their breeds.

This Contest Sponsored By

www.urban-egg.com​

Are you discovering that your eggs are dirty or damaged? Well, it might be time to look into getting a rollaway nest box!

Let us know (in pictures and/or text) why you need a rollaway nest box for your chickens and you could win a FREE 3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nest Box / Roll Out Egg Collection Box From www.Urban-Egg.com

Rules:

1. Post some text, a story, pictures, etc. explaining your situation and why you need a rollaway nest box
2. Post your submission before 11/15/2019
3. One entry per-person
4. Continental US residents over 18 only

Prize Details:

3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nest Box / Roll Out Egg Collection for Poultry

https://www.urban-egg.com/collections/nest-boxes/products/3-hole-chicken-coup

Overview
There has been little choice of chicken nest boxes for the American Backyard and Free range farmer customer as the same few brands of products are offered by many online and retail stores. Our 3 hole roll out nest box from SKA, Italy is a perfect example of a superior product that until now was not available in the USA.

What makes our roll out nest box superior:

Long-lasting quality
Made with heavy gauge weather-proof zinc plated steel, the 3-hole will have the longest product life on the market, much longer than other metal and galvanized nesting boxes. Except for the plastic nest insert which is one molded piece of thick plastic, the entire nest is constructed of the zinc plated metal. No plastic and no plastic moving parts

Ease of use
The 3 hole roll away nest box makes the egg collection process much easier, cleaner, quicker and most importantly more productive. Our 3 hole roll away poultry nesting box will:

• Keep your eggs protected in a covered collection box
• Keeps eggs unbroken and clean - No trampled or half-eaten eggs
• Easy to clean with removable nests and trays - No nesting material such as hay or wood shavings needed making the nest box much cleaner and a money saver as well!
• Simple to sanitize to eliminate poultry mites and bacterial contamination such as salmonella
• Easy Grip wooden Perch instead of plastic
• Supports up to 15 laying hens

Unique and Innovative
The uniquely molded plastic chute for the Chicken Nest Box eliminates straw or bedding. The plastic chutes safely deliver the eggs into the collection box.

Retail Value: $174.99

Specifications
Chicken Nesting Box Dimensions:
Exterior Box Dimensions (WxDxH) 30.5" x 21" x 22"
Individual Hole Dimensions (WxDxH): 10.5" x 13.5" x 7"
Total Weight: 26 lbs.

We look forward to your submission!!!

 

[AlleysChicks]

I'd love a rollaway nest box! My silkies lay then go broody! They are egg hoarders! If I had a rollaway nest box maybe I wouldn't have so many eggs under hens.

PS it's been getting down in the 20s at night and not much higher during the day. Someone has 11 eggs under her that are spaced out

 

[martins show birds]

i need one so bad.i have a homemade nest boxes but my hens will not lay in them.im wondering if maybe a new nest box would help with that and eggs so covered with poop i can barely tell its an egg and not a another blob of poop.

 

[BatChickCrazy83]

This Contest Sponsored By

www.urban-egg.com​

Are you discovering that your eggs are dirty or damaged? Well, it might be time to look into getting a rollaway nest box!

Let us know (in pictures and/or text) why you need a rollaway nest box for your chickens and you could win a FREE 3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nest Box / Roll Out Egg Collection Box From www.Urban-Egg.com

Rules:

1. Post some text, a story, pictures, etc. explaining your situation and why you need a rollaway nest box
2. Post your submission before 11/15/2019
3. One entry per-person
4. Continental US residents over 18 only

Prize Details:

3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nest Box / Roll Out Egg Collection for Poultry

https://www.urban-egg.com/collections/nest-boxes/products/3-hole-chicken-coup

Overview
There has been little choice of chicken nest boxes for the American Backyard and Free range farmer customer as the same few brands of products are offered by many online and retail stores. Our 3 hole roll out nest box from SKA, Italy is a perfect example of a superior product that until now was not available in the USA.

What makes our roll out nest box superior:

Long-lasting quality
Made with heavy gauge weather-proof zinc plated steel, the 3-hole will have the longest product life on the market, much longer than other metal and galvanized nesting boxes. Except for the plastic nest insert which is one molded piece of thick plastic, the entire nest is constructed of the zinc plated metal. No plastic and no plastic moving parts

Ease of use
The 3 hole roll away nest box makes the egg collection process much easier, cleaner, quicker and most importantly more productive. Our 3 hole roll away poultry nesting box will:

• Keep your eggs protected in a covered collection box
• Keeps eggs unbroken and clean - No trampled or half-eaten eggs
• Easy to clean with removable nests and trays - No nesting material such as hay or wood shavings needed making the nest box much cleaner and a money saver as well!
• Simple to sanitize to eliminate poultry mites and bacterial contamination such as salmonella
• Easy Grip wooden Perch instead of plastic
• Supports up to 15 laying hens

Unique and Innovative
The uniquely molded plastic chute for the Chicken Nest Box eliminates straw or bedding. The plastic chutes safely deliver the eggs into the collection box.

Retail Value: $174.99

Specifications
Chicken Nesting Box Dimensions:
Exterior Box Dimensions (WxDxH) 30.5" x 21" x 22"
Individual Hole Dimensions (WxDxH): 10.5" x 13.5" x 7"
Total Weight: 26 lbs.

We look forward to your submission!!!

Not going to lie - I am in DESPERATE need for an Urban-Egg “3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nesting Box”. Let me kindly eggsplain why:

A. I am eggsausted trying to look everywhere to collect upon my chicken rent (eggs). And when I say “everywhere”, I am talking about laundry baskets, inside my horse mounting block, random boxes in my garage...you get the idea! My hens have been basically, this entire time, sending me a message: “You, yeah you, KAREN, should have purchased one of these cozy and private, Urban-Egg condos for US to deposit our “rent” (eggs) into a LONG time ago. It’s all YOUR fault!” Message received, ladies! LOUD and CLEAR. *P.S. My name is not “Karen”, thank you.

B. “Ofi”, the security guard, has been sneaking snacks/“rent”, while on the job. I’ve even caught him once on camera, red-pawed (please see Exhibit A). His superior sense of smell, has given him the “upper-paw” when it comes down to finding these, well-hidden treasures. If only I had an Urban-Egg “3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nesting Box”, with its eggcellent design, my ladies could safely deliver their rent, directly to my hands and not another’s. That’s right! I for once, may never have to utter that dreadful phrase again; “Get yo stinkin’ paws off of my eggs!!!”

So, to sum it all up, Urban-Egg’s ingenious design, should receive a giant, standing ova-tion from ALL of us chicken folks! I know for a fact, that *this* chick would be one very, eggstatic gal to have one within her possession!
Thanks for listening!

 

[Rshumpal]

I would love to have this for my girls to keep my eggs I have Silkies to Brahmas so eggs are always in danger from my big girls. Keeping our eggs safe would also allow my mother to help gather the eggs and continue to enjoy the chickens. She likes them, but won’t touch them so she won’t gather eggs.

 

[TheBoss_512]

After suffering from severe postpartum mental illness and changing careers from a vet tech to a stay-at-home-mom, i had been searching for a hobby that will help me continue to heal (and be beneficial for the family at the same time). I am just starting my chicken-keeping journey and would love a tool that would help me be more successful! I want to do things the right way, and something that allows for sanitary/healthy chicken-keeping would be fantastic (and also easier lol. God knows i need easy in my house). Thank you!

This Contest Sponsored By

www.urban-egg.com​

Are you discovering that your eggs are dirty or damaged? Well, it might be time to look into getting a rollaway nest box!

Let us know (in pictures and/or text) why you need a rollaway nest box for your chickens and you could win a FREE 3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nest Box / Roll Out Egg Collection Box From www.Urban-Egg.com

Rules:

1. Post some text, a story, pictures, etc. explaining your situation and why you need a rollaway nest box
2. Post your submission before 11/15/2019
3. One entry per-person
4. Continental US residents over 18 only

Prize Details:

3-Hole Rollaway Chicken Nest Box / Roll Out Egg Collection for Poultry

https://www.urban-egg.com/collections/nest-boxes/products/3-hole-chicken-coup

Overview
There has been little choice of chicken nest boxes for the American Backyard and Free range farmer customer as the same few brands of products are offered by many online and retail stores. Our 3 hole roll out nest box from SKA, Italy is a perfect example of a superior product that until now was not available in the USA.

What makes our roll out nest box superior:

Long-lasting quality
Made with heavy gauge weather-proof zinc plated steel, the 3-hole will have the longest product life on the market, much longer than other metal and galvanized nesting boxes. Except for the plastic nest insert which is one molded piece of thick plastic, the entire nest is constructed of the zinc plated metal. No plastic and no plastic moving parts

Ease of use
The 3 hole roll away nest box makes the egg collection process much easier, cleaner, quicker and most importantly more productive. Our 3 hole roll away poultry nesting box will:

• Keep your eggs protected in a covered collection box
• Keeps eggs unbroken and clean - No trampled or half-eaten eggs
• Easy to clean with removable nests and trays - No nesting material such as hay or wood shavings needed making the nest box much cleaner and a money saver as well!
• Simple to sanitize to eliminate poultry mites and bacterial contamination such as salmonella
• Easy Grip wooden Perch instead of plastic
• Supports up to 15 laying hens

Unique and Innovative
The uniquely molded plastic chute for the Chicken Nest Box eliminates straw or bedding. The plastic chutes safely deliver the eggs into the collection box.

Retail Value: $174.99

Specifications
Chicken Nesting Box Dimensions:
Exterior Box Dimensions (WxDxH) 30.5" x 21" x 22"
Individual Hole Dimensions (WxDxH): 10.5" x 13.5" x 7"
Total Weight: 26 lbs.

We look forward to your submission!!!

 

[Red929]

I would love the opportunity to win this nesting box. I let a broody hen hatch some chicks this summer and when they would go to sleep she would take them to the nesting boxes. Now all her little chicks that are now 6 months old think they need to sleep in the nesting boxes and are making a mess. I also have another hen with an eye injury that uses the nesting boxes to sleep since she can't get up to the rafters like she used to. I'm just tired of washing eggs all the time because they're so dirty. Of course they have to sleep in the ones everyone likes to lay in, too.

 

[Tyrovive]

Blue is requesting a better nesting box since the human male caretaker is allergic to the hay and she and her sister's did not like the shredded paper.

 

[BReeder!]

Roll away nest boxes... we wanted them from the start. The first coop I built had them, or a poor attempt at them that is. The angle was too shallow. The hens required bedding, which posed a challenge for eggs rolling. We spent money on plastic nesting mats of artificial bedding that were supposed to allow the eggs to still roll. They didn't though. We tossed the plastic mats to the side and managed to get them to lay on old towels placed flat in the boxes. Then we realized that the hens poop in the nesting boxes. There was no good way to keep the boxes made of wood sanitized. And eggs weren't the only things rolling, poop was rolling too and we would find eggs and poop piled up together in the collection area.
All of this convinced my to scratch the roll away boxes out of the design on our new coop. I went with simple wooden boxes raised on stilts. We use wood shavings now in the boxes which helps make cleaning poop or broken eggs easy. Yea... broken eggs! We find a cracked egg about once a week. It doesn't seem to be an egg eater, but simply a clumsy hen smashing an egg. Now, our shells are clean but occasionally broken. A broken egg is compost material rather than an omelet, pancakes, or cake. That doesn't serve us well.
With all that, there's yet more. Chicken math... We started with five hens all purchased as chicks. Then we purchased two more chicks that grew to be hens. Then I started hatching quail eggs, which led to incubation addiction. We soon wanted to hatch our own chickens. We ended up with yet another hen out of a small batch of eggs we got from a BYC friend. Now we have eight hens all cramming into two nesting boxes. We need more nest space! During all this I also ended up with four turkey poults from that same BYC friend. Those poults have gotten quite large and just one of them takes up the entirety of our larger of the two nesting boxes we currently have, preventing hens from getting in to lay eggs which leads to eggs being laid on the coop floor. Proper sized boxes would keep the turkeys out as they would be too big.

So... We need roll away nesting boxes to prevent eggs from getting smashed. We need more boxes than we currently have (only 2). We need boxes that are easy to sanitize, metal fits the bill rather than wood like we currently have. We need properly sized nesting boxes to discourage our turkeys. Lastly, as much as we know we need roll away nesting boxes we realize through failed attempts that we are not able to build them ourselves. The prize of these nesting boxes would solve our problems and make our chickens happier.