Getting eggs to roll to a collection area

[jazzpurr]

Hello all you fellow chickeners...

I am psyched about getting my first chickens. Last year I moved to
a fairly isolated property with 6 acres.

I have lots of plans and books... but what I haven't seen is how exactly
do you build the nest so that when the Hen lays the egg it will roll to a collection area?
I want to have a rear panel open up to the nests so I can collect
the eggs without going into the coop.
It would be better still..I think..If the eggs collected slightly below the nests
so I wouldn't disturb any hen currently at work.

I saw pictures of the collection area but were no drawings
of Point A to Point B.

If the hen can sit and lay an the weight of the egg makes it roll..
Is it some kind of funnel shape?

Thanks from the latest Newbie..

 

[SkeeredChicken]

I remember seeing a show on TV that featured this kind of thing. It was awhile ago. Anyway, I think the cage was angled as such that the egg rolled to a wire funnel after it was laid.

What you could do is angle it with a built in trough for collection, leaving a gap in the bottom front that the egg can fit through. Experiment as necessary.

 

[NeuseWorks]

What you are looking for is called a "Roll Away" nest box in the business. I've seen them done 2 ways that seem to make sense. The first is with a plastic insert to the nest box and the other is a box that is built with the floor sloped towards the rear a bit so the eggs roll out. I have actually built the later in the past.

Check out:
http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/rollaway_nestboxes.htm
and
http://www.nfpledbury.co.uk/products/poultry/commercial/rollaway_nestboxes.htm

 

[jazzpurr]

Thanks Neuse... It's beginning to look all too expensive.
I'll just grab them by hand.

 

[cajunlizz]

Quote:
MAYBE like a laundry shoot . HEN lays the egg , drops down in SHOOT and hands its master the egg ?

LOL I think I am cracking up . Worked most of the day today getting the roof onto the coop . ITS SO HOT . DANG and we are only in JUNE . LOOK OUT for JULY AND AUG.