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Aside from accommodating the lid, is there a reason for the sloping top? Could you just have a square drawer with a "hunk" cut out of the front so they can climb in?
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Yeah, if they are too comfortable they sleep and poop in there. Plus, water runs off the nest box. I just got carried away with the angle. It has been years since i made a nest box. So the next set will be different, more of the box inside the coop, less outside and less slope of the roof. Live and learn. Again. Sigh.Aside from accommodating the lid, is there a reason for the sloping top? Could you just have a square drawer with a "hunk" cut out of the front so they can climb in?
Thanks! Took me twice as long as normal since husband helped. He gets these ideas that seem good until you try them. Then you have to take it apart and start over. I had to put a slot between the two boxes because it will have to fit around one of the uprights in the coop wall. I think i had best use the little boxes for the rabbits and make bigger ones for the chickens. It was great fun cutting down the drawers to use them.Well they look adorable![]()
They are beautiful. Stop doubting yourself---you are doing a phenomenal job!!!Here are the drawers:View attachment 1127278
And here is the double nest box:View attachment 1127279
I am afraid i made it too shallow with that slope. The next one will be different.
Thanks, i appreciate the vote of confidence. I will have to put other boxes in as well, 2 are not enough for 10 hens. I hate when they lay on the floor or in the run.They are beautiful. Stop doubting yourself---you are doing a phenomenal job!!!
Since when have chickens been so damn picky??
I just let him cook and i wash dishes. But our minds just work so differently is is hard to work on the same project. I planned to cover the eaves with mesh for ventilation, he went ahead and filled them with leftover pieces of wood. At least i got one side done my way. He was mad that i made the run cover with metal roofing, wire is faster and easier. But I WANTED to cover at least part so the run does not become such a mud hole. I hate tarps on top of runs. Had that in TN. Wait until i put up the other side and do the same thing! I am that Capricorn, a stubborn goat.OMG is your husband living a dual life??? He is exactly like mine!!!
I try to keep him away from my garden and any other projects I am working on. He always has the bigger and better and superior "suggestions."
And he ALWAYS wants to "help," lol!
From laundry to making beds to cooking----GO AWAY!!!
Love him dearly but good LORD!!!