Internal Nesting boxes

[CKfarm22]

I’m wondering if anyone has ever put a internal “nesting box” in their coop. By the quotations i mean does anyone have a section in their coop, like a corner, that has a piece of 2x4 in front of it so it makes a triangle that the hens can lay eggs in. In our coop plans i have two nesting boxes, but i’m not sure if that’s enough for 7 hens!

 

[Alaskan]

I haven't done it the way you describe. .

But there are 2 coop corners that my hens like to lay in, I think when someone has taken over the preferred nestbox.

 

[cherrynberry]

I’m wondering if anyone has ever put a internal “nesting box” in their coop. By the quotations i mean does anyone have a section in their coop, like a corner, that has a piece of 2x4 in front of it so it makes a triangle that the hens can lay eggs in. In our coop plans i have two nesting boxes, but i’m not sure if that’s enough for 7 hens!

Its enough for 7 hens. I have 3 for a flock of 23 and they mostly only use two of them, although they have started using the third recently. I have 3 boxed nesting boxes inside the coop. And yes, the hay is over towering the EEs!

 

[STACEYH]

I have 10/15 laying and they all take turns using 2 out of 7 nesting boxes.

 

[rosemarythyme]

2 should be fine if that's how much room you have to spare for them. Really can't have broodies setting but if that's not something you're hoping for you should be good.

 

[Alaskan]

So true.... there is always a favorite box.

Luckily the favorite box in my coop is a super wide, I think 2 feet wide, so 2 fit in comfortably, and 3 can squeeze.

 

[3KillerBs]

I actively discourage floor nesting.

I'm going to make a ground nest in the broody area that I plan on building, but I don't want eggs at ankle height, I want them where I can reach them no matter how bad my arthritis is right now.

 

[CKfarm22]

I actively discourage floor nesting.

I'm going to make a ground nest in the broody area that I plan on building, but I don't want eggs at ankle height, I want them where I can reach them no matter how bad my arthritis is right now.

It would be an idea to make a corner “nesting” place that’s about hip level to me. (i’m under 5’) so it would be like maybe 2-3 feet off of the ground?? Meaning it would be build with a 2x4 and some plywood

 

[David61]

chickens don't care so please yourself. my ten birds use two of four boxes. they are 3 1/2 feet off the ground. i keep them wired closed until the point of lay. When one of them squated i pulled the wire off. as i turned my back from pulling the wire one of the girls flew past me into the nest. over the last two years i have rarely had an egg not in the nest.