- Mar 4, 2011
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Hey all, I recently replaced our old wire nest boxes with bigger wooden ones. They are in the same place, and they are laying eggs in them, but they keep knocking all the straw out! Some of the eggs I have been collecting were cracked because they dropped right onto the wood bottom.
I made the front lip on the new boxes the same height as the old, I never had this problem with the old ones. They were wire and the bedding stayed in the bottom just fine. These are all wood, and while the straw stay around the perimeter of the boxes, there is never anything in the center bottom.
I am thinking it is because the smooth wood is so much more slick than the wire was, but what can I do to keep the straw in the bottom? I feel like I should put something more "grippy" down, but I am not sure what.
I am pretty sure most nest boxes have a plain flat bottom, so I am hoping someone will have some advice for me!
Thanks in advance.
Old Boxes
New Boxes
I made the front lip on the new boxes the same height as the old, I never had this problem with the old ones. They were wire and the bedding stayed in the bottom just fine. These are all wood, and while the straw stay around the perimeter of the boxes, there is never anything in the center bottom.
I am thinking it is because the smooth wood is so much more slick than the wire was, but what can I do to keep the straw in the bottom? I feel like I should put something more "grippy" down, but I am not sure what.
I am pretty sure most nest boxes have a plain flat bottom, so I am hoping someone will have some advice for me!
Thanks in advance.
Old Boxes
New Boxes