Let's Talk Nest Box Dimensions...More or Less!

[sunnyzoopet]

38mm*45mm is enough。。

 

[elmo]

One problem I see with the typical wood nestbox are the crevices where the wood joins: perfect place for mites to hide. I suppose you could caulk the seams to deal with that, but then the wood itself isn't easy to clean or disinfect if the boxes are nailed to the wall in the coop.

I love my storage bin nestboxes. They're made of plastic, so I can take them out, soap 'em and hose 'em down. I dare mites to find someplace to hide in those boxes. I can take the lids off when it's really hot to make them a bit cooler for the hens, or move the boxes into a shadier or cooler spot. And when I had three broodies, it was wonderful to be able to move the whole nestbox with setting hen and eggs inside, exactly where I wanted the hen to be, without disturbing her or scaring her off her eggs.

 

[sharol]

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[PortugalBreeder]

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??? for a nest box???

He is from China. Answered? =P

 

[HorizonSon]

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??? for a nest box???

He is from China. Answered? =P

I'll assume they ment centimeters and not millimeters. That comes out to 15in x 18in, approximately ;-)

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I made (ahem, my boyfriend made) a 3 tiered nest box system with larger community nests on the bottom for the fat girls and smaller boxes on top for my banties and leghorns. The most popular is the bottom right nest box and sometimes they share it. The dimensions are 48" x 48" so the bottom is 24X16, the middles are 16X16 and the top is 12X16. Never (knock on wood) had a broken egg in there.

Front:

Back:

I've also added some "privacy screens" and was hopeful that it would help keep the eggs from freezing in winter, we'll see: