Muscovy Nests *PICS*

[Bleenie]

I just finished these today so wanted to post pics for anyone interested in seeing them. A couple of the girls have already been poking around in them..(yay!)

It was a pain in the butt cutting them & some arent exactly straight but the 2x4's lined up just fine. No floor, just sat them on the ground. They are 22" wide & although they look short, they are plenty tall enough for a hen, especially a nesting one.

This is the other type of box the girls really like to lay in: 2'Long - 1.5'Tall - 1.5'Wide
(I get about 5-6 eggs a day in a finished box like this)

 

[fisharescary]

Cool!
Are those...old buckets?
How did you attach the two by fours, or do they just kinda stay in place?

 

[bemba]

Look very cosy....... If I were a girl duck I would be all over those like Oprah on a baked ham LOL (for all those Oprah fans.... no real disrespect intended)

 

[Goat_Walker]

Oh wow!! Bleenie those sure are some neat ideas! Ive been wondering how my girls were going to lay when there are ten hens and only 5 nest boxes and one giant box that ive seem six nests in at one time.

What size were those before you cut them?

 

[swheat]

Bleenie,
I thought that was the nest design of the the barrel nest you would make/use. I am going to make somes like that also. I used the whole drum for goose nests. Thanks for posting the pic.

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

What did you use to cut the barrels? I have a plastic one that needs to be cut up for nests.

 

[swheat]

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I used a skilsaw(circular saw) to cut mine, you might want to wear goggles though. It cut through very quickly.

 

[Bleenie]

I just used a little Jigsaw to cut them. We drilled small holes in the middle and used that as a starting point. They Are just regular rain barrels that we had laying around. 55gal plastic. We also have 2 more but I wanted to wait and see if they liked them first. Theres already a 'nesty' spot in 2 of them but no eggs yet. I just used screws to attach & hold the 2x4's in place.

It's so funny, I set them up in a pen across from thier night pen and when i let them out the girls all run over to the nesting pen now, lol.