Nest box and perch pics please!

[bock]

I will be getting more chickens this spring. I will meed to build some "real" nest boxes and perches ans well as expand the coop, and I was just curious what your's looked like. Thanks!

 

[PepsNick]

hereeee ya go! i am adding a 2 inch high strip of wood to keep the straw in (USE PINESTRAW) and give the girl smore privacy. have access from outside and a ltch on the outside access door

 

[kcfuerst]

Love the setup in my 8x8x8 shed/coop. Roomy enough for more hens yet close enough everybody is snuggly. A three-some big bird nest is perfect for my 10 hens and located slightly lower than the roost so they are not tempted to roost in the nests at night a make a poopy mess there.

Where the girls are.....

 

[gryeyes]

Here's the inside coop view of the pop-out, rear rollaway nest boxes, and the perch in front of them. This was right after I built the coop - all nice and clean!

Here's a view of the roost branches.

Here's what the outside of the coop looked like before it was painted, with the view of the pop-out nest boxes.

I've since added another branch for them.

 

[bock]

Thanks everyone, those pics are very helpful! I have an old bookshelf the man that lived here before us left in the shed. I was thinking I could lay that on its side and put a piece of wood horizontally between each rectangle to make 8 nest boxes. I am still unsure about the perches though. What is the best way to maximize the space with those, what about more of a ladder affect? Also, if I was to buy wood for the perches, should the pieces be rounded or like a normal rectangular shape (if that makes any since)? Thanks!

 

[Jonny Anvil]

Like this?

I got this from a friends Kindergarden Class, they got lockers, and I got their old Cubby Shelf, It was great it has 30..... 16" x 12" cubby holes. I got 5 six hole nest boxes.

 

[zazouse]

We made our nest area from scraps and 5 gallon buckets DH got from work.

DH cut down some oak trees and made roost out of them.

 

[sheila3935]

ok I have the strangest nest boxes that my hubby made for some of our girls that are not near old enough to use them but he wanted to be prepared

 

[dsqard]

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Zazouse that is such a nifty idea! It never ceases to amaze me how people use different things to solve a problem. I LOVE it!

 

[mandelyn]

I went to buy 5 gal buckets for that idea but ended up coming home with stack able storage totes that dipped down in the front as if they were meant to be nests. I haven't decided yet if I'll stack them, or bolt them beside each other to the wall. I did weight them down with 1x1 concrete pavers since of course the birds will roost on the sides of them.

Too bad I keep finding my eggs outside in the run. I'm used to Bantams that need a nest, the Cochin needs a nest, but she escapes and hides under a bush.

It was a good nesting idea though, perhaps they'll utilize it at some point.