Nest boxes

[mnm9933]

Just to let you no i had never had chickens before. Okay so when you move your chicks into the coop can you put the nest boxes in there right away or not? Why if you can't??

 

[countrygoddess]

No reason not to.

 

[Crafty-Duck]

Mine had them right away!

 

[mnm9933]

okay good thanks

 

[sparrker]

I waited till about 18 weeks old. My coop was and still is a work in progress.

 

[chicken pickin]

My coops were built with the nest boxes in them right away and all the chicks have always stayed out of the nestboxes until egg laying age. Id block them up only if you notice they are sleeping in them.

 

[Crafty-Duck]

I put up nest box curtains and it seems to deter the little ones from sleeping in the boxes (Just my experience).

 

[mulia24]

why not, just provide some prevention from having the nest box as sleeping place. Make good roosting a little far from nest box, if the nestbox have roof, make the roof placed like 45 angle to prevent flock from using them as roosting place.

 

[mnm9933]

wait why cant chickens sleep in the nesting box???

 

[ChickensRDinos]

wait why cant chickens sleep in the nesting box???

If they sleep in the nesting boxes they will poop in there and you will end up with poopy eggs. You can to discourage them as soon as you see them start to do that.