Nesting Box Dilemma

[R2elk]

@R2elk .... Got a pic?
Curious how you screwed to front(top) of bucket.
I screwed 'anti roll' to bottom(side).
they didn't like them tho....too small.
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I didn't actually use a bucket because I had a large (tree size) pot. The piece of plywood goes in front and I ran the screws (short enough to not go the whole way through the wood) through the lip of the planter into the plywood. Looking at your picture, the bucket has a lip that the screws could go through into the wood. The wood could just as easily be a piece of 1" as any thickness of plywood as long as the plywood is thick enough to hold the screw.

It has been quite awhile since I made it and I remembered wrong. I ran the screws through the plywood and into the lip of the planter. There is a third screw not visible in the photo which is at the bottom and also screwed into the lip of the planter.

Here are some other homemade nest boxes.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

You can use a cardboard box for a nest. I use plastic "milk" crates and plastic vegetable crates.

 

[aart]

I didn't actually use a bucket because I had a large (tree size) pot. The piece of plywood goes in front and I ran the screws (short enough to not go the whole way through the wood) through the lip of the planter into the plywood

Ahh, thanks...that makes more sense!

 

[Acre4Me]

We have 2 overly large nest boxes built in to the coop, basically at floor level:

But we gave them one more, using plastic kitty litter container, also on floor, under ladder-style roosts. These containers are nice bc they already have a built in lip, just cut off the other part of the lid that lifts up:

 

[mimipeaches]

I think I'll cut out the lid for easy cleaning. I haven't done it yet so I drew it on this old 5 gallon bucket. I love 5 gallon buckets! I have 2 bucket nipple waterers, one is automatic with a toilet valve kit in it that's been tapped into some pvc under the house
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The small self.
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A close up.
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The oven.
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I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it up right or put it on its side.
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All of those are really smart!! We are thinking that we are going to go down the 5 gallon bucket way! Thank you!

 

[mimipeaches]

We put a cat carrier as our 1st nesting box. Does this work or what do I need to change?

 

[mimipeaches]

I am going to add more shavings once we get some

 

[mimipeaches]

I put in another nesting box. I cut out part of the lid on a 5 gallon bucket and layed it on the ground in their coop. No one has gone into either nesting boxes that I know of waiting to see if they go in!

 

[RoosterRules]

You can use a cardboard box for a nest. I use plastic "milk" crates and plastic vegetable crates.

Ditto that! I had a hard time getting my current hens to use their intended nesting boxes I had made because they loved this particular box in my shed. The box was hard to get inside because it was pushed all the way underneath a shelf but they would line up every day to get a turn. Mind you, I did have hay and straw in these boxes for my rabbit hay racks so this might be why they misunderstood....