nesting box dimension question

chickenchok

Songster
11 Years
Sep 6, 2008
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North Carolina
We're building our nesting boxes and ran into a question... Storey's chicken book says to make the nest 14HX14WX12Deep w/ a 4" sill to prevent eggs or nesting materials from spilling out. Dh asked... "so do we build it so that the opening is 10" high b/c of the 4" sill?" Can our Wyandottes, leghorns, etc. get into that opening? or is it 14" above the 4" sill? That would make the box 18" in the front opening.

Thanks for any sage advice!
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My nest boxes are 14 inches tall with a 3 inch board on the front to keep eggs/nesting material from spilling out. So they only have an opening of 11 inch in height. I have heavy breed chickens similar in size to your Wyandottes, and they have no problems getting in and out of the nest boxes.
 

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