Nesting box size

[BoltonChicken]

Do you cut the bucket to make openings, or just take off the lid?

Pictures I have seen have just been a 5 gallon bucket laying on its side, with a couple of blocks to keep it from rolling.​

 

[Flyboy718]

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I think I am gonna do 4 nest boxes.

 

[gale65]

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How tall did you make them to have a lip that tall? I think I want mine like that-with a tall lip. We're going to use rubbermaid dish tubs as nest box liners and if I have the tall lip, I don't have to cut the tubs in the front.

 

[Ridgerunner]

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How tall did you make them to have a lip that tall? I think I want mine like that-with a tall lip. We're going to use rubbermaid dish tubs as nest box liners and if I have the tall lip, I don't have to cut the tubs in the front.

The hole they enter needs to be at least 6" tall though I usually use 8". How high the actual top on the nest needs to be depends on how you frame it. Mine wound up about 16" tall.