Nesting Boxes ?? What did you use???

[Johill]

I used some old milk crates, screwed to the wall, and added landing platforms, 4" edges to retain the nesting material, and covered with an old piece of metal siding, bent in half, as an anti-roost/poop roof.

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I also have a 12"x18" Tupperware container, with a large hole in one end, as a supplemental nest box, and it gets about 30% of the egg laying business.

This is brilliant

 

[Johill]

Why we put golf balls in the nesting boxes, encourages them because they figure it's safe. Also serves double duty because if a snake is stealing eggs it will put an end to it.

Ya we tried the golf ball thing, but my chickens are not fooled by that, and they lay everywhere but that nesting box lol.

 

[aart]

 

[Cheeki]

lol I've seen my grandma use just about anything a chicken would fit in. Wire shelves, milk crates, 5 gallon buckets, file cabinet drawers, dresser drawers, even cardboard boxes.

She free ranged her chickens, well before free range was even a term. She just kept them as yard birds and they would choose where they wanted to lay. Chickens aint real picky, they want a place where they feel safe.

My first layer chose an old smoker grill as a nest. I still sits at the end of the coop and gets lots of ladies who want a little privacy.

 

[kgby13]

Old cat litter boxes.