nesting boxes

[Judy]

Build 6, they might use 3. 5 or 6 is plenty, but I wonder why we do that as everyone seems to find they will only use one or two, maybe 3.

Or build a community nest. Just like nest boxes without the dividers. Or one divider separating space for 3 nests from 3 other nests. This is what I'm going to try this time. Actually I will have two standard nests because they're already built, then one community nest the width of 3 nests.

The two I already have are because I put 3 in my old coop and they won't use but one, so I took the others out.

 

[sherrydeanne]

If you don't know how many hens you're going to have, wait and build them when you know

They don't need them yet, so there's no point in building the wrong number.