New rollout nest design Picture heavy-edited 1/21

[Doopy]

Very nice Opa and thanks for sharing this with us. I love it! Do you put anything on top of the astroturf? Do the hens use the boxes without any "bedding" in there? My coop is a combination chicken coop and goat barn with a 4' wide access area between the two spaces. This would be a great place to have the discharge end of your design. I could just walk into the little barn and gather the eggs. Hmmmm pretty cool.

 

[Opa]

DO NOT use any additional nest materials or the eggs will not roll out. I haven't received my order of additional nest pads so I have had to leave those spots empty. I wanted to install this unit as quickly as possible and once it is installed I can't get very good pictures, so you will just have to imagine that those empty spots have nest pads in them.

Chicken_Angler, I designed this unit to be installed in a indoor wall. My coop has a chicken area and a work/storage area. It could be very easily adapted to install in an exterior wall by simply adding a roof over it after it's placed in the wall and by adding doors to the access side.

 

[ranchhand]

Looks great Opa, I can see the longer ramp making a huge difference. Wonder if the egg eating chickens will eventually evolve to having really long necks?

 

[Tonopah Pati]

Opa,

you are indeed a man with many talent's. Great Job.

 

[mightieskeeper]

HEY OPA are you going to start selling roll-out nesting boxes? What is the cost of one?

 

[Opa]

I could build you a six nest box for $175. There is quite a lot of time involved and about $40-50 in materials. If this price seems high then check out this rear rollout nestbox http://www.strombergschickens.com/products/nests.php

 

[Humhill]

Wow! That is so awesome! Do you think it could be done where the eggs roll out the front? Maybe with a piece of wood over the "collection area" to keep them from getting at the eggs.

 

[Opa]

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While there would be no way to convert my design into a front rollout nest I'm sure that coming up with a front design wouldn't be that difficult. Just a matter of putting the old brain cells to work.

 

[Eggnonymous]

Hey OPA!
I am one of the folks who got your communal roll-out nest box plans and am anxious for DH to get started. I assume that plan used your old depth dimensions. Since we would be doing an outside mount, I was wondering - you really added a lot of depth (6") to the ramp - do you think something in between the 6 and 12 would do just as well. Otherwise, we are going to have an enormous box sticking out of the coop!

Thanks for another great idea and all your help!

 

[Country4ever]

Great job Opa!
I think I'm in love.