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[Granny368W]

I have a question.... we are getting ready to build the nesting boxes, we want them to roll forward to a cover area we will build.... the question is,how much angle should we slope it? If anyone could tell me their opinion, I would be so grateful....

 

[perchie.girl]

I have a question.... we are getting ready to build the nesting boxes, we want them to roll forward to a cover area we will build.... the question is,how much angle should we slope it? If anyone could tell me their opinion, I would be so grateful....

five degrees comes to mind but you can experiment with a piece of plywood resting on a level surface and slide a shim under one end... then roll an egg. you dont need the angle only to measure the height on the back side thats lifted and the length of the board.

I have a roll out nest i want to build as well so have been pondering ways to do it.

There are a couple of Roll out nest plans floating around here on BYC... Tak a look at the home page there used to be a listing of DIY stuff.

Oh and YOu Tube is also an excellent source for ideas.

Good luck

deb

 

[Granny368W]

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five degrees comes to mind but you can experiment with a piece of plywood resting on a level surface and slide a shim under one end...  then roll an egg.  you dont need the angle only to measure the height on the back side thats lifted and the length of the board.

I have a roll out nest i want to build as well so have been pondering ways to do it.

There are a couple of Roll out nest plans floating around here on BYC...  Tak a look at the home page there used to be a listing of DIY stuff.

Oh and YOu Tube is also an excellent source for ideas.

Good luck

deb
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oh thank you so much!

 

[MeepBeep]

I had two roos get the tips of their combs frost bit... um er bited... oh heck  the tips of their combs turned black and very very little died and fell off.    All this in a completly open air coop with only a roof and wind break.

As you experienced frostbite can still happen in low humidity when temps get more extreme, humidity plays less and less of a role in frostbite as you get into extremes... Also wind speed (wind chill) if there is nothing stopping it plays a huge roll in frostbite on exposed skin...

Venting is very important in an unheated coop as temps drop bellow freezing, as a means to remove humidity build up, without proper venting combined with freezing temps you can almost guarantee frostbite...

Regardless of chickens ability to 'handle' cold weather, the only 100% way to prevent frostbite on exposed skin is to maintain temps above freezing...

 

[bcollier9253]

I have a question.... we are getting ready to build the nesting boxes, we want them to roll forward to a cover area we will build.... the question is,how much angle should we slope it? If anyone could tell me their opinion, I would be so grateful....

Hi Granny! I just built rear rollout boxes, followed a design by Opa, here in the forum. Search his name, he has complete detailed instructions. I believe the slope was 3 1/2" on the front to nothing on the back, distance from front to back was 24". Check him out.

 

[bcollier9253]

Here y'all go here's a link. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/287684/new-rollout-nest-design-picture-heavy-edited-1-21

 

[perchie.girl]

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In my case for sure... this was the very first time I had had birds with very large combs... Welsummers. and one of the reasons I decided to re design my coop into a poultry house... But I still want the cuddle boxes. Just for those very cold and windy days. People dont understand how cold it can get in the desert...

deb

 

[MomtoRarities]

My little coop!

Love your "little coop" and yard! Thanks for sharing!

 

[MomtoRarities]

Just thought I'd share.

Another one of my favorites!

 

[jerrey]

I have box fan hanging from the ceiling works great my vet. gave me that ideal