Reuse Recycle...Great Nest Box Idea!

[Bridebeliever]

My husband came up with this and I thought it was brilliant!

We had these old things sitting in the shop collecting dust...please ignore the dust, they WILL be cleaned.
Anyway, what a great idea for old kitchen cabinets! I'm sure others could find these for free in a junk heap somewhere.

The door hinges are already there, handles already there and a ledge in front is already there because they are laying on their side.

 

[Bridebeliever]

Look and comment please...

 

[Pork Pie]

Top notch idea! I'm gonna rip my kitchen cabinets out right now!

A great example of up-cycling! My approach is even simpler - i use large plastic basins on the shelves of my shed as nest boxes!

 

[Bridebeliever]

Nice! Any pictures?

 

[Pork Pie]

Here you go - just took it now. The hen on the left is laying - the one on the right is brooding 10 eggs and theres the hens favourite "nest" on the upper shelf (they queue up waiting to lay in that one!)

 

[Bridebeliever]

Wow, Those are pretty big boxes! Is that a bag over top of it? Do they need a covering for a nest box? Ours will have a covering with our system but I was wondering if it was necessary?

 

[Pork Pie]

Theres a strip of wood under the cement bag (classy eh?) - i just put it over the brooding hen to give her a better sense of privacy.I don't think you would need to cover yours - they look dandy to me! All my chicken related things are, at best, cobbled together - the main reason is that we are living in our house temporarily while renovations are being done (we normally rent it out) so i did not want to do anything permanent.

CT