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[jjrj254]

BANTAMS!!!!!

 

[sthrngirl87]

Would this be a good crate for nesting boxes? The are only $1.37 a piece at Wal-Mart!

 

[jjrj254]

Wow they're $4.99 at my Walmart, and it would make a good nest, it mostly depends on where you place it

 

[FVRM]

Would this be a good crate for nesting boxes? The are only $1.37 a piece at Wal-Mart!

I used to use a milk crate similar to this one, and they laid in it. But I was always worried it was too small. Now I use a small storage bin. how big are your chickens?

 

[FVRM]

BANTAMS!!!!!

do they have trouble laying there? mine are crazy about privacy, they try to lay in the darkest corners of the darkest places

 

[jjrj254]

Not really, I let them free range one day and noticed one of them laid an egg in there so that's how I got the idea, mine pretty much lay anywhere if they're free ranging but when they're confined they lay in there every day

 

[Brookliner]

I use what is labeled vegetable bins from WalMart I have gotten them for $5. Each. They have lids that lift off. Below is my Bantam Cochin broody hen Stella and 2 of her chicks.

Below is Julia who is a bantam Cochin frizzle with her 3 chicks in a kitty litter tub that I had cut down the lid on. I used this nest box style before finding the black vegetable bins.

Pros: The plastic is easy to clean. In the veg. Bins there is 2.5 " below the opening that allows my chopped hay bedding (Hi Fiber Gold heat treated to kill mold) to stay in place.

:cd.

 

[TXmama4boys]

Here are my nesting boxes. All salvaged from around the ranch. ;-)

 

[TXmama4boys]

 

[peastix]

Here are mine lined with $2.00 bins from a discount store. The whole unit sits on the floor and slides right out to clean. There is a wooden lip that the plastic bins fit under so they don't tip.DH[bless his cotton socks] measured the height of the chickens and made the front opening that height.Like chickens can't duck LOL.I thought they might feel a little exposed so I made curtains to cover top half of the entrance. My 1 [so far] laying girl approves. She has laid eggs in both boxes.I


keep a solid rubber egg in each box.