Show us your nest boxes! Ingenous design post it here!

[jen61871]

My honey made these for our girls but as you can see they still want the same box

 

[aart]

My honey made these for our girls but as you can see they still want the same box

One without a curtain?
They need perches(~8" in front of nest entrance) and fake eggs

 

[HennyPenny2019]

Stumbled over this pict today while looking for something else entirely (btw - why does that happen - you type in something specific and you get 10,000 other unrelated things....)
I thought it was cool and wanted to share.

Ooooo I love this!

 

[Whitewinter]

horsewshr~
How do you keep the chickens out of your vegetable garden?

My chickens free range and they tend to stay out of my garden, except for when they decide the loose soil would be great for a dirt bath!

 

[ihvpower]

We use 18 gal totes for everything, and my hubby, made our nest box out of those. In one pen he cut a square hole on the short end and then wired it to the out side of the pen so that we could check the nest with out going into the pen itself. In another pen he placed the tote or tub which ever ya'll want to call them, inside the pen, and cut 2 small square holes in the longer side of the tote, and then put a wire seperator inthe middle of the tub to make 2 nests, and then use a peice of wire to hold up the doors to the nests, so that when we get a broody hen we can shut the door so she will have her privacy.
We have also got a hooded cat litter box for a nest box, stacked buckets, and old srcape radio cover and an old washing machine shell, for nest boxs.
I find they will lay in about anything as long as it is an enclosed space.
I will post pics later.

Mawchickkidie

I like the covered cat boxes myself!

 

[Foster's Freehold]

You guys are all so creative with your coops.

I was thinking about using a cat litter box (the type with the lock on lids) I work at an animal shelter and we are often donated those and they are always to large to fit in most of our cat cages with out taking up the whole cage so the shelter has a HUGE storage area FULL of those. I'm sure they wouldn't mind me taking some of them off of their hands.


Does anyone else use litter boxes? Do they like them? are they to big?

I use the big ones. The girls love them. I love them. Easy to gather, easy to clean, I've found 2 girls at once in there lol.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Repurposed plastic wicker patio furniture… it’s moveable so can be put in garden or coop.

 

[TheHerbs3]

I have a flock of ducks and this is the nesting box I used for them, it might work for chickens too.

It's a pool deck box that has a hole cut out for an entrance. Then I added oval plastic mesh pieces in the back for ventilation.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

I have a flock of ducks and this is the nesting box I used for them, it might work for chickens too.

It's a pool deck box that has a hole cut out for an entrance. Then I added oval plastic mesh pieces in the back for ventilation.
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Very nice… if I find one of these solid ones, I am copying this… the air vents, lovely… I didn’t worry about vents on mine as it as it is not solid, so has air flow. Very nice design TheHerbs3

 

[DobieClose]

This is what DH came up with. I love it and think it is just wonderful.
It is a good way to use and old bed frame that you don't want to throw away.
Our girls just love it.

I know this is an old post, but I have almost this same bed frame in my garage.
I’m going to run out and make this design right now!