Tell me what’s wrong with our nesting boxes

[perkolator]

I would add a short lip at the bottom, which should provide more privacy and also keep out that bedding.

Something not mentioned yet - right now in late summer/early fall is when a lot of chickens will go through molt and stop laying until their hormones/bodies do their thing. Perhaps this is also playing into it.

 

[FarmerChickieMammy]

Ours are picky about their boxes also. Some lay in the nesting boxes that came with the coop and then I bought these nesting boxes pictured and placed them strategically around the yard to give them more options.
I'll link them if you like them!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVPP9G6...ig-20&linkId=6bd26d9e6753d92f2c6f96e9df33f709

 

[Hartwood Hollow Farm]

Im gonna just leave this here and say that this applies to all laying hens regardless of flock size…Joe knows his stuff.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Im gonna just leave this here and say that this applies to all laying hens regardless of flock size…Joe knows his stuff.

The folding perches are interesting. I wonder if he was able to find hinged shelf supports, or if he had to create them? (I haven’t read the YT comments yet.)