Topic of the Week - Nest boxes

[aart]

Here my idea for very cheap and useful nest boxes
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All you need is old tyre, scrap wood, net leftovers and some tarp to cover it.

What is the diameter of the tire?

 

[Akrnaf2]

17 inches.

 

[aart]

17 inches.

Inside or outside diameter, both reasonable for a chicken nest.
Wonders if you lose eggs inside the hollow of the tire, or do you pack that full of bedding?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Inside or outside diameter, both reasonable for a chicken nest.
Wonders if you lose eggs inside the hollow of the tire, or do you pack that full of bedding?

I fill it with pine shavings and they are outside in the run, as an extra place for laying.
They are placed on bricks to be up from the ground water, and they survived a winter here, it isn't your winter, but they where waterproofed and they use them with no problems.

 

[NorthTexasWink]

I like pretty much anything that makes use of trash tires!

 

[barred2rock]

My nest boxes are just plywood with straw as bedding (as is their coop & run). I use ceramic eggs to entice them to lay in the boxes and to discourage egg eating. I keep supplies on top of the boxes to keep them from roosting or pooping on them.

*left box is the only one used

Since chickens prefer to roost/sleep at the highest point they can reach, I'm sure to have the highest perch in the coop (opposed to the run) and well above the nest boxes.

They sleep at the very top above the windows.

Here are a couple of my girls for good measure.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I like pretty much anything that makes use of trash tires!

Trillions of tires in the world. When they wear out, where did all that slowly but surely tire tread material go?
Hmmmmmmmm?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I'm not even going to build next boxes in this coop. I'll add some crates or whatever and call it good. I think hens adjust to what is available when they are young and develop a preference for that. They like the familiar as they get older. And since time and cost are an issue for me right now, I'll use what I have on hand that is fit to the task. The hens won't know the difference.

NorthTexasWink

 

[barred2rock]

Trillions of tires in the world. When they wear out, where did all that slowly but surely tire tread material go?
Hmmmmmmmm?

I believe there's now a process to break them down to be used in roads, but few have actual adopted it.

 

[tigger19687]

I just scored 2 FREE wooden boxes. Painted in and out, size about 14" x 14"

plus a big thick plastic flower pot and 5-6 small storage bins with lids (maybe 6" long, 5" deep, 4 " wide. Gotta love CL and it was all 3 min from my house