What do your Nesting Boxes look like??

[latebloomer]

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what are yours like and why do you want to change them?

 

[Baymen Moe]

 

[MjChickens]

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what are yours like and why do you want to change them?

Mine are wood crates and I don't like that the wood looks dirty. So I was trying to come up with something that was more clean.

 

[seanb]

If it's just that it looks dirty, take an orbital sander to them. You wouldn't believe how bad my rough cut oak looked before I cleaned it up.

 

[Tool]

You can see my first try at it on my page. I built 6 of them with an exterior door to retrieve the eggs.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=88531-coop-build

 

[shortstaque]

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I'm out of work right now and when I revamped the winter coop last fall for the laying hens I didn't want to spend any money. My husband is a painter, and I repurposed five 5 gallon paint buckets. I made a frame from scrap wood to support the buckets on their sides with a lip along the front to keep the eggs from rolling out and the straw from spilling out. If they are dirty, I can just remove them and give them a good scrubbing. Pickle buckets from a restaurant or deli are even cleaner looking.

 

[7L Farm]

Here's mine I made them from recycled wood.

 

[cptbahama]

I like looking at everybody's different nest box ideas. All the pics on this thread look great.

This is how I had it at first, but realized I was losing too much usable space in the henhouse. So I got the tools back out and did some carving:

I basically completely rebuilt the interior.

I have 10 standard hens and they haven't begun laying yet, so I have no idea if they'll use both or even touch the nest box below. We'll see. Hopefully soon.

 

[Heathero617]

These are what I have in my temporary coop. Just wooden crates stood on end with hay. They love them!

 

[Mattemma]

I am currently using a booda dome litter box I found at goodwill. I also have an egg crate,but they all crowd for the booda. I have also used a wicker laundry basket,but they pooped on the top and eggs broke inside.Easier to clean the plastic booda than the egg crate and wicker.