What's inside your Nesting box?

[Chickassan]

Alfalfa hay in the coop nests, they stopped pooping in those once they got the gist the nests were edible. Outside nests are just filled with leaves, those are the preferred choice of the girls that like to dig holes to China.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Nice tight flake of straw(hay might work fine too),
shoved in tight(my nests are 14x14) and 'bowled' out a bit.

Worked great for a good long time, then got different straw with not as tight a flake peelable(is that a word?) and lots of seed left that they dug for tearing it all up.

What ever you use, make sure the front of nest has a nice high front(4-6") so the inevitable pullet scratchings don't empty the nests.

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Chickens can be so picky about their nesting boxes. I don't put anything in the box that they may find interesting and peck through! Seeded hay or straw I put in the run for them to forage through. Every hen is different, your hen is beautiful btw!

 

[sourland]

grass hay

 

[jreardon1918]

Pine shavings, with a kick board. They have to climb over the kick board to get in. They stay in place and very clean. I clean them occasionally. That just means moving the slightly soiled shavings into the coop. Then add more shavings to the boxes. I think the kick board is the key.

 

[GC-Raptor]

Compressed straw and eggs in nests, , floor of coop , under the raised coop and the chickens pen. . GC

 

[jthornton]

My first nest bucket had pea gravel in it... about a third full. I quickly removed the bucket of pea gravel from the chicken yard after I found an egg in it.

JT

 

[eggciting eggs]

thank you everyone for all your replies I didn't know there were so many options!