will 8 nesting boxes be enough for 30 chickens

[what did I do]

Any thoughts?

 

[bleith]

I would think so. Probably more than enough. I have always gone with 1 nest box per 4 birds

 

[highpointfarm]

That will be fine.. I go with 1-5 ratio...

 

[Fred's Hens]

Quite likely. They tend to lay in just a few. Egg laying, like almost everything else a chicken does, is very social, very flock oriented. They follow the leader and tend to like sitting on warm eggs to lay their own, building a clutch.

 

[what did I do]

Thanks all, I'm taking down the bantam leghorn boxes today and installing the big boxes I got.

 

[Wise Woman]

I have 20 chickens and most days I only find eggs in 2 or 3 nest boxes. Once in a great while some one will lay one egg in one of the top 3 nest boxes, but mostly they just use the bottom three. When we do our new coop, I am seriously considering jus making one big community nest box.

 

[poultryman17]

thanks all. answers my question also