Nesting Boxes: Everything You Need to Know About ... - BackYard …
Dec 21, 2016 · Nesting Boxes: Everything You Need to Know About These Coop Essentials While most chicken keepers are familiar with nesting boxes, some may not know of their importance and …
Pictures Of Chicken Nesting Boxes - How To Build A Nest Box
May 16, 2016 · Chicken nesting boxes come in a variety of shapes and sizes and almost anything can be used as a nest box, from a bucket, to an old crate, to a storage box. The aim is to have a dry, …
Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs! - BackYard Chickens
Nov 10, 2014 · The mats heat the nesting material to around 20 degrees above ambient temperatures. The "Heated Nest Boxes" help keep the eggs from freezing till temperatures reach around 10F. Hope …
5 Top Nesting Box Ideas - BackYard Chickens
Mar 17, 2020 · Chickens do like to perch before they begin nesting in their chicken coop, so offer something for the chicken to roost on as well. The nesting box is also important for you, the flock …
How high is too high off the ground for nest boxes? - BackYard Chickens
Jul 13, 2020 · If I build my nest boxes 4.5 - 5.5 feet off the ground for easier cleaning and egg collection, does it make any difference to the hens? I'm trying to design a coop and run that's user-friendly for …
Chickens laying outside of nesting boxes! - BackYard Chickens
Jan 19, 2023 · I have a few chickens that are laying outside of their nesting boxes. I'm finding eggs just laying in the yard or on my patio, not even in a "nest". I have 6 nesting boxes and they only use the …
Anyone build nesting boxes outside the coop? - BackYard Chickens
Apr 16, 2013 · The problem is that one of the girls has started nesting on the top box, resting on the lowered lip portion of the front of it. I don't really mind this, but it's going to mean dirty eggs and I'd …
How to make nesting boxes more attractive to your hens? - BackYard …
Dec 21, 2024 · I have four hens and 7 soon to be laying pullets, I let my chickens free range and they have been laying in different spots every day, I have nesting boxes that they used to use, but don’t …
Pros and Cons Inside coop nesting boxes or outside - BackYard Chickens
Jun 2, 2012 · I have been looking over hundreds of coops and there is never a mention of WHY your would build your nesting boxes inside the coop or make an attached box outside the basic 4 walled …
What kind of nesting boxes do you use for Silkies?!
Feb 17, 2012 · We built our nesting boxes out of wood just a square box, totally closed in except the front part. We have a piece of wood about 3 or 4 inches tall in the front, this helps keeps the straw in. …