Comments on: Build your own nesting box for your chicken coop

By: Colster

Colster — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:42:30 +0000

General rule of thumb is one nest box per 3 chickens

By: sue

sue — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:17:38 +0000

Hi Kat

Chickens tend to share the nesting box and will take turns to get on and off or just push their way on !!

However, they do need to have some room in there and the general suggestion is about 14″ square as a rough guide.

Regards
Sue

By: kat

kat — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:31:48 +0000

when u get chickens does every chicken need a nest box? if not how many nest boxes would i need for 4 or 5 chickens/hens ?

By: sue

sue — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:07:46 +0000

There seems to be very little difference that I can find in dietary needs whether you feed your chickens wheat or maize. People’s ideas appear to differ, but the general concensus is that maize wins 95% to 93% wheat .

Whether you remove the central divider or not, your hens should lay. They will vie for whatever space if allotted to them.

Regards
Sue

By: ken

ken — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:45 +0000

hi
i have a couple of boxes 8″ x 12″ and the arrivalof my hens is imminent.
Will the lay in these or must I take out the central divider?

I Have worked out that if my 12 ex battery hens lay 6 eggs a day between them that will just about cover the cost of the layer pellets and maize. Is it true that wheat is actually better than maize for chickens?
Thanks

By: Juli

Juli — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:03:47 +0000

our hens can jump well over 24″ high, they’ve never had a need for any ramp or ladder. if you add a ladder they’ll use it as a roost and block the nest box anyway.

I was hoping to find an idea for how many nest boxes per 20 hens is recommended.

By: Astrid

Astrid — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:49:24 +0000

They always forget to tell you that you need to provide a ladder or board with ladder-like strips on it — a walkway to the nest.

By: lin

lin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:11:00 +0000

Am I having a senior moment? If the nesting box is 24″ off the floor of the coop, how does the hen get in and out of it? Also, many of the coops and arks I’ve seen would struggle to position a nesting box 24″ high. Could someone enlighten me before my hens arrive on 26th July! TY!