Chicken nest boxes are designed to collect and hold the farm eggs that your chickens produce. Having the right design when building chicken nest boxes can be very helpful in making the chore of collecting your eggs more stress free, and your hens will be much happier, too!
Here are a few tips on creating chicken nest boxes:
- You will need some good ply wood that is not stained that is about twelve by twelve by twelve. Twelve inches deep; twelve inches wide; and twelve inches long.
- Make sure that your chicken nest box is about 20 inches above the ground as this will make it easier for you to collect eggs
- Each chicken nest box can serve about four hens, so mount your boxes according to how many hens you have.
- Remember to put in your perches so that the hens will have a place to sit upon while tending to their eggs. Each perch needs to be about 20 inches above the ground.
- Putting in an extra perch will allow your hens to have a little extra room to move around in while caring for their eggs.
- Line your chicken nest boxes with cardboard in order to remove regularly when cleaning. This will prevent them from getting soiled or pecked up by the hens.
- Place straw, hay or grass inside the chicken nest boxes so that your eggs will not be cracked or damaged. Make sure that you do not put in grass that has been chemically treated as these chemicals can harm your eggs and your hens.
Finally, make sure that you collect eggs from your chicken nest boxes daily and try not to reuse your cartons as this can accumulate bacteria if it is done too much over time.
Many people prefer to keep their eggs fresh by continuing to refrigerate them every day after collecting them.
Also, it is important that you keep on top of the sanitation with chicken nest boxes since over time they can produce a lot of soil and bacteria, which is bad for your eggs and your hens.
Keep them clean by changing the cardboard lining every day after you collect your eggs. Also, try replacing your hay, grass or straw about three times a week at the most so that your coop doesn’t become too unsanitary.
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Heather Robinson has helped many readers over the last 3 years by providing well researched articles on a range of topics that are dear to her heart.
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