Thanks! The boxes we “inherited” were a mess, as they had carpet on base. Yuck. We clean them out, got rid of the disgusting carpet, and are using woven, fake straw mats. They work well, but it also helped that we improved their feed, and put a hinged cover on the rollout tray. Everyone...
Hi, the three worked well. The bedding that the other owner seemed to be the problem. We switched out to some woven nesting pads, and put a hinged cover on the roll out tray. Things seem better!
Wise ones, How many nesting boxes do we need for our 15 hens (lavender and buff Orpingtons and Araucanas) which came to us full grown (fostering indefinitely). We are using our old hen house, 8x10 tuff shed, and built a 10x20 run for the girls and the roosters. There is one large nesting box...