nest box

We are thinking of using our cubicals, 12in by 12in (11.5x11.5x11.5) Has anyone else every repurposed their cubbies? Will update as we process!

I just expanded our too small coop to include an attached but very secure “open air” section. The inside coop isn’t big enough for roosts AND nesting boxes so which would be better for the outside area: nesting boxes or roosts? The chickens also have a very large fenced in run.

Using wood i already had, i Got a 11” wide , 13” Deep, and 14” high at front 24”in back - angled back so they won’t get on top Question is, will 11” be wide enough Dual purpose breed like hampbar ( is what local store usually has)

My Jersey Giant hens are not getting the point to roost on the bars in the coop. I have various roost heights. Plenty of roosting space. These are the first JG I have had so I am learning about that breed still. They keep roosting in my nests. I had blocked the nests off for weeks and they still...

I have six hens. Two Americana, one black australorp, three isa brown. They are two years old and each lay an egg a day. One chicken is laying her egg in the day while roosting. Not sure which hen but not the Americanas. This is new or different behavior from last year. I have three nest...

Our Black Australorp have started laying whoohoo! We have 5 'original' girls, two of which started laying recently. They were 18 weeks July 14(ish), so 20 weeks tmrw. Our first one was Warden, funky comb and curved foot, blue tag. She's laid in the Infirmary (nesting boxes) since day one, yay! 7...

Nest boxes access thru back door only. Future modifications for outside access will be made later. Time ran out.

We’re in the process of adding new, metal nesting boxes with front access to the eggs as the roll forward. I’d like to hang some curtains up for the girls bc they always prefer to be in privacy when laying (i would want that too!). The trouble is… I’m having the hardest time figuring out how to...

Hi all, sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I recently got 3 almost 1 y/o (44 weeks I believe) Golden Comet hens that seem to refuse the higher roost ladder that I bought them. They used the ones that came with the pre-fab coop but they're only about an inch off the ground and a couple of the...

I saw some coop plans that had two stacked nesting boxes vs the usual side-by-side arrangement. Thoughts or issues with this? Here's the link to the full plans too: https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/animals-and-wildlife/custom-chicken-coop-plans-pictures

Looking for some advice. I have a 6-month-old TAMUK doe who was bred last month. I gave her a clean/sanitized (but previously used) wooden nest box with fresh straw on day 28 of her pregnancy and she was showing healthy signs of wanting to nest. But she absolutely refused the box. She would...

I've got two birds - a BR hen that will be two in April and a Light Brahma pullet. The Light Brahma's face has been reddening and she just started squatting in the last week. She's about 6-7 months, so right on schedule. When our original two girls got to POL in 2020, we did *way* too much...

Ive decided to make a new coop as my older coop was getting a bit cramped and ive noticed how it was falling apart. I have a brahma cockerel and some brahma pullets in the flock so i wanted to put their bigger bodies into consideration. I have realized that my brahmas have a problem jumping up...

I have 3 BO's and they are 18 weeks old. How many eggs should I expect a week? Also, I haven't seen them go into the nesting boxes once by themselves. So when should I expect the ladies go and try out the nesting boxes? I have fake eggs in the boxes but they still show no interest yet.

My duck is a Khaki Campbell and she's 3 months old soon. What supplies should I "give" her so she can make her own nest? She already fancies a box I had laying around and I imagine I'd have to put grass and other stuff in that box.

Nesting boxes covered until old enough to lay

I've been dealing with mites on and off for a couple of months now it had been going fairly well until a few days ago when I saw mites on some of the eggs again. After checking the girls I found that all of them had some mites around their vents and I found mites in the nesting boxes when I...

Hello all, I have been searching and searching and I haven’t found quite the right answer for what I’m looking for. I’m wanting to know what size of nesting boxes I need for my hands since I have four different breeds of chickens. I have California tan, Rhode Island red, Sapphire Gem, and...

My one golden comet who has been laying for 2 weeks now has left an egg outside of nest boxes 2 mornings on a row. Yesterday morning, on the landing in front of the nest box and this morning on the poop board. How do I fix this? We have 3 laying hens, one broody with her 2 chicks and 4 9...