PhantomSlayer
Songster
Our dresser drawer nesting boxes failed. So I'm looking for ideas to replace it them cheaply. Eventually I dream of rollaway boxes lol
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I've seen storage bins which I'm highly considering but I'm open to seeing other ideasI’ve seen lots of different things used. It can be buckets turned on side or bins, or baskets
Yeah I should have clarified alot but I didn't want to be restrained lol. We had 2 tier nesting box with dresser drawers, top had 2 and bottom was a large one. But the birds kept sleeping in it and only laying in the bottom. And I was hoping for it to last till spring but... It collapsed in the fall and they still continue sleeping on it making one side completely unusable. And what put me into overdrive was one day going out to find 2 out of 3 eggs broken open which has me wonder if it was our geese trying to eat them as a few days before there was an egg right outside the nesting box on the floor. I kept in mind variables that we need. When looking at ideas from here and other threads and even just google. And after alot of looking through pictures probably a few hundred and looking at what we have on hand. Decided attempt #2 will be storage totes on a raised shelf. We had multiple issues I wanted to overcome.Well I guess you are doing this for ... Poultry? Opening post didn't have much information on what you were doing.
But you could try looking at other variables.
Could it be that your birds wanted more raw material, ruffage to put into the nesting boxes and didn't have that... and could that have been at fault instead?
And maybe also you could try screening more of the sides of the coup so they don't feel exposed?
I confess more of my experience is with ducks more than chickens... but what I saw with my birds is that they want a spot that feels like a good place to hide. They don't want it to be open. So they like places like under a really big bush with lots of overhang. Or they'd also hide their nests under other things. It has to 'feel safe' for them.
So you could try using these ideas to try to try again. Don't give up! Keep trying. You can also try more than one adaptation as an experiment to see how they think and which they like best. Often its not a thing to throw money at but instead to just try to think about how they act psychologically; needs and fears.
OH interesting. So basically we can give you more information now that we have that information! XDYeah I should have clarified alot but I didn't want to be restrained lol. We had 2 tier nesting box with dresser drawers, top had 2 and bottom was a large one. But the birds kept sleeping in it and only laying in the bottom. And I was hoping for it to last till spring but... It collapsed in the fall and they still continue sleeping on it making one side completely unusable. And what put me into overdrive was one day going out to find 2 out of 3 eggs broken open which has me wonder if it was our geese trying to eat them as a few days before there was an egg right outside the nesting box on the floor. I kept in mind variables that we need. When looking at ideas from here and other threads and even just google. And after alot of looking through pictures probably a few hundred and looking at what we have on hand. Decided attempt #2 will be storage totes on a raised shelf. We had multiple issues I wanted to overcome.
Nest box sleepers
Our geese having access
Portable for easy cleaning incase the nest box sleepers are not fixed
Worst case I was willing to go the carboard box route while my mom looked at me like it was the worst idea was possible.
With attempt #2 I still have some worries But I will just have to take the issues as they come.