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Building Chicken Nesting With Recycled Material

Will — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:27:27 +0000

In my last blog post, I wrote about a video on how to make a DIY chicken nesting box. It’s a very basic chicken nesting for your backyard chicken coops but it gets the job done.

After the post, I got a feedback from one of my blog reader, Charles from the United States. He sent me couple of pictures of how he used a couple of old fiberglass containers to make a chicken nesting.

I think that’s a very creative way of using whatever resources we have to make the nesting area for the bantams. I don’t think the hen would mind though. As long as she has a dry space for her to brood the eggs, she’ll be very happy.

Check out the pictures below of Charles’ chicken nesting work in progress.

DIY Chicken Nesting on the back of a truck

Easy DIY Chicken Cop Nesting Box Video

Will — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:38:11 +0000

Here’s a fun little video I found on Youtube showing you how to make a very easy Do It Yourself (DIY) chicken coop nesting box from recycled material.

The video is from Becky’s Homestead show, The commentator, Scott shows you how to build a recycled chicken egg laying nest box for your backyard poultry.

The chicken nesting box is a very basic design, but it does get the job done nicely.

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Easy Chicken Nesting Boxes

Will — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:55:48 +0000

It is not surprising that more and more people are living a healthy and self sufficient lifestyle. People are exercising more and eating more health and organic food. Part of the activity of this type of lifestyle involves raising chicken at home.

Raising Chicken At Home

Raising chicken at home may sound very foreign to many people especially in the urban area. We get our poultry usually from the freezer in a super market. It may be very seldom even for your to see a life chicken…unless you live in the country side.

Nonetheless, many people are seeing the real benefits of raising their own chicken at home.

Raising chicken at your backyard is not really a big deal. There are many easy chicken coop plans on the web that will get your started.

Just like our home, there are many sections on a chicken coop that serve a particular purpose. Chicken nesting boxes are a case in point.

Getting The Right Nesting Box

Chicken nesting boxes comes in many shape and sizes. It can be made from material ranging from wood, metal or plastic. The actual chicken nesting box dimensions is not really important. What you want to focus on is ease of cleaning.

Chicken are not the demanding type. In actual fact, the hens will lay their eggs in just about anything. You can use a wooden box, a bowl, shoe box, computer casing etc.

To the chicken, as long as it is warm and sturdy, the hen will brood in it. Lighting is more of a factor that will influence the hen egg laying pattern.

Remember, you want a chicken nesting box that is easy to clean. Preferably, use something that will be lasting. If you want to keep the fresh eggs secured, you may even build a box with a cover. Use your imagination, or get a chicken coop plan. As long at the nesting boxes do its function, your birds will be happy.

DIY Chicken Coop With Nesting Boxes

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Chicken Nesting Box Dimensions – Easy DIY Chicken Coop

Will — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:16:52 +0000

There are many ways how you can make your home self sufficient. One way of doing so is by keeping chickens in a homemade chicken coop in your home backyard.

Chickens are really easy to raise. They are cheap, low maintenance, easy to look after and as a benefit, they produce the best tasting fresh organic eggs.

Nesting Box For Hens

When you are keep chicken at home, one thing that you want to look into is the chicken nesting box dimensions. Off the shelves chicken nesting boxes comes is many shape and sizes. They can be made of either wood, plastic or metal. One key feature you want to consider is “ease of cleaning”.

To keen the hens healthy, you have to clean their nesting boxes at least once a week.

In actual fact, the size of the chicken nesting box is not really important. Chickens are not really a very demanding pets. As long as they have the few basic necessity, chickens will be happy foraging for insects on the ground.

One Size That Fits All

If you are buying or making a chicken nesting box, make sure it is slightly bigger than the average bird size. There is no need to have it any bigger. A nice and cozy fit is more suitable for the hens. Hens will lay the eggs and get broody and sit on them in whatever is available.

If you are on a limited budget, you can actually convert an old fruit crate into a nesting box. If possible, find a box or crate made of plastic material. This comes back to the ease of cleaning again.

When you are preparing a chicken nesting box in your DIY chicken coop, don’t get too hung up on the exact dimensions. It really isn’t necessary and it will not make any difference to the egg laying pattern of your poultry.

Do you want to know how to make your own chicken coop with nesting boxes? If you do, check out the Building A Chicken Coop guide by Bill Keene.

The e-book will show you easy steps on how to build your own chicken house with inexpensive building material. For more information, read the Building A Chicken Coop review on this web site.

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