Chicken coop nesting boxes are the areas where your hens can lay their eggs in. This particular element of the chicken coop can be ordered ready-made or can be quite easily built yourself.

Building chicken coop nesting boxes yourself isn’t too difficult, and it will help to save you a lot of money. If you do decide to go down this route, then there are a few important things for you to consider.

How Big the Box Is

This size of your nesting box is very important, as it can have an impact on how many eggs your chickens will lay. Chickens generally prefer enclosed areas to lay their eggs in, and the recommended size for the nesting box is 9 inches high, 12 inches deep and 12 inches wide. The opening will be smaller than this. Of course you also need to think about how big the chickens themselves are, and make the box smaller or larger depending on this.

Can You Get to the Eggs?

You also need to consider whether it’ll be easy for you to reach the eggs to get them out. You might not want to have to walk through the chicken yard to do this, as it can get pretty messy in there. So you could include some doors with latches to make it easier to get to the boxes.

Height From the Floor

Lastly you’ll need to consider how high from the floor your nesting boxes are going to be. Chickens like roosting off the ground, so you want to keep them happy. But it also depends on the design of your coop as to where they can be placed.

Chicken coop nesting boxes are one of the most important elements of the coop design. just put thought into what your chickens will like and you’ll do great! Most chicken coop plans will already have worked out the best placing of your nesting boxes to make things easier.

Originally posted 2010-07-19 11:15:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter