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Easy Nesting Boxes

Over the years, we've tried varying nesting boxes — designs from books or youtube. Thing is, they often didn't work for us. Finally, I present the very best nesting box for us.

That's the thing, homesteaders just need to put something together that works for their coop, their chickens, their set up.

I "designed" this one using the observations of where our chickens prefer to lay and what our goals are.

Our chickens prefer to lay in straw. I prefer clean eggs.

Ironically, this newest iteration uses a failed design from another evolutionary step. Those worked great for a youtuber. For us, they just got knocked over and left in disarray. We took one. Flipped it over. Got a giant rock to weight it down and put it over clean straw — right on top of the spot they were laying in already. They love it. (note the singular. They all want exactly the same nesting box and having more than one is a waste.)

Happy Homesteading ❤️