This page was last updated: June 7, 2019
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3
These are beautiful
handcrafted nest boxes
with good air flow
We use exterior deck screws on these
nice, solid nest boxes.
How many nest boxes
do your hens need?
Some might think each hen should
have her own nest—
like birds do in nature...
Unless you want your hens to raise chicks, you must remove the eggs. Brooding hens will occupy the nests, so you'll need more boxes for the others.
Pat always jokes that they'll take numbers
and wait in line for laying.
We once found three hens sitting on top of each other in the same nest—completely ignoring
another nest.
Generally we find that four to five hens will share one nest box.
We don't use external nest boxes
extending from the sides-
We found those boxes get to
over 120 degrees in summer!
A good nest box should not heat up in summer and shouldn't gets too cold in winter.
We place the nests in a
shady spot in the coop, or
(screwed) onto the roost.
Please let me know the shipping fee.
