Diy Roll Away Nest Box

The design is similar to ridgdale permaculture s design.

Diy roll away nest box.

Chickens need these nest boxes to lay their eggs but most of the time they end up breaking their eggs. This community style nest box with a slightly angled floor allows eggs to gently roll away from the hen s reach to keep eggs clean and to reduce egg eating. Eggs are easily collected in the reversible covered egg tray. We generally only try to reply to comments t.

We needed roll away nest boxes. Cheap and easy way to stop my hens from breaking and eating the eggs. There are a number of different designs that can be bought or built. Now for the nest box itself.

I looked at several different ones before deciding that plastic storage boxes would make an ideal material to start with. 13 diy chicken nesting box plans. Well these diy roll away nest boxes would probably be considered an upgrade to those. This is the fun part.

The eggs roll away to either the front or back of the box for easy collection by you. These nest boxes are made from 18 gallon storage boxes that i bought in a 3 pack from lowes. Added a couple of bits of cloth to keep the nest nice and dark. Orders placed today for this large box will ship within 5 to 10 days.

This prevents pecking or accidental breakage from trampling and keeps the egg much cleaner. When the paint trays are in place they will roll the eggs to the front of the box and away from the hen. Collecting is easy via the front hatch. A rollaway box has a slightly slanted floor which encourages the egg to rollaway from under the hen.

We are fully operational. We are building roll away nesting boxes for our layers.