| Chicken nesting boxes, by design, should all have one | | | | bedding less frequent. |
| thing in common, and that is a way to deter other | | | | Alternatively the addition of a sloped roof will deter |
| chickens form being able to either perch on the roof | | | | roosting birds. All nesting boxes for chickens should |
| of the nesting box or to be able to perch above the | | | | have a steeply sloping roof if they have one. The |
| box if it does not have a roof. | | | | sharp angle will mean the birds will not choose to |
| Nesting boxes for chickens should be kept as clean | | | | perch on it. This again makes the box much easier to |
| as possible. This is simply trying to make our own | | | | keep clean and saves a bit of work that can easily |
| lives easier by making them easier to clean. Whether | | | | be avoided. |
| the nesting box is currently being used by a broody | | | | Chickens love to perch to sleep so it is always worth |
| chicken or is being used as a laying box for hens | | | | remembering to provide a few things that they can |
| keeping it clean saves a lot of extra effort. | | | | happily spend the night on apart from the top of the |
| If hens are able to perch above the nesting box then | | | | nesting box. If nothing else is available then you may |
| their droppings will fall in to the box, making the | | | | find that they will resort to even the sharpest of |
| bedding and the eggs dirty and in need of additional | | | | sloped roofs. This will mean that a lot of extra |
| cleaning. This problem can be solved simply if the | | | | cleaning of the roof of the nesting box will be in |
| nesting box has no roof. The nesting box can either | | | | order. |
| be moved to a more suitable location or a solid shelf | | | | Simple things like this make the keeping and raising of |
| can be added above the box so that it may be used | | | | chickens easier and saves time when it comes to |
| as a perch without contaminating the actual box. | | | | keeping the areas that they occupy clean. Simply |
| A solid shelf can be as simple as a piece of wood | | | | place a few perches such as logs inside the chicken |
| that spans the distance where the boxes are located. | | | | coop, with plenty of rough bedding the perches and |
| It is well worth the effort, as this will make the | | | | you will keep the eggs clean and make the cleaning |
| gathering of the eggs easier and the changing of the | | | | of the coop a much quicker chore to complete. |