Cheap nesting boxes for chickens

Are you looking for a simple DIY chicken nest box solution? Make 5-gallon bucket nest boxes for your laying hens for free!

I found some very functional looking nesting boxes at Walmart today. They are “Your Zone toy stacking bins” for around $7! The dimensions are 16 1/4" x 15...

In an effort to make my life easier when collecting eggs, my husband came up with a good idea for adding nesting boxes to the outside of our existing coop. We wanted something that had a door so th…

Nesting boxes with ladder

I built a coop for my chickens (8 birds) that is about 40 square feet. I then built some nest boxes, and they take up a lot of room in the coop. I have...

Nesting boxes using IKEA bins.

There are countless designs for chicken nesting boxes, but these are probably the easiest ones to make, and chickens love them!

New nesting boxes in place. Have moved them and added 3 more. I put one screw thru the back of each upper layer ones because they kept getting knocked down but now they are working out great.

My roll-out nest boxes ~*~Pic Heavy~*~ | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens

Here is the page dedicated to our building of the Blue Cube Chicken Coop. We haven't thought of a final name yet, so we're just giving it a literal one for now. Here is the final product. After several weeks of research, comparing prices and...

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Nesting boxes made for the chicken coop

The new nesting box!

Just how big should you build or buy your chicken nest boxes? The standard size is about 12 x 12, but you don't have to stick to those exact dimensions. There's way more wiggle room than you may have thought!

I really liked this one becuse it’s a simple box construction, but the actual nests are made from dishpans with the front cut out. You could even do this with small litter boxes that are deep, depending on how big your nesting box frame is. You can do a deeper version of this with a Rubbermaid storage container, too.

Make a storage space above the nesting boxes to keep all the little necessities close by. The slanted cupboard door keeps chickens off and things safely out of their way.

Storage cube shelf and baskets from Kmart make for an easy clean of the chicken coop!