Chicken nest boxes

Hi All

So it is almost time for my chicks that I got 3 months ago to start their reproductive cycle and they are in need of nesting boxes that are not only effective but relatively inexpensive to make as there are 39 hens. I came across this idea in the Farmers Weekly 6 months or so ago and decided it seemed easy and cheap to make so here is how I did it and all it cost was the dry wall screws, I like to use these as the thread it far apart thus they bite into the soft pallet wood easier.


As I just mentioned I used wooden pallets for the frame and I got those for free from a guy that is in the import game and has no use for them after.


















As for the actual nest box, all that you need is 25L 0r 20L drums that another friend had no more use for (you can also pick these up from your local plastics shop for under R70 each).























The frame is made up of the 2 support beams so to speak of the pallet and the rest is just a relocation of the slats into the area best suited for the drums to be screwed on to the frame.

 

I've been looking at something along these lines... looking forward to seeing this progress!