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How Do You Build Egg Laying Wooden Boxes For Chickens?

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How Do You Build Egg Laying Wooden Boxes For Chickens?

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Hens prefer to lay their eggs in safe, cozy and dark locations. If you don’t provide chickens with a nest box, they will find their own spot, or just drop them as they go about their daily activities. By building them a place to lay their eggs, you are more likely to find the eggs and have them be still intact. This is a design for a simple nest box with an open front and low front edge to keep the straw and eggs within the box. Measure out and mark four squares on the plywood with a pencil. Each square should be equal in size and be large enough to fit your chickens. For reference a square of 14-by-14 inches is suitable for most average size chickens. Measure out and mark the 2-by-2s. If you are building a 14-by-14-inch box then you will need three pieces of 2-by-2s measuring 14 inches each, and four pieces measuring 10 inches each. Cut the plywood and 2-by-2s with the saw. Attach two of the 14-inch 2-by-2s to a cut piece of plywood with the screws, one each along two opposite edges.

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