How To Build Chicken Nesting Boxes That Your Hens Will Love
Nest boxes are pretty simple, they're a place where your hens are supposed to lay eggs. Most of the time that works out just fine, but sometimes hens just don't want to lay where you want them to! This video shows you how to set-up your nest boxes for ultimate hen approval ratings. Your flock will all want to lay in your super-nests. It's all about understanding what a hen wants when she chooses her laying space, and giving her exactly that! Make your life easier and make your hens even happier by adding straw or similar as the top layer of your nest box bedding. Hens want to be able to sculpt their nests exactly how they want to, and giving them bedding they can move and shape allows them to enact their masterpiece.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - Bedding Choices and Nest Shape
04:02 - Have Multiple Nest box Locations
05:16 - Making Nest boxes Convenient to Use