Here a few tips for building Nesting Boxes and also how to encourage your chickens to use them as we found ours for a while preferred to nest under bushes.

Here a few tips for building Nesting Boxes and also how to encourage your chickens to use them as we found ours for a while preferred to nest under bushes.

1. You can build your nesting boxes quite simply from an old crate, or even a drawer from an old set of drawers
2. Make sure that you have at least one nesting box per 4 chickens.
3. Ensure that you build your nesting boxes are located in a dark, private corner in your coop
4. Make sure the nesting boxes are comfortable for your chickens to encourage them to lay their eggs. I usually put wood shavings underneath with some straw on top. Make sure the straw is fresh and not dusty.
5. Most chickens lay their eggs firs thing in the morning, so by keeping them confined to their coop and run first thing you will be encouraging your chickens to use the nesting boxes.
6. A reader on this site recommended putting a small roost in front of the nesting box so give it a go!