Chicken Nesting Boxes Fast Cheap Easy DIY

HOW TO MAKE A CHICKEN NESTING BOX IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR

Many of us bought chicks this spring. Those who bought chicks in March need chicken nesting boxes, now. This is how to DIY your chicken nesting boxes today.

You need to have chicken nesting boxes in a place your hens feel safe and comfortable laying their eggs, when they start laying, or they will lay them in undesirable places. Free range hens will lay eggs where you can’t reach them if you don’t have a chicken nesting box for them to use.

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Banding Chicken Legs

Our chickens are eight weeks old and their legs big enough to band their legs. The bands stayed on the chickens legs, with out falling off.

Two people made banding the chicken's legs easy. Catching chickens that had not been banded yet was our challenge. Daisy as always was their to help move the chickens towards me, so I was able to catch and band all the chickens. Catching the shyest bird was the most difficult, and since she got the purple band, I named her Shy Violet.

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How Many Nest Boxes Per Chicken?

All eight (8) hens lay their eggs in “THE ONE” favorite nesting box. I don’t know what the chickens like about that one nesting box. Is it the color? Is it the location? Is it cleaner? Is it better nesting material inside?

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How To Clean & Store Eggs

It's exciting to find fresh eggs. I'm still as pleased to see fresh eggs in the coop today as I was the first time my chicks grew into hens and laid eggs. I didn't know what to do with these eggs, to they need specialized cleaning process? No, they go through a very simple cleaning and are safe to eat. I'll tell you how I clean and store my fresh eggs.

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Know When Hens Will Start Laying Eggs

The cute ittle chicks you bought in the spring have slowly shed their fluff and feathers grew out.

Then they grew to what seems like the size of a full grown hen.

WHEN WILL THE HENS LAY EGGS?

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How to Raise Baby Chicks 3 Days Old

Raising baby chicks is very easy. They grow quickly and you need to be ready for their next phase in a hurry.

Prepare a place for your adolescent chicks with a large pet cage and an electric mesh fence to keep them safe from predators.

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How to Raise Baby Chicks 3 Week Old

Chicks are 3 weeks old and we put them outside to enjoy sunshine and grass. They are fun to watch and safe. Daisy and I are in the yard, not far, if their is trouble.

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Raising Backyard Chickens

To raise chickens from little chicks is amusing, and depending on the breed of chicken you’ll have fresh eggs in approximately 4 months.

I raised chickens in my back yard, and you can, too...

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How To Raise Baby Chicks Week 4

The chicks are a little larger now and need to be introduced to the hens.

Last summer six week old chicks were chased away older hens. The pen was new to the chicks and they had no sense where food, water & shelter were for them, they didn’t come back on their own.