ok first you get a 12 inch stick a 5 inch stick then you get a string about 15 inches then a 1/4 pound rock . first you get the rock and tie it to the string make a 10 inch loop in the loop. then stick the loop through the 12 inch stick.then stick the smaller stick inthe bigger one. then you stick the loop on the stick it will look like an upsidedown L.
Most birds form nest out of twigs moss and down from their own feathers. Weavers use grass and actually weave intricate baskets for their nest. Swallows use mud. Some bird supplement the collection with sticky saliva. The swift makes its nest entirely out of saliva.
There are books that can help you build coops and nest, or you can use what you have around the farm like old fruit crates or plastic tubs, Hens are not fussy.
Here is a link to a hatchery that sells metal nest boxes and a book.
http://www.meyerhatchery.com/search.asp?p=1&w=&c=nest&t=s Here is a website with pictures and information about Chicken Coops and Nest Boxes http://www.woodenart.org.uk
When building a bird house, one needs to know what type of bird the house will shelter. When that is decided, the next step will be choosing which material to use. Wood is the most popular and recommended for building a bird house. The website NatureSkills provides an excellent step by step guide to building bird houses for all sizes of birds.
no people build it for them.
Places where birds build nests.
no !!!!! it will pock the hen
No The only time I have seen a rooster in a nesting box was when it was sick or injured. The nesting boxes are used for "nesting". Laying eggs or when brooding. The roosters do not do this. If you have a rooster doing this there is something wrong. He is either being harassed by another rooster in the flock or he is hurt or sick. It is easier to protect themselves from harm when in a "sheltered" place.
This bird has strange nesting habits. It will use nothing for nesting material. It will lay its eggs and sit on them just on the floor of its cage or nesting box or floor of the aviary.
as many as it can hold.
You can actually build your own chicken nesting boxes. It's pretty simple. I would go to any home improvement store and get some wood. All it really is like a wooden box with something soft on the inside.
This is usually because the hen could not get access to the nesting box when she needed it. Add a new nesting box to the coop and remove some of the bedding from the box she usually uses to the new one.
with sand, straw sticks, moss, anything like there natural environment.
If you have a pet lovebird they usually will build there nest in a nesting box, if you have one. In the wild they would usually make their nests in trees such as other birds do.
Yes. Please do. Poor chicken.
Chicken nesting boxes are usually wooden boxes with some sort of soft padding that chickens like to roost in. If they don't have nesting boxes they will make nests all over the place in the grass.
A nesting box gives a hen a comfortable and secure place to lay her eggs.
From what I gathered, best can be situational. The following site outlines what makes a good box and gives suggestions on what will suit your particular needs. http://chickennestingboxes.blogspot.ca/2009/04/best-chicken-nesting-boxes.html
If you are looking for an inexpensive solution the following link shows instructions on how to make one yourself. http://www.ehow.com/how_4842350_build-nesting-box-chickens.html
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put cotton or sticks in it, and you can even buy nesting supplies at a pet store.
I have found you can build the finest nesting boxes in the world, but hens are like kids, you buy them that expensive Christmas gift and they spend two weeks playing in the box. Hens will lay where they feel comfortable. Half mine uses the nesting boxes 10 or so use the floor and I have one that lays in an old tennis shoe my son threw in the pen. Go figure!