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Breeding pens
greeneggsandham:
--- Quote from: Mike Gilbert ---Jesse, are you covering those openings between the rafters and the ceiling? Leaving those spaces open is an invitation to climbing or flying predators.
--- End quote ---
Not to mention a way for one rooster to reach the other rooster. I had about 18 inches of space between my fence and rafters and went out one morning to find one of my roosters pretty beat up by the other rooster in the pen with him! That was the only way he could have possibly got in there.
Jess:
Evening Folks
I am trying to get my nest boxes built and put in the pens.
They will be 14\"X14\".
I think this will be big enough for a big hen to lay in.
They will mount back to back, I will bolt them to the stock panels.
How high should I place them?
Thanks
Jess
John:
14 by 14 is big enough to 2 big hens lay in.
Many suggest the perch on the nest boxes should be lower than the roosts, since the birds like to roost high and that may keep them from roosting on the nest box perches.
I like to keep them high enough that I don\'t have to bend over to collect eggs.
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