Making Some 5 Gallon Bucket Nest Boxes

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I'm taking a little break from the greenhouse today to make my chickens some new nest boxes. Because my flock has grown I just don't have enough nest boxes for them. So I'm making some new ones out of 5 gallon buckets. Hopefully, they like them!
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@alfilkemper9240 Год назад

Now you need perched for them to fly onto so they can easily walk into the nest or just put the 4 top nests down on the same level as the 1st 2 nests at almost floor level. They can hurt thrir feet if they jump from too great of a hight.

@davidbarrera308 Месяц назад

I made my bucket nests about 7 years ago. I used 10 buckets 5 on top and 5 on the bottom with perches in front. I used a dry wall screw inside each bucket to attach it to the wall. After having it finished and full of straw the hens preferred only one or two of the buckets and the rest remain unused till this day. I also have used old kitchen sinks, the double kind currently and they fight over that as well. I can't win. I love my hens anyway.

@FarmGirlInProgress Месяц назад

@@davidbarrera308 haha, sounds about right! Mine have 12 total to choose from and they faithfully only use 4 of them 🤦‍♀️ silly hens

@miketaylor775 Месяц назад

A jig saw would work well for this also.

@miketaylor775 Месяц назад

Sturdy and functional.

@bencano1799 6 месяцев назад

I just made a coop for 4 by putting 4 kitty litter buckets in my old compost box! I'm finishing the roof this weekend! Thanks so much! How are the chickens liking their new home?

@FarmGirlInProgress 6 месяцев назад

Nice repurpose! I love giving old things new purpose. The chickens are using the nest boxes relatively well, they only use the bottom and middle two buckets, I still need to add some bars or something else they can use to land on, the lip of the bucket is too thin and gives them nothing to hold onto, but otherwise they use the ones they can easily get to no problem

@rhodatripp8366 3 месяца назад

Couldn’t have ran large head screws in the bottom of the buckets to hold them onto the wooden wall ?

@FarmGirlInProgress 3 месяца назад

I could have, but I didn’t have any large head screws and the wall is only about half an inch thick, so it wouldnt hold very well over time. So this worked better in the long run

@davidbarrera308 Месяц назад

A dry wall screw will do the trick.

@gustav-adolfschildt Год назад

Greeting from the Philippines. Do try to bolt all the bucket together and screw 'em to the wall

@billstatler5977 Год назад

Looks awesome. You come up with some Great ideas. Hope it works out for you.

@FarmGirlInProgress Год назад

Thank you! They’re still holding out on eggs right now, so hopefully soon they’ll show some interest in the new boxes 🤷‍♀️

@DoubleVisionHomestead 7 месяцев назад

I havent seen anything like this before. I love it!

@FarmGirlInProgress 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@crystalcummins-p8d 6 месяцев назад

How far off the ground did you put the first nesting box bucket

@FarmGirlInProgress 6 месяцев назад

Roughly a buckets space I believe, it may be a bit more than that. I didn’t measure lol

@MelvinWhitebooi 4 месяца назад

Wow very nice and clever idea I think wil make some for My pigeon loft also yes

@FarmGirlInProgress 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!

@debrawalsh6821 5 месяцев назад

What a great idea. Gonna f igure out if we can make it so I can take the buckets out to clean.

@FarmGirlInProgress 5 месяцев назад

It’s worked really well for us so far!

@jeremycody7100 Год назад

What did you do for the bottom lip on the box? I live the design for easy clean up. Genius!!

@FarmGirlInProgress Год назад

I just cut the lid of the bucket out and left a lip to keep bedding and eggs from falling out. Super easy to clean!

@shineyrocks390 Год назад

Good job! Snow here on the ground in South Dakota 💨 and my chickens are freezing their nuggets off.

@FarmGirlInProgress Год назад

No snow here yet, but we are starting to get frosty nights and foggy mornings. It’s definitely on its way!

@dragonslayer1294 5 месяцев назад

I like your idea pretty cool. Also you can make them out of plastic milk crates. Love your video. Thanks for sharing.

@HAWAII2011XB-uw6qz 8 месяцев назад

I like the set up. Definitely need perches that’s why w watched the full video. The lip in the bucket is to thin . Good in a way they wont sleep or poop in the buckets. Some 2”x2” perches wood be awesome. I’m going to thy this set up out. Awesome job.

@ibrahimsheikh7050 Год назад

Nice

@jolly_roger_jarhead Год назад

love it great video

@philipstubbs2432 5 месяцев назад

Is the height an issue for the chooks to get to ?

@FarmGirlInProgress 5 месяцев назад

Their roost bars are another foot higher than these, so no height issues. They use the bottom and middle buckets fine but they don’t like the top ones, I want to add some rest bars in front of them for them to have an easier time flying up to them and landing

@m.asifqassim4372 Год назад

Great work done. Appreciate your effort. 😊

@dapip5857 6 месяцев назад

Great info, thanks!

@FarmGirlInProgress 6 месяцев назад

You’re welcome!

@krazyhorse5328 Год назад

Thanks for the idea ! 👍👍👍👍

@FarmGirlInProgress Год назад

You’re welcome!

@carlosperez9088 Год назад

How do the chicken get to the top ?

@FarmGirlInProgress Год назад

They typically only use the two bottom and middle nest boxes, but I have a few chickens that like to roost on the top of it. They just jump/fly up there. Chickens can easily jump/fly 8+ feet. Their roost bars are higher up then those top buckets.