How to Build Chicken Roost Boxes

Chickens aren't picky and will use most anything you provide for them to roost and nest in. Building a chicken roosting or laying box doesn't even need to involve carpentry. You can set up a wooden crate or large wash bowl as a roosting box. Or you can easily nail together a simple wooden box for chickens to use for nesting.

Things You'll Need

  • Wood crate
  • Wash bowl
  • 4 pieces of 12- by 12-inch wood
  • 1 piece of 12- by 2-inch wood
  • Nails
  • Saw
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Instructions

    • 1

      Nail three pieces of 12- by 12-inch wood to a bottom fourth piece of wood to construct a topless, three-sided box. Nail the 12- by 2-inch wood piece to the front of the nest box. Place 2 inches of straw in the bottom of the box.

    • 2

      Place a wooden crate in your chicken coop. Use a saw to cut an entrance for the chickens into one side of the crate. Leave a 2-inch lip in the entrance to prevent eggs from falling out. Place straw 2 inches deep in the bottom of the crate.

    • 3

      Use an old wash basin as a nesting box. Cut down one side of the basin to provide ease of entrance for the chicken. Place 2 inches of straw in the bottom of the bowl.