Wednesday 6 April 2011

Igoring the nest box

Well, the Girls have continued to ignore the nestbox.  This may be because there hasn't been a queue to use the Cube's nestbox;  or it may be they haven't realised the new Thing is a nest box; or maybe they don't want to use it.

The nest box is underneath the Cube, at the back.

I could "force" them to use it by blocking up the proper nestbox, but I don't really want this to become their favourite place.  So, instead, I turned it round 90 degrees - marginally more awkward for me to get to the roll-away egg bit,  but offers even more privacy and shade than the way it was situated before.

I've just realised - looking at the photo - that it's listing somewhat.  I'll need to go and sort that out later.



It's a neat design - it can be used with or without the "nest" insert,  with or without the rollaway egg box;  the step folds up to close the nest box up if you want to prevent entry.   And, less relevant in my set up, you can build a bank of them.


Here's a pic from the chickbox website.  This shows it in brown, which is the colour I have; it's also available in yellow.





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