Nest for laying hens with their own hands: from what andas? The necessary materials and methods for making chicken nests,for layers

Вт, 03 янв 2017 Автор: Евгений
Grammatikati

The owners of private houses and suburban areas are often engaged
breeding chickens. This bird is easy to care for, it can
even beginner livestock keepers will be fresh on the table
the eggs. It is easy to make nest for laying hens for eggs.
do it yourself This craft will provide an opportunity to protect the eggs from
possible damage to the final product.

Contents

Особенности гнезд for layers

During the day, the hen is in the nest for about 1.5 hours.
If a layer doesn’t like your design, it will start to carry
eggs right on the floor, in outbuildings or in the garden – yes in
Any suitable place but not in the intended nest! Not
Egg smudging and egg peeling is excluded. Install sockets
need so that they are not in the path of air flow and in a darkened
plot – laying hens are often nervous and can catch a cold. Can
seem ridiculous that from the strong noise or from the wrong place
stress can happen in a chicken – but this is true. Of course,
As a nest, a simple box, a waste basket or
plastic bucket. But it is better to make nests taking into account the main
requirements for this design:

1. The design should be with a roof. Otherwise, the chickens will sleep on
edge of the wall of the nest as perched, and their droppings will fall inward.
В результате не будет уединения for layers, придется намного чаще
change litter material and still eggs become dirty. What if
make a drop-down nest, then collect eggs and replace
litter will be easier;

2. The floor of the nest needs to be netted, so the litter will be
blown fresh air. Suitable for this metal mesh with
cells 4×5 mm;

3. Notобходимо выстелить пол гнезда сухими опилками, резаным
hay and similar material. Not нужно использовать очень легкий
material, for example, straw – layers just accidentally kicked out
him;

4. It is necessary to install at least 1 nest on 5 layers;

5. Equip the poultry house before the laying of birds, resulting in
laying hens will have time to get used to the nests.

Types of nests and their advantages

They make several types of nests for chickens:

• In the form of special boxes. �”Houses” that look like
box with layer entrance. Inside creates a convenient for the chicken
a space where she can lay an egg in complete solitude. One thing
of the main advantages of these nests: making such a design easier
to teach chickens to nests. You only need to close them for a while.
inside;

• Nests made of scrap materials. Such products
Novice poultry farmers who do not have a major chicken coop make it.
This way of building nests for laying hens with your own hands will do.
owners of small livestock or for a short time. If a
make nests with all requirements, then the bird does not make a difference
will notice. The main thing is to use whole and clean ones.
materials. They differ – low durability and irrational
using free space;

• Nests with a place to collect eggs. This is the most optimal
nest design, although it is not so easy to make. main idea
is to keep the chicken in minimal contact with the egg.
Products are not removed from the nest, but from a special container. For
This is made either with a slope to the front of the socket or
make a hole in the center in the shape of a funnel.

Nest sizes

There are standard sizes of chicken nests, the product must
be a depth (taking into account the dimensions of the bird) 30-40 cm, width and
высотой по 30 см. For соединения элементов используют гвозди
small length, or cut them to the required size. Reason in
that chickens can be injured by a protruding metal.

Accommodation Rules

Notдостаточно просто сделать гнезда для кур несушек своими
hands, they still need to be installed in the hen house at the right place
according to the physiology of the bird.

• Above the floor of the nest is placed – not less than 30 cm;

• It is necessary to install the take-off bar with a section of 5×3 cm, 10 cm
from the entrance;

• How sawdust or hay is piled;

• For качественного проветривания настила необходимо изготовить
bottom of the slot with holes or from a coarse grid;

• Install the nests in a draft-proof and shaded
ground coop;

• Boxes used as sockets should not be mounted straight
on the walls. These will reduce the durability of the entire building, and in winter
nesting compartments will be cold.

Not забывайте, что изготавливать гнезда для кур несушек своими
hands need to be comfortable for both humans and for chickens. In them
should be easy, clean up, need free access with
a pile of eggs and a change of used litter. If a куры не хотят
rush in the new nest, so it does not suit them and you need it
to remake.

Making nests for laying hens with your own hands

For устройства гнездового места необходимы:

• Material for construction (boards or thick plywood);

• fixing material;

• Sandpaper;

• Hand saw;

• Screwdriver;

• Hammer.

Nests made of drawers

They can be made both separately and in the form of sections:

1. Prepared material (boards or thick plywood)
cut to size, and cuts are ground with sandpaper, not
forget that the nest must be at least 30 wide
cm;

2. From the received elements collect a box, for durability
structures at their junctions inside the box are nailed
timber;

3. Make sure the nails do not protrude inside the box;

4. The inlet can be made simply without closing
front of the nest. This is the easiest way possible on the front side.
cut holes for each cell;

5. On the full length of the nest from the bottom is mounted 10 cm threshold;

6. On the front of the cells (at a distance of 10 cm from the input
holes along the entire length) horizontally fasten the bar. This is true
called – takeoff platform;

7. It must be remembered that it is not necessary to install such a structure.
below 30 cm from the floor, and at a distance from the wall;

8. If a гнезда для кур несушек будут многоярусные, для каждого
of these, you must make a separate staircase.

Design with a place to collect eggs

Nest for laying hens, with a special egg collector, easy
do it yourself:

• We assemble a rectangular frame of 30×50 mm slats. Dimensions
take into account the number of cells. Take into account the take-off bar
(located 10 cm from the inlet);

• Bottom of plywood bottom with holes is attached;
cover with soft material (for example, lay linoleum reverse
by the party);

• Mount the walls of the nest, the roof and install the internal
jumpers (if the design is on many sockets). Pallet set
tilted 10 cm.

In the “house” you need to fill the minimum amount of litter,
so as not to prevent the eggs from rolling. In the egg receiver itself
do not leave bare bedding, hard protrusions.

It is important to observe the required dimensions of the cells (in close or
spacious conditions the chicken will not be comfortable and uncomfortable) and
Take into account the rules for installing nests. There is still
множество конструкций гнезд for layers — семейные, многоярусные и
etc. The device of such too will not complicate you. The main thing – to please
a hen that can thank for a large number of eggs.

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