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Providing a good space for your laying hens is essential for maintaining their health and happiness, ensuring a better supply of eggs. Plan one nesting box for every four chickens. Nesting boxes can be purchased from farm supply stores, or easily built out of wood. If building your own, they should be just over a foot across each way with a depth of about one foot. They should be filled with clean straw or other soft bedding and cleaned daily to reduce the spread of chicken parasites.
Placement of the nesting boxes is also important. The best area will be where they are protected from drafts and disturbances. This is not always convenient, as it usually means further to go to collect the eggs. Eggs should not be left in the nesting boxes for very long, as they can spoil or crack, creating unhealthy conditions for the hens and increasing the difficulty of keeping the nesting boxes clean.
The nesting box is a great place for your hens to feel safe and protected, but they must also have plenty of space to roam in the day in your garden or a very large chicken coup.
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