nesting box

Today, in anticipation of the Ventura Poultry Show and our future chickens,  I made 3 nesting boxes.  I was going to make 6 because I didn't know you only need one nesting box for every four chickens.  I do not plan on having 24 chickens so this should be plenty.

I've read that the boxes should be 12"x12"x12" at least.  My initial thought was to give them lots of space but I was also informed that they won't lay in the boxes if they don't feel cozy and secure.  The finished dimensions were 14" wide by 13" high and 12" deep.  The lip on the front is to keep all the straw or wood shavings from falling out.  Also, I got worried that I'd made the boxes too roomy and wanted to make sure the chickens feel tucked in.  I had enough wood on the property from previous owners to construct this without purchasing any new.

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Welcome to Los Angeles Repairs Itself.  Our mission is to document our attempts at sustainable living in a large city.  We are not entertaining delusions of becoming masters of natural living, but we would like to be consistent in trying new (old, largely neglected, inconvenient, smarter) ways of doing things.  Failure is fine and is usually met with more laughter than swearing.  I just blew it with lacto fermented pickles (I will constantly be blowing it with the english language as well, so bear with me) and my Frankensteinian greywater system makes even it's creator shake his head when it spews foamy Oasis water out the window onto the crabgrass.

We live in a tiny house in Elysian Valley right next to the Los Angeles River.  For the first time in my life I don't have a landlord looking over my shoulder, and I plan to take full advantage of that by indulging every whim I have to tinker with this place.  The house is falling apart, which just means we have an opportunity to make it work better than before.