Hens are one of the most widespread bird species which part in a household. Many breeders of hens know how it is sometimes inconvenient to go and pick the eggs laid by their pets on all yard. That it did not occur, it is necessary to create for them certain conditions, namely to equip the hen house with nests for layers. It is simple to construct them, the main thing to belong to work with all responsibility and to consider all necessary recommendations.
It is required to you
- - sheet of plywood or tes;
- - nails;
- - hammer;
- - materials for a laying.
Instruction
1. It is recommended to establish nests long before the beginning of a yaytsekladka of layers as hens have to get used to them and lay the first egg exactly there. Before passing to construction of nests, choose their location. It has to be convenient and available to hens. It is the best of all to establish nests in the darkened part of the hen house as birds in the period of a yaytsekladka prefer to retire.
2. Take the big sheet of plywood or tes and make the squared big block calculated on 6 hens of it. Then divide it partitions. The size of each nest has to be: length of 30 cm, width of 25 cm and height of 30 cm - for hens of egg breed and if you hold hens of myasoyaichny breed, nests have to be more – length of 40 cm, width of 30 cm, height of 35 cm.
3. After that make an entrance which width – 20-25 cm, and height of 25 cm. At an entrance attach small porozhek 5 cm high, it will prevent rolling-out of eggs from nests. Also surely attach a special shelf that the bird could get to a nest freely.
4. When nests are ready, break to laying of a laying in them. For this purpose as well as possible wood shaving, dry cutting of hay or straw will approach.