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Showing posts with label nesting boxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nesting boxes. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Roller Egg | Rollaway Egg | Chicken Nesting Boxes

Increase production, reduce labor, have less damaged eggs and a more sanitary egg collection process.
Rollaway nesting boxes are designed so the eggs roll forward in to and under a protected compartment for latter collection.

These boxes take away the opportunity for the eggs to be stepped on or eaten.

Having the eggs all lined up for collection allows for less labor and search time in reaching into nest boxes.



The eggs also have less chance for the chickens to mess on them making the process more sanitary.

There’s been a couple rollaway nest box designs on the market, but most companies just provide a metal divided nest box without the rollaway feature.

Some on the market use plastic parts that will eventually will become brittle and break.  They also use thinner metals.   Cottage Craft Works .com offers Amish made all metal rollaway nest boxes that use thicker galvanized metals that are more of a commercial grade. You can also find a large selection of poultry house products available at this unique online general store.

When the Amish build things they do so with longevity and functionality in mind.  They use thicker metals no plastic or short lived parts.  They are not as concerned with corporate share holders or planned obsolesces.

The type of quality products made by the Amish compare to the American made products that were made to last in the 50s and 60s before plastic was even an available option.

Cottage Craft Works also offers two different proven styles.  The traditional divided nest box in 2, 4 and 8 compartments as well as an open concept community nest box in 24” and 48” patterned after the community nest used in large commercial egg processing facilities.



It would be impossible to provide enough nesting boxes for large row houses, thus community nesting boxes handle larger flocks.

The smaller commercial producers or even the back yard hobby farmer can still obtain the same concept in a commercial quality nest box sized for smaller flocks from Cottage Craft Works.

The open community boxes can also be purchased as a front collection or rear collection system.

The rear collection system allows the nest box to be mounted on an outside wall of fence for egg collection outside the coop. 


 
Rear collection boxes are perfect for smaller coops and free range chicken tractors where it is difficult on nearly impossible to obtain inside access.

Nesting boxes are shipped flat unassembled for shipping.  They easy assemble using nuts and bolts.  No rivets are required.

Cottage Craft Works .com is a unique back-to-basics general store where the owners have personally traveled the back roads to find the most functional back-to-basic products for the general public.
Now with over 5000 products self sufficient motivated shoppers and search for simple old fashioned products that are still being made and used in the Amish off grid lifestyle.



Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Roller Egg Nesting Boxes | Chicken Nest box

Roller egg nesting boxes are changing the way people are raising chickens for fresh eggs from commercial poultry operations to a flock of backyard chickens.

The traditional nest box resembles a regular bird nest lined with nesting material.

The chickens  come in lays their eggs and then leaves the eggs open in the nest.

One nest maybe used by several chickens so the fragile eggs are exposed to stepping on them or pecking at them. The general rule of thumb is to provide one nest box to handle up to 5-6 hens.

Chickens that get a taste of the inside of an egg will likely become egg eaters and will need to be removed from the flock to keep them from destroying eggs before they can be harvested.



Roller egg nesting boxes are designed with a front collection tray.  The bottom of the nest box is covered in a plastic coated wire mesh to protect the eggs as they drop.

As soon as the eggs drop they roll forward into a covered compartment out of the reach of the chickens until they can be harvested.



Roller egg nesting boxes have many other benefits as well;

  • They do not require nesting material.  As strange as that sounds the chickens actually become easily trained to lay their eggs in the nest compartment.


  • Each roller egg box comes with a training egg.  Chickens that are accustomed to nesting materials can be started off in their new roller egg nesting boxes filled with the traditional nest material and then gradually removed to wean them down to no material at all.


  • Without nesting material to harbor mites and lice keeping your chickens can enjoy more of a pest free life and likely become more productive.


  • The roller egg boxes come with two hanging wall cleats.  The entire box can be lifted off and taken outside for washing and disinfecting


The roller egg nesting boxes known as the Roll-a-way nest box are Amish made from 26 and 16 gauge galvanized metal.

This is a more substantial nest box using thicker metal than the others on the market using  thinner gauge metals and plastic parts.

The Amish Roll-a-way nest boxes are only available from Cottage Craft Works .com  in two, four and eight  nest compartment models.  



Compartments measure 8” tall 11-1/4” wide and 11-1/2” deep.  The four and eight compartment nest boxes both measure 49” wide and 17” deep, while the two compartment is only 24-1/2” wide.  


Cottage Craft Works is a unique online country store featuring many heavy duty Amish made products for the home, garden farm and ranch.

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