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Title: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: franksolich on August 09, 2012, 01:32:56 PM
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hedgehog (27,839 posts)

chicken question -

I had a feed bin on its side, and it became the favorite spot for my hens to lay eggs. I'm going to get some 5 gallon pails to set up as nesting boxes. My question is whether anyone has any opinions on round buckets v square buckets for this purpose? White, black, yellow, green, red or blue?

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Viva_La_Revolution (25,763 posts)

2. well, chickens are kind of round..

I've never heard of using buckets, cool idea!

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hedgehog (27,839 posts)

4. I read about it somewhere - if they like it, it makes a lot of sense -

it's very easy to sanitize a bucket! A round bucket can be stabilized with a couple of bricks.

Maybe I'll get one of each shape and do a side by side comparison!

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JoeyT (3,512 posts)

3. We found round buckets work best.

For some reason they didn't like the square one we stuck out there after we ran out of round ones. I don't know why. Then again they also arbitrarily decided they'd rather wait in line for a few favored round buckets than use another bucket that's exactly the same. Our chickens are weird.

Just be sure to put a strip across the bottom of the mouth of each bucket or they'll drag their nest material out all the time.

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bvar22 (27,326 posts)

6. chicken answer:

Depends on the chicken, but I wouldn't really know, cause I turned out to be a Rooster!

Err--Err- a- Errr!

We have 9 hens of different varieties and they lay in traditional square boxes.

The amusing thing is that in a row of 8 identical boxes, they ALL prefer two particular boxes, and will wait in line and bitch at the other girls to Hurry Up!

We added two more square boxes in a different area, and two birds have claimed ONE of these two boxes as their own.

They will also bitch at each other to Hurry Up! instead using the vacant box.

Things are going to get interesting over the next week because we have 10 more young hens starting to lay.

Your post raised my curiosity, and I am going to experiment with a round laying nest.

I'll let you know what happens.

My personal guess is that the shape doesn't matter near as much as the location, and whichever box they hens, in their communal wisdom, decide is the best one.

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JoeyT (3,512 posts)

7. Ours do the same thing.

The other day I thought they were being eaten by a predator and went running out there only to find they were throwing fits because a few had decided to linger in the favored boxes. One of the hens was actually sitting on top of another hen in the nest. The rest were just standing at the bottom of the ramp yelling.

Despite all the above, one leaves Skins's island with the impression chickens are smarter than primitives.
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: Bad Dog on August 09, 2012, 01:44:34 PM
We never get fascinating shit like this on our forum.  Just anal beads and such.
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: Karin on August 09, 2012, 03:26:59 PM
 :rotf: :lmao:
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: catsmtrods on August 09, 2012, 04:05:09 PM
Apparently they are to damn lazy to make a few nesting boxes.
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: IassaFTots on August 09, 2012, 04:07:12 PM
We never get fascinating shit like this on our forum.  Just anal beads and such.

Oh hell!

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: delilahmused on August 09, 2012, 04:07:59 PM
Well, I'll probably get bitch slaps for this but I don't see anything wrong with this conversation. We talk about this kind of stuff on backyard chickens forum all the time.

Cindie
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: IassaFTots on August 09, 2012, 04:13:22 PM
Well, I'll probably get bitch slaps for this but I don't see anything wrong with this conversation. We talk about this kind of stuff on backyard chickens forum all the time.

Cindie

No bs from me.  I don't have a problem with the OP whatsoever.  But, Bad Dog's comment cracked me up!
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: Bad Dog on August 09, 2012, 04:22:19 PM
Well, I'll probably get bitch slaps for this but I don't see anything wrong with this conversation. We talk about this kind of stuff on backyard chickens forum all the time.

Cindie

I was just speaking (sarcastically) about how much more informative threads on the DUmp are than over here.  I have no interest in chickens (or anal beads) but, feel free to discuss anything you like.  I'm just trying to have a little fun here.
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 09, 2012, 04:32:45 PM
I'd say it would be decided by the type chicken the DUmmie has.....

Are the chickens DUmmienekkers?
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: BattleHymn on August 09, 2012, 04:33:24 PM
I don't know why some primitives bother asking the other primitives questions about chickens.  

Blackie the Ghost Chicken could answer all of their questions, if they'd just listen.  
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: Bad Dog on August 09, 2012, 04:42:47 PM
I don't know why some primitives bother asking the other primitives questions about chickens.  

Blackie the Ghost Chicken could answer all of their questions, if they'd just listen.  

I don't personally know anything about chicken farming? ranching? whatever but, I expect it is complicated enough to stump most DUmmies.  I'm sure the library is full of books on the subject if one was serious about the endeavor.
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: miskie on August 09, 2012, 04:44:41 PM
I was just speaking (sarcastically) about how much more informative threads on the DUmp are than over here.  I have no interest in chickens (or anal beads) but, feel free to discuss anything you like.  I'm just trying to have a little fun here.

And now another peek at the frightening way my mind works..   Enjoy.

[youtube=420,315]R9Xed3J0ehk[/youtube]
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 09, 2012, 06:24:50 PM
Well, I'll probably get bitch slaps for this but I don't see anything wrong with this conversation. We talk about this kind of stuff on backyard chickens forum all the time.

Cindie

Must . . . not . . . say . . . any . . . thing . . .  :o :tongue: :whistling: O-)
Title: Re: primitive inquires about using round buckets or square buckets for chickens
Post by: Bad Dog on August 09, 2012, 06:28:22 PM
And now another peek at the frightening way my mind works..   Enjoy.


Thanks for the warning, I shall steer clear of you in the future.  That song made my teeth itch.