Treekeeper Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 What do fellow cubist use in the nest box in the cube? I put newspaper in and then easybed but the chooks just ripped up the paper and all the easybed fell out through the large hole, it wasn't a problem in the eglu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 At the moment I line the nest boxes with half a pellet sack or similar for extra insulation..........my batties sleep in the nestboxes & I think they deserve the extra "luxury"! As you say they shred the newspaper! In the summer I have a piece of plastic cut from a milk bottle, weighted with nuts & bolts to stop the hemcore from disappearing through the drainage hole.......I'm sure there's a better description somewhere! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I use a thin flexible chopping board to cover the nesting box hole and then fill with hemcore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusrooster Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 ive blocked the hole with a piece of thick/dense foam, has been filled with easibed since mid december now, planning to replaced this weekend, i have now been converted to hemp so thats what will be going in next. how much / how deep do you have it ? and how often does everyone replaced the nestbox bedding ? as i said the easibed has been in about 7 weeks now, still clean though, i dont let them sleep in the nest box, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I do a little cheat manoeuvre for easier cleaning. I fill my nesting box up to the entrance hole on my monthly big clean day. Then when I do my weekly poo tray clean and empty, I take hemcore out of the nest box to line the poo trays, so hemcore in the nest box slightly reduces every week and it is easy to sort the poo trays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Ooo, thats a good idea SC, is there enough in the nest box to fill the poo trays a few times? maybe im filling mine too deeply although I only put a few inches of bedding in them Treekeeper, I must have very good girls indeed, as I use newspaper to line the nestbox with then easibed and they've never touched the paper, little angels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusrooster Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I do a little cheat manoeuvre for easier cleaning. I fill my nesting box up to the entrance hole on my monthly big clean day. Then when I do my weekly poo tray clean and empty, I take hemcore out of the nest box to line the poo trays, so hemcore in the nest box slightly reduces every week and it is easy to sort the poo trays i used to do the same with the eglu, for some reason i hadn't thought about doing the same with the cube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
