Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[eveshamchelle]

Hi all, am just getting used to my eglu cube which I've had for about four months now but I've had my girls for almost eighteen months now. These past few weeks what with all the damp weather, I've noticed that in the egg box, the bedding is getting quite damp and soggy but almost from below. The walls and inside of the door are perfectly dry with no evidence of water ingress. The large drainage/ventilation hole in the bottom just seems to make everything on top of it horrid to the point where I'm having to replace the newspaper and bedding three times a week, whereas before all the damp miserable weather, I could just pooh pick when required and then change everything once a week or even once a fortnight.

 

I got home last night to find the contents of the egg box on the ground underneath, almost as if all my girls had gotten in the egg box and trampled it through the hole!

 

When making it up in terms of bedding, I'd always put a few layers(4 or 5 pages) of newspaper at the bottom, then cover with shavings, shreddings and a handful of straw.

 

Does anyone else have this problem? I didn't want to tape over it with masking tape because of the ventilation requirements - although there is that big slot in the door which vents fine! Any ideas or advice please? Thanks!

[abwsco]

Hi, firstly newspaper seems to draw in the damp and straw can as well so I wouldn't use those. I know what you mean about the hole in the nesting box though and bedding falling through. I bought a cheap flexible plastic chopping board which just fits in the nesting box and then I just put the bedding staright on top. I use easibed. HTH