DIY External Nesting Boxes for Chickens - How to Attach to a Chicken Coop

Join me on this video as I attach the DIY set of nesting boxes to be on the external surface of a chicken coop that I just finished building. Pretty easy to follow along. The dimensions can be customized to fit your needs, I just wanted to show you how I add them to the outside of the coop.
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[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

Great job 👏

[@texasoutdoors09]

Heck yeah, this was exactly what I was looking for!

[@frankiefernandez5252]

Thanks, making the box first seems to be the best idea. I stalled on my coop project because of that.

[@tulipsmoran5197]

Thanks for the alternative approach to hanging nest boxes. I know the traditional approach it to extend the base for the nest box to rest. But with the cost of plywood, 2x3s are a lot cheaper to frame and attach directly to the coop framing and then skin the entire coop/box. Great design. Saved me some time and $.

[@WildHeartsHomesteadSC]

Your craftsmanship is beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you very much! Very kind of you!

[@georgecameron7788]

I’m building one with my grandkids. We just watched this Got some measurements and are making memories. Thanks for getting to the point. Really appreciate your help. Have a good day and god bless.

[@Rizwan_AR]

I am a small farmer in Pakistan, I love your ideas and tips please keep sharing

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you very much for joining us!

[@Demiremrah]

Maşşallah çok güzel yapmışsın. Eline sağlık😊😊😊

[@brysonalden5414]

Still designing our new coop, so thanks for the reminder that it's easier to attach the nesting boxes before sheathing the coop. That will save time.

[@BockBockBouquet]

😊😊

[@otter8071]

I love your coops!!!! Great job!!!!

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks so much!!

[@destineelowe9499]

I am almost done building my larger chicken coop (thanks to chicken math 😂) and I was stumped on the nesting box build. I knew to check your channel because videos are always so helpful, informative, professional, and filmed well. Thanks for making awesome content!

[@lyntaylor4131]

What Beautiful coops!! I love them Thanks for sharing

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks so much! Hope this video is helpful to someone

[@teddyboy252]

Good job 👍

[@KarimeFox]

WOW THAT’s FREAKIN AWESOME! That’s IT!! 😑🤚🏽I’m putting my husband to work!! 😍

[@BockBockBouquet]

Lol let us know how it turns out! Thanks for watching

[@lisajadwin1866]

You guys are the greatest. I feel like you're chicken university! Thanks!

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you so much! I have a new nesting box building video coming out tomorrow, different style than this one.

[@beerbuzz62]

AWESOME,looks fantastic,thank you

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you very much! First time I do it like this, but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

[@kevinb6102]

Your videos are so helpful. Thank you

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Great video. The one thing I'm going to do differently is place the nesting boxes such that I don't have to go inside the run to get the eggs.

[@kristinj8271]

Looks great Ricardo!

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks a lot! This video was unplanned, I just got to this part of the coop build and decided I should film how I build the nesting boxes on the side of the coop =]

[@SmokyMountainBlessed]

nice

[@dwightrivera3281]

Awesome informational video!!!

[@DSJVNdsjnvf4356]

woah, that looks better than my chicken coop im designing. i might take some notes..

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you! Browse our channel, I have a few different videos where you can see our coops coming together and can possibly get some ideas!

[@4corander]

Thanks for the info. God bless.

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks so much!

[@countryfriedhvac]

Nice coops!

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank so much!

[@sheriffbojang5074]

I like your work 👍🏽

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks a lot, just self taught here =]

[@rickycaruana8925]

Excellent jod 😊

[@rickycaruana8925]

Build a frame around excellent jad come to my place you built it cool❤

[@HapPap81]

Amazing!

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you! There are many ways to do this, but this is the easiest way for me!

[@libertyoutdooradventures6595]

I built my own coop but I wish I had some one thing different. I built the nesting boxes at floor level and I wish I had elevated them a few inches so that bedding didn't constantly get into the boxes

[@HayHollowayJoe]

With your access to the nesting box being on top instead of on the side does your hens get spooked when you go to retrieve your eggs? The proper way is to put the access door on the front and not the top so you don’t spook the hen while she is laying. Hens are always spooked from above prey like hawks so when you open from the top they will think your prey

[@joshmorrow9872]

Have you ever built them bottomless in the main coop with walls that float just above the ground and some wheels on the base so you can move it? Never have to clean it that way keeps the hens happy... I just put rooasting bars in the coop for them

[@juanarroyo5517]

Nice job question where can I get the blue prints to the chicken box the chickencoop and the base?

[@erictoscano3025]

What you use for trim around the door or the vents ?

[@stevestewart4287]

I see comments on other sites about rain entering the box at the top hinge. I have cut a strip of inner tube and glued lt down on both sides of the hinge to keep the rain out.

[@BockBockBouquet]

Great idea! We just make the roof cover the hinge area so the drip off lands past the hinge

[@divine1642]

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[@vickikpake7839]

Nice job! Why the extra trim boards on the sides of the nesting box lid? Could you have built it wider to hang over the sides and get the same results? I ask because I build coops as a hobby. Thank you Vicki

[@thebackyardburrows6653]

Awesome video. So you make rabbit hutches also. Watched this for ideas for rabbits actually lol

[@BockBockBouquet]

Haha awesome! I was building chick brooders last summer and people bought them for bunnies and even a pet turtle 😊😊

[@dieudonnemeritus3688]

I am building a 8×4 chicken coop,tomorrow. Can you help me with some measurements please?

[@krystalfontenot8694]

Can you make a video on cutting a rosters Spurs or how to make a mean roster nice please

[@BockBockBouquet]

We plan on making a video on roosters and how to tame them. We don't remove our rooster's spurs though.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

What does the interior look like, and what kind of paint did you use? Looking to paint our duck coop

[@BockBockBouquet]

If you guys are on Instagram send us a DM and we can send pics. We use water based exterior paint on the outside. Painting it will definitely protect it better from the weather and elements. We also show the inside of our coops in this video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aZha2vbcSpl6M

[@stanturbyfill4147]

Hi I like your clean framing and construction.? I would like to frame an external rollout nesting box to attach it to the outside of the coop. How would you frame up a rollout nesting box?

[@BockBockBouquet]

I don't have any experience with rollout nest boxes, sorry wish I could help.

[@davidmacintosh9292]

Hey, what size plywood or osb did you use for the floors/walls/roof? Thanks!

[@BockBockBouquet]

The floor is 15/32 inch plywood, the walls are shed panel OSB from Lowe’s 3/8s

[@brianpritt4154]

I'm repairing an old coop side nesting boxes. Do you add any weather stripping along the hinge to keep water out?

[@WonderboyWDE]

Newbie here so don’t get on me. But I’ve read not to have a window on the opposite side of the nest boxes because the girls like it dark and private like. I’m about to build my coop and wanted to make sure of that info because I’d planned vents and windows and everything based on how our wind and weather comes in and protective canopy. My nesting boxes do sit on the south/southeast side of the coop in my design. Basically, am I right to make sure there’s no windows on the north/northwest side so light doesn’t come into the nest boxes?

[@SwedishGirlsFarm]

Kelly, my nesting boxes are 24" off the ground but now I have a broody hen and I'm worried how her chicks will get down. What is the ideal location??

[@BockBockBouquet]

We like to move our broody moms in a separate grow out pen with the flock so predators and the rest of the flock don’t try to kill the baby chicks

[@JERRYR708]

My coop has nesting boxes on opposite sides of the coop. The chickens only lay eggs on the south-east side and never on the north-west side.

[@BockBockBouquet]

chickens are funny like that. We have 4 nesting boxes in our own coop and we get about a dozen eggs from it daily but only from 2 nesting boxes, the other two nesting boxes are empty lol. They all have just their favorite spot to lay haha

[@bobutterback]

what is the osb board called that you use for the siding? I cant find any that has that one side different.

[@BockBockBouquet]

This is sold at Lowe's and it's called Multi Purpose something something (sorry I don't remember lol) but its the same textured walls that they use on the storage sheds they sell outside their stores.

[@crispy9175]

Do you have to do anything to keep water from getting in the nesting boxes? I'm in Florida so rain is a daily. Thanks for the video!! I'm building my first coop and this is a huge help!!!!

[@Thefightfortruth]

I am looking for the same info!

[@crispy9175]

@@Thefightfortruth so far the only thing I've found is having an overhang that hangs over the hing for the roosting box lid :/

[@ashleyelwood5342]

Could you build the boxes inside the coop with an access door on the outside?

[@crispy9175]

@@ashleyelwood5342 I guess I could. I would still have an issue with having an exterior door where the rain will hit it and to through the seems. I had surgery so I'm still not done with this dang coop (still needs to be painted and then assembled but everyone else is built). Right now I'm using a classic looking exterior roosting box with it's own roof/lid and I've got one of those long continuous hinges I'm going to cover with wax or some hydrophobic coating to keep water from going through it. Hopefully that'll be good enough. We'll see.

[@jefferytrapani9700]

I see some people with the door on the back of the nesting box and therefore the top stays secure and doesn't move. The chickens don't really like things coming from above them because of the whole predatory bird thing! So coming from the back seems to be less stressful. I think that is how I will build my box. Hinges on the back bottom and then pull the back door out and down.

[@elliottharmon308]

what is the siding called that you are using

[@1oldteck]

Can you tell me how many chickens a coop that size will hold?

[@izumi_xyz3375]

Always remember, less is more

[@BockBockBouquet]

yes!

[@brendacavaness1206]

Do you have any trouble with the house being top heavy?

[@BockBockBouquet]

Never, these coops are heavy all the way around that they wouldn’t tip over. And we live in an extremely windy area

[@reynaflores4360]

How do you deliver the coops?

[@fludrbywest3886]

I would likedirrection to make a drop down door Instead of the lift up door on the laying hutches???

[@tengyang9437]

What does it cost material wise

[@jasonspurlock7916]

The roof or overhang is not sealed... worry about snakes?

[@eschmidtiii4673]

What pet camera do you use to monitor your chickens?

[@bowhunterny83]

How many birds do you recommend in that size coop?

[@jenniferpocaigue2508]

OK I keep coming back to this video because clearly I'm over complicating my build lol. How far apart are your studs? I can't seem to figure how far apart to make mine so that they are dispersed evenly across the nesting boxes....

[@BockBockBouquet]

The studs on the nesting box side ONLY, are space out 12.5 inches to be space out about 12 inches on every nesting box.

[@BockBockBouquet]

Or make them as wide as desired, they don't have to be 12 inches apart, you could even do 14 inches apart, whatever works for your set up.

[@vineetsingh9853]

Hi I am your new subscriber from India, it seems really great and beautifully created, well I have a question, I want to know that how many full grown hens stay inside this coop. 😃👍

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thank you! I think this coop was designed for 10-12 chickens to sleep inside only. They spend all day outside, and only sleep in here at night. Thanks for subscribing to our channel!

[@matthewkelch3286]

Any trouble with rain making that exterior wall set inside the foundation?

[@BockBockBouquet]

This coop was going inside of a chicken run with a roof over it, but most of my coops I do a 1/2 inch overhang over the foundation to prevent water making it inside

[@luisgarci6815]

You pre-drill the first wood but the one behind it also cracks😂

[@BockBockBouquet]

Drill bit should be able to go all the way through the back piece. Worth a try anyway

[@laurie8166]

(Your ducks in the background sound amazing) Do you attach the coop to the base?

[@BockBockBouquet]

Our ducks a re very vocal, we love it! Yes, the coop framing is all screwed down to the base =]

[@kristacadogan2863]

Currently building my coop as I type and I'm curious. We get monsoons, are the windows necessary or can I leave spacing right below my Angeles roof for ventilation? It would be covered better then the windows for rin protection.

[@BockBockBouquet]

sorry for the late response. I think it would be fine to just have the ventitlation all around the top of your roof where the rafters meet. We live in CA where it gets to be 108 degrees in the summer and could be dangerous, so I build them with plenty of windows, usually just on the face and one side. That way you can position your coop with windows facing the other side where the wind come from.

[@lorimcgraw2585]

Do you sell plans for coops? I need a coop for 10 chickens.

[@BockBockBouquet]

I don't work with plans I just kind of make things up as I go, and my drawings look like a little kid drew them hahaha!! But we do have a video on how we built our own coop in 7 days before we had any experience. You can find it in our channel!

[@usmc200971]

All it needs is a gutter system to give the chickens water.

[@carmenclopez282]

How many chickens fit into this size coop?

[@BockBockBouquet]

This size coop could fit 8-10 large chickens comfortably or more if you have miniature breeds. It has two roost bars that measure 5 foot each.

[@cyber751]

Awesome Ricardo! Pregunta: What kind of wood do you use? Is it treated against water? Do you treat it on the outside only? Gracias.

[@BockBockBouquet]

I do treated 4x4s on the legs on occasion. When I don’t, I coat the 4x4s with two layers of semi gloss paint to protect them from the elements too, and I lay them on cement pavers u see each leg

[@saraherwin416]

Do you take orders?

[@BockBockBouquet]

Yes I do! We are located in Quartz Hill California. Where are you located?

[@saraherwin416]

@@BockBockBouquet Mississippi... I bet shipping would be in the thousands

[@BockBockBouquet]

@@saraherwin416 we usually sell locally, not sure how much it would cost to deliver. I’m sure there’s probably people in your area that build chicken coops as well maybe

[@harrylineker6770]

Pain to clean them boxes, I built mine with a floor level all the way through so it’s easier to sweep up.

[@BockBockBouquet]

We use nesting pads from myfavoritechicken.com and cleaning/ replacing the pads is super easy!

[@bennelly4308]

didn't show how to make the most important part, the door. smh.

[@BockBockBouquet]

Hi Ben, sorry I left that part out. But, I use 3/4 inch plywood cut to 14" wide and depending on the width off the coop, I cut an extra 3" to overhang on the sides to help with rain drainage. So if the nesting boxes measure 48", I make my nesting box lid 54" long. And then simply attach it to the coop wall with two hinges. Hope that was of any help, let me know if you need anything else.

[@adamosman7284]

biw

[@pedroestrada5690]

q tanto habla este loco

[@richardsonsmith2633]

THEY NEED STRAW IN THEM AND THEN WTF ARE THE BIRDS GOING TO DO IN THE RAIN N COLD, HEAT GOES RIGHT OUT EVERY WHERES. TWO THUMBS DOWN

[@BockBockBouquet]

Bruh.... did you watch the whole video to the end when the coop has walls and a roof? The beginning is just the studs. I was building this for someone (they will add the bedding to their own coop).

[@brianmihlfeith7135]

They’re in Southern California. Heat kills chickens every year. I’m in AZ and my design is very similar, making sure hot air can escape at every point! In my area you’ll never lose a bird to the “cold” or rain, but each summer it’s a battle with the heat with many people losing birds regularly every summer. This is a well designed coop for a hot climate. If it gets cold enough to worry about it those holes can easily be covered with plastic or another insulator. Straw also isn’t the best option in my experience. A Timothy hay or Bermuda grass hay is much better, as it decomposes faster and is “finer” so the birds like it more. They’re using and promoting the deep litter method too, it looks like, so hemp would be the best option though it’s quite expensive here in AZ.

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks for tour input, I honestly don’t think that person even watched the whole video, lol. I’m assuming he thought that the stud walls were the finished product before I sheeted the thing 😂😂. But yeah, we use hemp bedding in our coop, it’s not that expensive considering how long it lasts. And our climate in California would never kill a chicken with the cold (unless they are baby chicks without proper temperature control). Thanks for your kind words though Brian, and thanks for tuning in to our channel!

[@BockBockBouquet]

@@dianayoung7072 yes totally agree 😊

[@edwardmascari4661]

Nice job but definitely try and clean that yard?

[@BockBockBouquet]

Thanks lol. Can’t, we are renters and it’s not our stuff

[@jewels2763]

How are you securing the floor of the nesting boxes?

[@BockBockBouquet]

I screw in a board under the nesting boxes

[@harrymonk6]

How many free range chicken's can it house?

[@BockBockBouquet]

I would say this is meant for 12 chickens, maybe a bit more if they are bantam breeds since they take up a lot less room.

[@tonypatzhox4466]

It's for chicken or for lion or tiger ? Put more screws ....

[@BockBockBouquet]

Just trying to make it sturdy