This is amazing. Wished I hadn't procrastinated so long. Enjoy gathering eggs knowing they will be clean.!!!
Very happy with my perch popper. The customer service was top notch. When my family member finishes building their coop I will definately recommend your products.
Since this has been installed, the hens have loved it, and we have loved not having to wash our eggs or deal with chicken poop. Awesome benefit for us!
Happy with this product but the medium one is not really for 25 chickens only 2 can lay at a time. I also ordered the large size to have more room. I do appreciate clean, unbroken eggs even though it took a bit for my hens to lay in the new box.
After looking at a few different brands of nest boxes I decided to go with this one, and I am very glad I did! Also purchased the perch popper with it. Both the nesting box and the perch popper are well built and work seamlessly together. Couldn’t be happier with this purchase! Thank you!
Easy to put together. Haven’t used it yet.
Just bought our second roll out nest box. They are great for keeping the eggs clean and from hens going broody. We reversed the bottom opening so we can access it from outside the coop. Looking forward to taking our 1 yr old out to collect eggs without the danger of going into the coop (rooster etc.)
Love this nest box
I am thrilled with my new Best Nest Box. It came right away and I put it together and hung it in the run. At first the girls were scared of it. One of them tried to fly on top of it and slid off. One by one the girls started laying, at first in the coop and on the ground ground. I put a cinder block in front of the nest box as a step. Now I have 8 girls laying and 7 are using the Best Nest box! The eggs are clean and I no longer have to worry about the chickens breaking the eggs and eating them. Thank you Best Nest Box!
We use alot of these doors in our chicken coop builds. Have been installing these for over 5 years. Ncbackyardcoops
Works a little differently than I expected but does its intended job perfectly. I put the bar up while gathering eggs and at around 10:00 each night, "pop" it comes back down freeing me from rising with the chickens and manually lowering it. Installation was easy, the instructions even told you what tools you need. I LOVE my Best Nest Boxes, and this is a labor-saving addition. Dan at South Shore Farm and Fish in Ruskin, FL
Had a good external nest box but it was not a roll out so I started to get a lot of broken eggs from chickens pecking them. I love this new (best nest box) cause I have had no more broken eggs and they are all clean.
A really great product and super easy to install. A game changer for any chicken owner!
We were having a problem with our chickens eating their eggs. Not only does this keep them from being able to eat their eggs, it also keeps the eggs much cleaner.
Great watered. Well made, no more wasted water. Should get many years use out of it.
These are the best nest boxes made, hens can’t eat the eggs and if you keep mat clean your eggs are clean. I love them.
This is my 3rd feeder. It holds around 40 lbs of feed and the chickens eat when they want. It is tall enough to keep out the doves, Pidgeon's and birds as they are not tall enough to eat the chickens food. The price is pretty high but the product is excellent. Don C Springfield, KY
I had the small best best box at my last house and left it in the coop when we moved. Dumb of me. So my new coop I tried boxes and milk crates with hay. GROSS. Then had a couple hens start eating eggs that I couldn’t get to stop so the boxes were a sticky, poopy mess. I was so frustrated I was ready to part ways with chickens altogether. My husband intervened and bought me this for my birthday. It’s a big investment, but worth its weight in gold. I have perfectly clean eggs every day and no more loss from broken ones. I can get back to selling eggs again and this thing will last me forever.
Really like this nest box. So nice to have clean eggs, plus chickens can’t eat the eggs. Took a day or two but they are all using it now.
This is our 4th as we have doubled the herd. It is wonderful not have to wash eggs. The construction quality is excellent. We did have a some rust damage at the apex of the roof where we had a box at a wall that was not waterproof.
Instruction booklet was hard to follow, more details on assembly would have been helpful,
My chicks warmed up to this new nesting box immediately! My chickens were able to eat eggs in the tray of my previous roll out nesting box> This roll out box is deeper and they cant get to the eggs. The eggs are clean and ready to crate! I like that its roomy inside because it doesnt have dividers (and I think they like that too). Very happy with my purchase!
For The first two weeks the chickens avoided this new nesting box, even though we have two smaller ones that they have been laying in for years. I tried adding food to the boxes but they still wouldn’t go in. So finally, I duct taped two of the privacy flaps up, added straw, and a couple of ceramic eggs. Eventually they were all laying in one spot, in the back corner. I removed the straw a little every day and in 5 days, it’s now where the cool kids lay eggs!
These laying boxes solved the broken egg’s issues and chicken’s wanting to eat eggs. Plus the ease of collecting eggs is the best. I do recommend some sort of padding where the eggs roll to. We just cut foam pipe insulation on half and rolled that along the edge. Issue solved with very little cost.
I like the design and functionality of the nest box. No more dirty or broken eggs. I had 40 hens and they were used to open face cartons for nest. So, I had to train them and let them know this was now their nest box. They didn’t want to go in the box. I opened the center curtain, didn’t help. I removed the curtain, still nothing. I put a couple hens inside the box, still no luck. Finally, I put wood shavings inside and they started using them. To my surprise, the eggs still managed to roll into the tray. I didn’t replace the wood shavings as they slowly disappeared. The hens are now using the nest box and I don’t have to wash the eggs.
Have a large nest box and got tired of going out every morning to open up the laying area. Bought the Perch Popper, installed it (all of 10 minutes), programmed it and away we went. This thing is awesome, works like a charm, and saves me a daily early morning trip to the coop. Highly recommend.
Always awesome customer service!!
Girls had no problems and started using right away, We put it in place of the old nesting boxes. Eggs are clean and easier to gather!
After our girls decided sleeping in their amazing Best Nest Box, we needed a backup / replacement while we cleaned the original pad. Perfect fit, arrived in a very short time, and super convenient.
I couldn’t believe how quickly the box came. I was worried the girls wouldn’t like it, but it only took a day. Thanks so much.
We have had chickens for 6 years, and we recently got 8 new chick's (so 15 total chickens). When they grew up suddenly they all became egg eaters over Nighy! We tried several things (pepper in the eggs, gathering eggs every 20 minutes all day long) and nothing worked. We would get about 1 or 2 eggs a day, IF we checked them every 20 minutres. It was time to get rid of the chickens.
Second one we've bought.
There’s nothing better than clean fresh eggs! I would highly recommend this nest box any day.
We use hundreds of these in our builds of chicken coops. We have dealt with best nest box for 7 years. Ncbackyardcoops
Works great
Excellent experience and excellent customer service
Working very well
Love it for medium sized hens. Large hens have a problem getting in.
My fault for not checking but this door is much smaller than expected. Doesn’t fit on any of my coops even with retrofitting. Customer service took a few days to get back to me and then were going to take a relatively large chunk out for me to send it back. In the end I decided to sell it on Facebook so I didn’t lose money on it. Also realize the return window is only 30 days. It was almost too late when we got to attempting to install it anyways.
A farm requires a big investment and lots of work! Anything that improves results and efficiency is a huge improvement. The combination of the best nest box with a perch popper accomplishes both! Our eggs are much cleaner and with less breakage. Nothing is worse than raising hens, collecting and cleaning eggs and then before packaging, finding a crack. A big waste. Now that is less frequent and time for cleaning is shorter, and the hens (after a little training) appear to really like their new nesting situation. At first, I did not think the perch popper was worth that money. I was wrong! The first box we bought quickly became a messy roost. For the next two I bought the perch popper and they remain pristine after 2 months (with 50 hens in the coop). If you wire the two boxes perch arms together, you can also use one perch popper to lower both (especially if the second box is smaller). The PP was much more sophisticated than I originally thought and have since bought a new one to install on my first nesting box. Thank you for great products! My wife, the head egg cleaner, also shares a big shout out!!
Great product, well built, and easy to assemble.
Easy to assemble, hens adjusted quickly. We ordered an extra nesting mat to make cleaning easy; just switch them out as needed. Happy with our purchase!
Easy to put together and easy to install. My only wish is that the needed opening dimensions were listed clearly on the site.
Good nesting box. First one I have ever bought. Got dinged big on duties and fees to get it to Canada though. Made it very expensive
we are satisfied with the product. there was a corner damaged from shipping I believe but i was able to repair.
Not all of our hens have caught on yet (60% have got it!), but the eggs that are laid in the box are clean and untouched - exactly what we got the Best Nest for! Not only does it keep things clean but easy for egg collecting. A great addition to our coop!
We purchased an additional nest box for our hens, they love their nest box……… but have stopped laying eggs!!!
My chicks are still getting use to using the box . Some are still laying elsewhere ..
The installation guide was good enough to complete the build within 30 minutes. I created the opening in the coop to receive the unit. I installed screws from the inside and into the supporting studs. The hens adapted to it IMMEDIATELY. The eggs began to roll and they haven't stopped coming. Clean eggs! I do not raise the roosting bar at night and the hens do not roost in the box at night. My prayers have been answered.. THANKS TO BEST NEST BOX...
Assembly was pretty straightforward. I did most of it myself, but did need an extra set of hands to get the bolts+nuts in place for securing the lid for the roll-away cover. Mind the instructions about placing the overlapping panels inside or outside, and bolt locations if you don't want to go back and do the work again! Within two days of me adding it to the coop, all 9 of my hens are using it to lay their eggs. No more nasty, muddy eggs, and no more chickens eating their eggs. I'm a big fan.
Pieces came in good shape and everything came together very easily. My only feedback and current challenge is determining the best way to mount it. I wasn’t sure if it hung on the outside, inside, how big a hole to cut, recommended height of box. Even YouTube didn’t give me that info. I would have liked a little bit more guidance as to mounting recommendations and hole size to cut. Especially when I built my coop from scratch. I would have build it to accommodate the box if I knew more. Websites are handy for relaying that info. I assume the girls will like it and so will we when we start collecting eggs. More to come as the girls are only 8 weeks old
Debated long and hard before ordering this. Absolutely outstanding! The hens have adapted to it without a problem. Its flexibility is so helpful to a coop that is continually evolving, as in trying to find out what works for us & the ladies. Thank you so much!
I’ve purchased 10 large, a medium, and small nest box over the last 2 years, and never regretted the spending the money. Incredible time saver when it comes to clean eggs, and huge egg saver when it comes to egg eating chickens! High quality USA made!
The hens were eating more eggs than they were leaving for us to collect. These nest boxed have more than doubled the profits.
Good day. I love your product. This is the third best box I have purchased. The box was missing the mounting hardware to mound the wood perch, and the curtain. Other than the missing parts the item was great as always.
Nest box went together well. Birds took to it right away. Also purchased the Perch Popper. Works great, once I figured out the programing. They could use a better How To video on that.
This is the 3rd one Ive bought. They rock. Clean eggs.
Absolutely love the clean eggs! Should have ordered this years ago. Great product! Chickens adapted to it pretty quickly. Thanks again, Dan
Construction of the egg box deserves a 5. It is well made, easy to assemble, and solid. I can’t review its functionality yet as it is too cold to open up one side of my coop to install it. I have a concern about the open area under the collection side. I don’t like that it leaves a giant hole in the side of my coop allowing cold air to flow in. I plan to put a plywood “shelf” underneath to block it. I will make it so I can remove it for cleaning. I haven’t seen any other comments about this so maybe it is just me. I do hope the chickens learn to use it
It’s been more than two weeks since I installed the nest box on my coop, replacing our old egg box that had deteriorated. This is a similar size and installed in the same place in their coop, but they won’t use it. I even tried moving the flaps out of the way to make sure they understand they can go in there. But it’s a big nope. We have gotten a few eggs - laid on the floor of the coop because they want nothing to do with this nest box. No idea what to try next!
As usual everything is well done.
Love my Nesting Box and the customer support was so professional when I had to return the larger one for the smaller nesting box GREAT to do business with a professional company
Price and sturdiness is what decided it for me. Clean eggs is worth it.
My order came quickly. It had obviously been through A rough delivery process, but with a slight repair at one corner it easily was put together. Thanks for the needed fast delivery.
Well made and easy to assemblw
the chickens started laying in it immediately. No hestitation. I also have a 48 inch nest box. I purchased the 36 inch box because of the morning rush. It seems that several of the chickens wanted to lay the first thing in the morning. By having another nesting box solved the morning rush problem.
Very expensive decoration on my coop. Unfortunately I can not get my chickens to use.
I like the idea that it is made in the USA of course, but until the chickens actually start using it it is just a higher quality product that is adding no value yet. A nesting box by itself does not change our chickens habits and make them cooperative. This might take a while and frankly, might always be an issue to some degree.
Haven’t used it yet….
Packing was great, as were the instructions. We're very pleased with our purchase.
I’m so proud of this feeder. I love everything about it. There is absolutely no waste and rain proof. I love that I don’t have to fill a feeder every day. With the amount it holds food is still fresh. Thank you for creating such a great product
Wished I would have bought this right away, cause it is amazing.!!
You don’t find quality like this much anymore. Well made, easy to assemble. Excellent fit. Nice packaging
My general experience with the company was great, and the quality of the product is great. My chickens did not want to use it for several weeks. Only one was laying in it. Then I read the FAQ and pinned the curtains back with magnets. That led to the rooster going in. Finally, after about a month, there were 5 eggs in there yesterday. I hoped it would just take time for them to get used to it.
We have a bunch of new laying hens, some of them are laying poorly formed eggs. Yet, these weak eggs (shell-less or cracked sided shell) slide down with the rest of the eggs and have not spoiled the rest of the bunch, as usually would happen back when we used milk crates for nesting. I suppose the slope is just right for the rolling speed. Also, after a rain, with mucky feet, our eggs are still perfectly clean in the roll out tray. I'm so glad I made this investment. After years of egg farming. I wish I would have done this sooner.
Nice quality, easy to put together, my grandson and I put it together we are building the coop now so we have not actually seen it in use. We are looking forward to harvesting eggs in a few months.
Works as advertised really does limit waste chicken seem to like it very much. We’ll see how the harsh Florida Summer treats it and get back to you. I will say the price point is a tad bit high but we’ll see how it lasts!
Chickens Love the New Nest Box, So Do We!
We have a variety of hen breeds so we normally have white, brown blue, green, and tan eggs. Over the past 6 months we have only found brown eggs in the nest boxes and knew a couple chickens became egg eaters. They would even go back and forth to the nest box to check if there were more. So rather than get new chickens we bough the best nest box. I put it in front of the old boxes so they couldn't use then and waited. The first day only 1 chicken used the box. Now a couple months later all the chickens use the Best Nest Box and we now have a variety of eggs again. Not saying our egg eating problem is over but it makes it much more difficult for them to eat their eggs when they roll away. I would buy this again!
This is a good product and a better idea. There were screws missing when I received, a hole in the plastic bag so I imagine they were lost in shipping, not the manufacturer’s fault. The chickens can be trained to use however I had to remove one of the red privacy shades as they would not go in the box. After some training they use this very well.
Very pleased with the quality of the product, speed of delivery, and ease of assembly. Not all chickens are the same and you may need to use a few tricks to get them to use the box. However once they are laying in there, it works as advertised.
No more mess in the box and cleaner eggs
We initially purchased the Best Nest Box to stop our chickens from eating their eggs. However, we got so much more: Not only are we getting all the eggs, they’re super clean, the perch popper keeps the chickens out at night, and we’re now able to get them from outside of our chicken tractor. Very happy and satisfied with this purchase.
These covers do not stay in place when installed.
Honestly the box is beautiful. I love the construction and everything about it except my chickens won’t use it. I’ve tried various things to encourage use but they have stopped laying since it was introduced. Nothing at all. No idea why.
Well designed, instructions were fine, rubber eggs required to make it or any other nest box work well. I subject the chickens to 18 hrs of light daily and feed 21 grams of protein pellets.
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We build chicken coops here in Longview, TX and these are our favorite nesting boxes. They are easy to put together and install into our coops. All of our customers love the simplicity of the nesting boxes and how it seamlessly fits into our coop design. Thank you Best Nest Box for such an awesome product that we can use and ease of purchase.
This thing is awesome. It was kind of pricey but it will pay for itself in the amount of food it saves.
Very little trouble getting my girls to use it. I'm so glad I chose Best Nest Box for my chicken condo! All the eggs come out damage free & clean. So pleased with your product. Bailey was the inspector on the install!
Been one month and my chickens will not use the steel box.
We have a special needs nephew that lives with us . He loves going out to check the Nest Box every morning to see how many eggs are there, but we knew he would not enjoy gathering dirty or “poopy” eggs. The Nest Box works great. No broken eggs. Chickens can’t get to them to eat them and they are clean. 5 stars all around.
Your instructions packet was missing pages which made assembly difficult. Had to resort to YouTube for assembly instructions.
Used my others for three years. Itbwas time for new ones. They are back to layin in the boxes!
A very honest review from Maine: Love the design concept but in reality, my flock of 14 hens hardly ever used it over the 12 weeks that I offered it to them; they prefer simple, natural hay nests, rather than the steel and plastic of this product. The company description states, "up to 20 hens"which i believe needs clarification; I saw only two hens trying to fit into it at a time and they quickly jumped out. Perhaps, they meant to say holds 20 eggs. Just don't know. I phoned the company and they were great with their "training" suggestions which I took to heart, giving the time to make this Box successful. I tried taping the plastic, red curtains back; they still laid in the hay. I tried sweeping out the entire wooden coop floor, giving the hens seemingly no other laying alternative; they still laid on the floor. I repositioned the Box by lowering it; they still laid on the floor. On a rare day, I would find one or two eggs in there but they still preferred the hay. And those eggs, though clean of poop, would be grease-streaked from the metal rollout and I ended up having to clean the eggs anyway. I should think that the company's quality control would really ensure the customer received a throughly clean, ungreased Box. So, here I am in September, poorer in pocket and having to try to sell this very expensive Box. Imagine how may hay bales and/or feed I could have purchased for this $215 Box. In a nutshell, I'm none too pleased!