Cleaning Chicken Nesting Or Laying Boxes

Chicken laying boxes, whatever they are made from need to be kept clean. Our Chickens nesting boxes are of vital importance to us as keepers of Chickens and we don't want an unsuitable environment for the eggs to be layed or for the Hen to incubate her eggs.

Even being a Chicken owner who is fairly fastiduos about keeping the Chicken Coop clean and thi s includes keeping the laying boxes clean, I still regularly get less than perfectly clean eggs. We shall look at some of the best ways of cleaning the Chicken nesting boxes, or as we sometimes mix up two descriptions, the Chicken laying box.

What To Use As Bedding For Chickens

There are any number of differnet materials we can use for Hen laying boxes. We just need something that is not too coarse for the Hens while they are laying and also something that will safely cushion the eggs as they are layed. Pieces of shreded newspaper are ideal if they are in abundance as a liner for nesting boxes as are things like hay if it is in fairly small pieces.

What I find ideal though is sawdust. Sawdust for Chickens bedding in their Chicken nest is ideal for a number of reasons. Primarily I recommend sawdust for lining nesting boxes for Chicken because it is cheap and it works so well. If you use sawdust it will absorb any droppings quite well and will also keep the poultry nesting boxes extremely clean as it absorbs so much.

Cleaning Chicken Nesting Boxes

How to clean Chicken laying boxes is straightforward, especially if you use plastic or metal nesting boxes for Chickens. If you do then it is a simple matter of emptying out the sawdust or whatever material you use as a lining for the Hen laying boxes, and giving it a thorough rinse. If you get a bowl of warm water with some liquid detergent then this should be sufficient. Simply clean out the Hen laying boxes by washing out in the soapy water. Simple and very quick.

For wooden Chicken nesting boxes you may have a little more work ahead of you. Wood can absorb a lot of smells and can easily become ingrained with Chicken droppings. If the Hens laying boxes are very dirty and grimy then something like a putty knife may be your best bet to begin with. Scrape off everything you can on the nesting boxes for Chickens before you go any further.

After the Hen laying boxes are relatively clean via this method then use the soapy water as just described. If you do this early in the day after the hens have laid then I would recommend that you also add a little bleach to the water. Give the Chicken nesting boxes a thorough clean and then leave outside to dry for a while. This will get rid off any of the bad smells the bleach may cause. Ensure you have also rinsed off as much of the mild bleach solution as you can with soapy water as well. You do not want to harm your Hens by letting them inhale bleach.

When it comes to cleaning Chicken laying boxes or nesting boxes there really is not much more to it than that.