Nest box size

i`m going to knock a couple of nest boxes up when i`m off work next week , is there a standaed size ?? i was thinking of 24 " x 14" x 14" all dowelled fronts ect and i`ll put a tray in bottom for cleaning ect.

northern monkey wrote:

i`m going to knock a couple of nest boxes up when i`m off work next week , is there a standaed size ?? i was thinking of 24 " x 14" x 14" all dowelled fronts ect and i`ll put a tray in bottom for cleaning ect.

think that's the standered size m8. tray in the bottom for easy cleaning, my boxes are all open at front, there size is 24 x 12 , 16 in 1 section 12 in the other. like them small but deep.   

mine are 24 " deep

Cheers lads , i`ve got an idea of what i want , whats the idea behind the deep nestboxes , is it to save on space so you can get more boxes in ??

there deeper they take more space but i do prefer them

peel bros wrote:

there deeper they take more space but i do prefer them

Thought the width was 12" and 24" deep ?? i was thinking width, so four boxes in a 4 ft width across , rather than two at 24" , ......are they the deep widowhood boxes with an open front and a nestbox front in the middle of the box, ....if that makes sense  

mine are 29" wide by 24 deep.about 14" high

peel bros wrote:

mine are 29" wide by 24 deep.about 14" high

That is one big box   i don`t think i could go that big , the loft is only going to be 12 x 8 with two 6 ft sections,

thats in an 8 ft section

peel bros wrote:

mine are 29" wide by 24 deep.about 14" high

Like you Ray I like big boxes also, mine are 24"x24"&18 inches high etc, I have/like a shelf in them at the back, just  so they can escape type of thing when they lay the next round. Stops a lot of trouble for what I have found.  
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i use open fronted boxes around 2x16x16, i also use pipo boxes, bits of plywood lent up against the walls of the loft, i use deep litter the birds will find seclusion where they like, i dont breed from the race team so it dont matter where they go, (or who with) as long as they are happy,they will perform, in short the loft is one big nest box?.  

peel bros wrote:

thats in an 8 ft section

Think i`ll keep em at 24" width but go deeper , i`ll keep the width because i`ll get three boxes across the 6 ft width and then just stack em high ...........cheers like the idea of more space

edgie wrote:

i use open fronted boxes around 2x16x16, i also use pipo boxes, bits of plywood lent up against the walls of the loft, i use deep litter the birds will find seclusion where they like, i dont breed from the race team so it dont matter where they go, (or who with) as long as they are happy,they will perform, in short the loft is one big nest box?.  

Edgie !!!!!!    I like the scientific approach     of yours etc, with the plywood. I new a bloke once who had card board boxes everywhere in the loft & the birds loved him for it, cheap & easily replaced as they say. Thou !!!!!    one never quite new what you would find at times, when you turned them around to see what was inside.
PS he flew a cracker of a pigeon.  
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I would make them 25x18x15 a pigeon can sit on a twig so 4" is ample once box is closed off