5 gallon bucket nestboxes?

[jojo67]

Originally Posted by k-will

while i like my milkcrate boxes for perches,after seeing the bucket boxes on the wall,i see some problems with them and am scrapping the idea.i will still use them when i need a nest on the floor,i think they are great for that.you guys that were using or gonna use the square ones.i think you are better off.now im experimenting with 2 milkcrates attached together with a little doorway cut between the 2 .the silly ideas i come up with.

I think the crates are a great job, would they make a nestbox if you put the two together, very good for ventilation, easy to clean when finished breeding.

[DEEJAY7950]

Wow plastic milk crates, that takes me back 30 years ago when i used them on a wall for nest boxes, just used a thin piece of plywood on the front about 4/5 inches put in a nest bowl and let the birds do the work, yes when your young your more open to things (especially things that are FREE) and try many things and learn what works and what doesn't, I wouldn't mind trying the bucket thing, if i had buckets, I would build a frame work sort of like perches so all you would have to do is set the bucket in it's hole,slide in slide out, leave the top on, cut out your opening and then tweek the design drill small holes for venting top and bottom or what ever you choose, kind of takes us all back to the days of orange crates in the back yard doesn't it!

[k-will]

deejay,im not very young,just cheap. no,seriously,my thought behind the milkcrates was not hindering the ventilation in my loft which the high vents will be right above the crates on the high wall.guess the pic kind of shows that if you look close.they are very minimal for a nestbox,but we will see.

[DEEJAY7950]

LoL don't say cheap, say thrifty or frugal sounds better lol lmao! Boy us old timers, the things we remember and the things we forgot lol, a bump on the head and oh yea now i remember! Have a good day!

[k-will]

heck,i cant remember what im doing from one day to the next,but ask me for a band number,and i can quote those all day long.

[DEEJAY7950]

lol lmao! priorities, priorities !

[k-will]

jojo,im still workin on that double milkcrate box.it will work i tell you.