Rollaway Nest Box Colony Double Layer

Our USA-made rollaway egg nesting boxes use no plastic lids or trays to break as others on the market. They are made of heavy 26 and 16-gauge galvanized metal. 

The 26 gauge is used on the main horizontal structure and the 16 gauge is used for some of the ends and cross members for extra support. Others on the market use thinner gauge metals.

Nest boxes are 8” tall x 48” wide at the entrance point for the front collection and 14" tall when used as a rear collection making the rear collection ideal for larger breed birds. Inside the compartment, measures 14" tall x 48" wide x 11-1/2” deep. 

The double-layer nest box measures overall 48” wide 35” tall 17” deep.

The Colony Nest Boxes also ship flat to save on shipping costs and will come completely unassembled like a large erector set. The next boxes assemble using 3/16 and 1/4 bolts. Instructions are the same as the divided boxes so the assembler will need to focus on just the pertinent parts (less the dividers) at hand. Click Here for assembly instructions. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most difficult, they will rate between 9-10. People who are mechanically inclined can visualize from the pictures and the limited assembly drawings seem to do well. Those who need detailed step-by-step instructions will likely struggle without some help. It will be good to have a second set of hands to hold the longer parts as they are being bolted together.  Metal edges may be sharp, and gloves should be worn. You will need a flat-head screwdriver, adjustable wrench, or wrenches for the nuts, and a hammer to attach the caps on the lid hinge bar.

With old-fashioned Amish-made quality comes some non-modern-day conveniences. Nesting boxes are built and shipped from a small Amish shop without computers using only old-fashioned UPS Logbooks. We do not receive electronic tracking numbers.

We will give you a general idea of the ship date and then you will just need to let us know if for some reason you don't receive the order within 10 days for us to manually have it tracked. This system has worked very well with hundreds of these nest boxes being shipped.

The Colony Nest Boxes are made by the same Amish shop that makes our 2, 4, and 8 compartments divided rollaway nest boxes that we have sold for over a decade. They use a bit thicker galvanized metal on the important cross members and brackets. Our cost is also a bit less on the Colony so that we can pass that savings on to the customers.

The Colony Nest Boxes have a PVC-coated wire mesh floor with a slide-out manure tray underneath so that the manure falls clear of the egg collection. The wire mesh is set on a slope with some curvature to give it a spring-soft landing for the eggs to drop and roll on. The Colony Nest Boxes have open backs that slide over removable wall cleats and will need to be hung on a solid surface. The nest boxes can also be mounted back-to-back sandwiched with a board between to use as a center aisle in larger operations.