[Oneeyedhen]

My hens keep going broody too and put everyone off laying. I'd quite like one to stay broody but wherever I move her to a dog cage on her own with a nice little nest box and eggs she doesnt sit on them. If I let her out she's straight back to one of the nest boxes in their house. I dont know what to do with them. 

[Castle Farm]

Most of my laying boxes are made from feed tubs.

I also use them as drinkers. I have a large number of these around the sheds and runs and the birds use them to lay in.

If a bird goes broody I move her and the box into broody coop. They very rarely come off if you do it this way. If you can't get any of the tubs use cardboard boxes and burn them after a week or two to prevent mites.

[in the hills]

Thank you Castle Farm I really like that idea.

Could tuck some of those in the hedges to try to encourage my Friesians to lay somewhere acceptable.  Easy to clean too.

[Castle Farm]

Just keep your eye on red mite under the groves in the lid and under the top of the tub.
Red mite don't mind plastic at all. I wash the lid and tub in bleach and swill out after a hatch comes out.

If your brooding in them cut the hole out low down to allow any chicks that jump out to get back in under the hen or she will come off the eggs to brood the cheaping chick.

[suziequeue]

Excellent.