nest box

noun

1. a box in a henhouse in which domestic chickens lay eggs
2. a box designed as a nesting place for wild birds and positioned in a garden, park, or reserve to encourage them to breed there

Example Sentences

No nest box or pan is really needed, but many pigeon keepers use a nest bowl, called a nappy, of earthenware or wood fiber.

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As it moved toward the trap, all three suddenly took alarm and darted back under cover, the female hiding in the trap nest box.

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Take every nest box and wash inside and out, and put in clean straw, sprinkling upon it some sulphur or loose tobacco.

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Tame Mother Pigeon often lays two more eggs in the next nest-box even before her twins are out of their nest.

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