The barn owl trust a leading authority on barn owls recommends increasing their nest box dimensions by 50 for the american barn owl equating to a floor dimension of 30 x 24 5 ft2 and a minimum of 10 ft3 for a box that is 24 deep.
Barn owl box.
This innovative nest box is contributing to highly effective natural rodent control programs while reducing the use of pesticides and aiding in barn owl conservation in numerous states.
A box on the outside will only last about 10 15 years.
Our signature product the patented barn owl box is now in use by thousands of orchards vineyards row crop farms and private land owners.
An indoor barn owl nestbox is not suitable for outdoor use and an outdoor nestbox is much better placed in a tree because trees usually afford more shelter and owlets can sometimes climb a tree to re enter the box.
Our design is 11 ft3 with with nearly 6 ft2 of floor space.
We sell and ship owl nest boxes bird houses and bat boxes anywhere in the world.
Barn owl nest boxes are often set up inside an open air building such as a barn shed or an abandoned building but barn owls will also move into a nest boxes mounted to trees or poles in suitable open areas near fields woodlands and orchards.
Barn owls can easily be attracted to nest boxes barn owls have become very popular to attract for various reasons.
Abandoned or seldom used barns are the best location to install a nest box.
The ideal size for barn owl boxes is 1m2 floor area x 1m depth but such big boxes are generally impractical.
Property owners can benefit the same way with sometimes no more than one or two nest boxes.
For any barn owl nestbox less than 700mm deep an exercise landing platform below the entrance hole is vital for the safety of young fledglings.
A box on the inside will last as long as the building.
Grassland fallow fields hayfields open marshes savannah and cropland pasture are ideal habitat for barn owls.
However mounting one on a pole or tree works as well.
Our owl boxes are superior quality easy to install and are maintenance free.