Our owl boxes are superior quality easy to install and are maintenance free.
Barn owl box.
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.
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.
The ideal size for barn owl boxes is 1m2 floor area x 1m depth but such big boxes are generally impractical.
However mounting one on a pole or tree works as well.
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.
Abandoned or seldom used barns are the best location to install a nest box.
Our signature product the patented barn owl box is now in use by thousands of orchards vineyards row crop farms and private land owners.
No perch is necessary and adding one will only give footing to predators.
Property owners can benefit the same way with sometimes no more than one or two nest boxes.
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.
A typical barn owl nest box has a six inch entrance hole that is suitable for a barn owl but too small for a great horned owl and the hole should be approximately four inches above the floor of the box.
A box on the inside will last as long as the building.
Barn owls can easily be attracted to nest boxes barn owls have become very popular to attract for various reasons.
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.