An experiment was conducted to know the laying behaviour of egg and meat type chicken as influenced by nest tier. Two hundred and sixteen hens of two different strains; Commercial Layer (CL) and Synthetic Broiler Breeder (SBB) hens aged 35 weeks were randomly distributed in 4 pens. Six additional males were added with synthetic females to each pen to obtain hatching eggs. The three tier nest having rice husk as nesting material was placed in each pen to observe choice of nest to lay eggs, egg weight, and time spent for laying, and incidence of egg breakage of egg and meat type chickens. The cleanliness of floor egg and nest laying egg was also evaluated. Results indicated that heavier eggs were laid in 1st and 2nd tier than that of 3rd tier in both the strains. CL laid more eggs in 3rd tier than that of SBB. The provision of three tier nests will produce more clean egg in CL than that of SBB. More clean eggs were found in the nest in CL as compared to SBB. Three tier nests seem to be more suitable for commercial layers than for synthetic broiler breeders. 1385910056.php