The inside to our stilt coop it opens from the back, I placed chicken wire so chickens can’t escape during egg gathering time. The nesting boxes are 5 gallon buckets cut in 1/2 with the sealed end toward the front and the open end toward the back to allow for egg gathering. Has you can see then new Buffs we had gotten from our friend Mr. Duck of Gone to the Birds seem to like there house in the sky.