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I've only had 3 "lots" of chickens. My first lot years ago were Australorps. My older girls are isa browns, and my new girls are araucana crosses. With my very limited chicken experience, I've noticed differences. My Australorps were "walkers", they were big, and heavy and I didn't really...

I also like that configuration because you can easily block off the tunnel if you want the chooks in the run while you clean their house, or vice versa. With my house and run, you have to access the house through the run and all the chickens can get out of the run every time you open the door...

Just so you could put the nest boxes at the front, instead of having to put them at the back. Just consider what will be the easiest and most direct access. Mark the whole coop and run out on the ground, where the doors will be, where the nest boxes will be, then walk to it from your house...

ah, gotcha, thanks. Do you have space restrictions? Any reason you can't orientate it "sideways" so that the run is on the "side" and the nest boxes at the "front"?

Is there any reason that they have to be at the back, rather than at the front? Every time you check them, that's another 4 feet to get to them. The closer the better, IMO.