I have the PDZ on the poop board and clean up is easy and I have no odors in my coop (even in summer heat).
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that sounds good i have external nest boxes i plan to add a space under neth that will be glassed in to let it be a dusting area with plenty of lightI have a 8 X 8 coop (converted from a shed) with an 8 X 14 hoop run and I am very happy with it. I currently have five hens and two roosters. Keeping the roosters over the winter for warmth and will cull them in the spring and get five started pullets. Having worked with the coop since last summer, I have decided not to keep more than ten chickens. Could squeeze in a couple more but any more than that would be tight. I put a roost and poop board along the left side wall and a portion of the back wall (like an "L") and I have three nest boxes on the balance of the back wall (lower than the roost). I hang the feeder under the poop board and have a dusting box under the poop board as well. On the right side wall there is a window, the waterer and pans for grit and oyster shell. Plenty of floor space; I can walk around the coop to do chores comfortably without getting in the way of the flock. The only improvement I'm considering in the summer is to make the nest boxes external. That would give even more floor space.