Thank you for that! I am constantly on a search for better ways to do things. My feeder is working okay right now but is on the floor of the coop and they do kick straw into it sometimes, so a "table" might be a good plan. However the silkies would never be able to get up to it so probably I should just leave well enough alone. I like your roosts. Sorry Scout's status is lower but hopefully she will regain status as her leg heals.It isn't very elaborate. I built a sort of shelf along one side of the coop supported by the wall and end of the coop along with a 2x4 at the outside corner. It is maybe 20 inches wide. I put the waterer on some pavers below it to protect it from poop, and ont of the feeders hangs just a little above it near the corner of the coop. It allows them just a bit more space if they have to stay in during bad weather. I also keep egg shells in a dish in the corner of it.
This picture was taken as I was getting it set up at first. I now have shavings up to the bottom of the waterer (and a bigger waterer), and less stuff on the table. To put it in perspective, the roost in the background is 2 1/2 feet above the floor and in this picture about 6" on shavings on the floor. I now have more shavings, so her jump wasn't really high.
When I checked in after the light went out in the coop, she was on the TOP roost in the corner near the top of the ramp by where the fan is in this picture. In the following picture taken last winter, she (in better days) is on the other top roost next to the white chicken. The end near the fan is considered lower "class" by the girls. Poor baby. How far she has dropped in rank.
Both pictures are taken from the north end of the coop standing in the people door.
Josie, that is funny that you feel big but Mommahen says you look small. With my first, I felt huge and thought it must be obvious to everyone that I was pregnant. When I was 6 months pregnant we were house-hunting. At an open house, I was looking around at a house for its suitability for our growing family and the realtor came over to do his sales pitch. At one point he said "And, if you decide to have kids one day, this will make a great room for a baby...." and I just looked at him slack-jawed because I'm standing there with what feels like a huge belly pointed towards him and he apparently hadn't even noticed I was pregnant. Sigh.