I didn't mean to imply that our hens roost in the nesting boxes, because they don't. It just so happens one room of our coop has both nesting boxes and a roosting area. The second room has just nesting boxes and the third room has only a roosting area. We are still new at this chicken thing and when we bought the farm the coop was already there and it has worked well for us. We will have to make some modifications when it is time to take the babies from the brooder to the coop area, because I don't want to mix my babies with the adults. Thank you all for this forum. I have learned soooooo much.