Nest boxes (so many) That's just the way I built it. Uniformity I guess.
No windows. The soffits are open and the wire openings under the roost.
The poop that falls thru I rake every few days.
1.2" mesh? You mean 1.5" - too late now to install new wire.
Pics are attached. My birds are 5-6 weeks old. I won't let them free range until they are older. My coup is 16' x 6.5' overall. The hutch is 4.5' x 6.5'. It includes three nest boxes on three sides and there are two roost inside. There is plywood on the floor of the entrance. Beneath the roost...
I purchased two dozen Red Sex Link, but I think they are something else because all but 5 are solid white. I purchased them from Tractor Supply. Who really knows what I have. I am also currently hatching 28 Novogen Brown eggs and three easter eggers. Hopefully I will get a high hatch rate...