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That sounds like a really good idea!

Thanks!

Okay, I'll put some thought into reconfiguration. I had originally intended the 10 footer to be lower, I just ran out of 2x4 to create the drop. That is easily remedied. Yes, I can move the lower one. Any thoughts on locating the nesting boxes?

I am so confused. Should I lower the 10 foot long one and just have it and not the lower ones or get rid of the 10 foot and leave the one that has two 5 foot parallel roosts? Everything I had read said I needed a foot of roost for each bird so I put 20 feet of roost, although they are always on...

They can't get into the run area unless I let them out. I guess that's not the best way to do it but their run isn't predator proof.

Would 4 be enough for 18 (I might have two roos) layers?

The coop is 10 feet wide. The high roost is a 10 foot 2x4 but it's almost 5 feet off the ground. The lower roost (it's moveable, not attached to the coop like the high one) is between the high roost and the wall. I did it that way so they had a way to get up to the high one. The shed is 16 x 10...

Here is my setup. The shed is 16 x 10. The upper roost is a 10 foot 2x4. The lower is two parallel 5 foot 2x4s. The front area, where the partition is, cuts about 4 foot off the 16. I keep the feed up there and I close that door at night, as well as the metal shed door.

Yes, I do have a walled off area towards the front of the shed made of chicken wire and 2x4's. Are there partitions on the inside of this setup? where each circle is into it's own box?

Just to be clear, you're saying I could make just one large nesting area? I never thought about that, though I knew that they often use the same box anyway. If I convert the "mini" roost (from what I had read, I needed 20 feet of roosting room) how would they get up to the top roost? The thing...

I've finished everything but the nesting boxes for my chickens and wondered if anyone might have recommendations for style. I want to build them into the corners on either side of the lower roost, shown in picture. I have 20 chickens but I think I may have at least two roosters, not positive...