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Chickens need something to roost on. The roost need to be in the most secure area of your setup. They should be higher than your nests, or else they will roost/poop in the nest resulting in poopy eggs. A big nest is ok, lots of people use communal nesting boxes instead of individual ones.

Your coop is 5x8, so that is 40 sq ft which should be enough for 10 hens, depending on how they get along. Some chickens get along good together, some don't. There are times when you can get by with less space in the coop as long as they have plenty of room outside. It's just those times that...

That depends. Your looking at 40 sq ft, which "technically" is big enough for 10 chickens if you go 4 sq ft per chicken in the coop. Looking at your pic, I'm assuming this is a coop with attached run? The coop is on the left and the run is on the right and runs under the coop? If this is...