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Unless broody, hens use the box to lay in and then leave. The usual recommendation is 1 nestbox for every 4 hens -- though they'll often all lay in the same box anyway.

That's a splendid place for your chickens to live. So much better than a prefab. That roofed run is just wonderful.

You should be in great shape then. :) Be sure to make a coop page article on it and enter the coop page contest. People need to know about these creative alternatives to those cheap and inadequate prefabs. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-coop-page-contest-12.1483504/

This is good advice. Here's an article on safe props for top-hinged windows:https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/window-support-for-top-hinged-windows.74810/ Since a dresser is undoubtedly not made from treated wood you will want to make sure that it's up off the wet ground and...