Nope, I had three boys out of eight [supposedly sexed] day old pullets. I loved them all, one especially was just a dream rooster in every way and not a bit aggressive with people. BTW do you have some cockerels showing up? or did he get 'straight run' - I forget if you said.
LOL, the last two batches I've incubated had 7 of 9 roosters. So I better love roostersNope, I had three boys out of eight [supposedly sexed] day old pullets. I loved them all, one especially was just a dream rooster in every way and not a bit aggressive with people. BTW do you have some cockerels showing up? or did he get 'straight run' - I forget if you said.
...past my bedtime 
Very cute chick
Even just scrambled like you make for yourself is real good when you want to baby them a bit. No reason they can't eat raw either - I just dont, too messy.
Regular chicken wire is not quite enough as @Leighe pointed out. The chickens can put their heads thru and the raccoon grabs and pulls. I think the raccoons somehow entice them. Also sometimes a big raccoon can tear the chicken wire, dogs too. Best to add hardware cloth to a height of three ft or so if you can.
He came around and helped with the doors and a few things, but she designed it and really did most of the work! It's a beautiful coop, complete with doors, windows, separate area for supplies, roosts, nest boxes, shingle roof and siding! She took pics while building, had all her measurements and explained how she made the whole thing in a great article. She did a great job and it's such a great story! Anyway, obviously ours isn't one of those, haha, maybe someday though, we'll see. I want to get them eventually, (they'll hang off the inside coop wall) just because I think they'll like them (first it's a name, then it's special furniture...), but I'd like to know anyway. 
There are tons of people here who love their roosters. But it means we have great roosters, lol. There are even some who make "bachelor pads" for a group of roosters. Everybody can find somebody to love them and to love.....even roosters
Oh yeah, you said they were laying eggs on the bedding. .
What breeds? or did you say already LOL
I like it! He deserves credit for getting a lot right on his first build. I'm not sure of the interior coop dimensions, is it 4 x 8 and the wire enclosed part 8 x 8? Usually its best to have at least[ because chicken math happens
] 4 sq ft per bird of enclosed floor space [excluding nest boxes feeders, etc] and at least 10 sq ft per bird in the run and roughly a foot of roosting space per bird. So for that reason I would consider cutting an opening to install the nest boxes on the outside so as not to reduce your floor space. I would love to have your son's set up. What I would think about doing in the future is enclose the whole 8 x 8 area for a walk-in coop - keeping the current coop as is for other uses, ie temp isolation for reintegrating an injured hen [sound like something you might need?] Simply put - the more room you can give them, the fewer management /behavioral problems you will have. What he has can work, perhaps a vent is needed down low to create some passive ventilation allowing the moisture and ammonia laden air to escape thru the vents under the roof.Leghorns in general are not known to be the most calm and cuddly of breeds.
A pullet is a female chicken less than one yr. old. A one yr she becomes a hen.
