Thank you, it is fun and works for them and me. But, confess I am envious of the beautiful closed coops I see on these pages, must feel so secure for the girls. I love your roosts and poop screen. How do you do with the bugs in your area if you don't deep clean? Just incase I move to somewhere cooler and wetter?
I actually really like open air coops and while we could have them here, keeping rain and snow out of the roost area and nests could be tough, plus I had floods last year so having an enclosed, slightly elevated coop gave my flock a safe place to ride out the floodwaters.
I've had mites, once (and my theory is the floodwaters carried them in as we had debris from other properties wash up in our yard). Other than that, really no pest insect problem.