Hmm. Now I am going to have to go out and take pictures of my setup... how far above the nests are the poop trays? And how far above the trays are the roosts? I can't picture it in my head, lol. I shall return tomorrow.
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Ours (silkies) sleep on top of the nest boxes. We tried roosts and they wouldn't use them. I have a drywall scraper and a giant rubber dustpan that makes quick work of it.What I know for sure is, your roosts MUST be higher than your nests. Chickens will naturally roost on the highest perches available. If your nest boxes are the highest point, that is where they will roost, and you will have very poopy eggs.
I will update in April! No chance of building right now, unfortunatelyIs this what you ended up going with for design? I’d love to see pictures of the finished product, if you’ve gotten that far I’m thinking of building something similar!