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I want to warn you that they love to take dust baths, so if you use shavings, and probably anything else, they will scratch and fluff and make a dusty mess! If you can, have high sides containing the mess from their floor. I would do as high as possible, like more than 1'. If I were to build one, and I'm thinking about it, LOL, I would make it tall with lots of perches to fly to, walk-in-able can be thin and long with only one side caged, the others solid. Or else still at least 2 1/2 feet tall and off the ground waist high with a large door for easy access.
But frankly, I plan on making mine somewhat like that, only it will be on the patio. My chicks have made so much dust, I really don't want any in the house anymore, LOL. But on the patio, I can give them warmth, etc.. whatever they need
I have a Florida room but I'm afraid my neighbors would complain about any crowing. Also it gets pretty hot in there in the summertime.