Nesting Box Question

[perkolator]

If your rooster keeps sleeping in the nest box, I'd try to assess why they're not going up to the roosts - it could be an issue with the pathway up/down from them, it could even be an aggressive hen who's more dominant.

I currently have a bantam buff silkie rooster, for a while he got picked on by the older hens, but he definitely sleeps with all the other hens 6ft up in the air on the roost bars in the run. Have had other silkies in the past and they got up/down from those roosts without issue either. I do have a ladder system for them to use, but he can definitely jump/fly up like 3ft

IMO an auto door is semi-pointless if your coop is setup inside a secured run that they're penned in daily.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I have a few questions about them though. First, I'm assuming untreated wood is needed. I will have to try and find some. Second, what is best for the floor? Is it better to have a solid wood bottom, a wire bottom, or no bottom(placed on a wire cage)? The weather here is mostly mild. In winter it doesn't get under 40 degrees Fahrenheit at the coldest. Does it need to have a roof?

I don't think wood type matters. Not sure how having no bottom on the nests would work though, nor why it would be inside a cage?

If it's outside it'd need a roof or some form of covering to keep it dry and provide some privacy. Otherwise it's more or less optional.