This is what it looks like inside the chicken coop. The picture on the top left shows the stairs that the chickens use to go to their sleeping quarters above which is 4 feet high. Just below their sleeping quarters is where they have their nest boxes. We placed three plastic nest boxes inside so they can chose which one they like to use best. The nest boxes were placed at about two and a half feet high from the concrete floor. We use rice hull as litter material which is about six inches high over the concrete floor. So the actual height of the nest boxes from the surface of the litter is only two feet high. We just cleaned out the litter on the floor when these pictures were taken. We placed a piece of wood in front of the nest boxes and this serves as a landing area when they want to go into their nest.
The picture on the top right shows the bottom of the stairs and beside it is the pop door that leads to the chicken run. This door is always kept open throughout the day so the chickens can come and go as they please. They always like hanging outside in the chicken run anyway except when it is raining. Whenever we give them some vegetables, the first one to grab a piece would run like hell with it and goes inside the chicken coop and the rest would follow and chase her until she drops it. It's really fun just watching them doing their own antics.
The last picture at the bottom shows the pop door in its closed position. We close this door at night when all the chickens are inside to protect them from night time predators. We do have a cat in the neighborhood that comes into our yard at night and we do not want him smelling the chickens. On the opposite side of the pop door (not seen in pic) is a PVC pipe that we cut in half and this serves as their feeding trough. We make sure that we do not give them more than what they could finish for the night so there is no left over foods on the feeding trough. The waterer inside the coop is a 1.5- litter plastic soda bottle with a nozzle attached to the mouth. The chickens drink from this bottle by pecking at the nozzle and it releases the water.
