"Sounds good so far. Keep us posted."

"Tiered bars have worked really well for me. Good luck!"

"I bought my composting barrel from the City of Phoenix (for $5, by the way). It's made from the top half of the recycling containers used throughout the city, about 3 ft. tall. They drilled holes top to bottom of 6" apart and from left to right (or…"

"Your chickens will generally roost in the highest possible place, which is why you need to have them higher than your nest boxes-- if you don't, there will be a ton of poop in the nest boxes every morning. Each bird needs 8"-12" of roost bar space,…"

"Oh, roost higher than the nests. I didn't know that. Thanks for the quick response."

"either way would probably work. Mine ignore them completely and stand on top of the roost wall instead. For some reason you need to make sure your roost poles are higher than you nest boxes though. Not sure why, but that is what they say."

"That is so cool. I'm still in the design stages for the yard and haven't gotten as far as you. Keep us "newbies" up-to-date on your success. We'd definitely like to hear about it."