First of all, every thing I know, which is miniscule is from this site. I am NOT an expert of anything chicken related.
That being said I have many years as a general carpenter and for the last 5 work in a custom wood mill. So I'm not a novice.
However this was a rushed "slap together" deal over the course of 3 weekends. I could've made something much more elaborate and fancy but our birds were stuck in chicken hell in regards to the coop/run they were in, so time was of the essence being that we're going into winter.
All that being said I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves from here on out.
I drew up some very rough framing plans for the walls and roof but the canvas from there is wide open. Feel free to do exactly as I did or do what you want.
Living in the hot and humid mid/south east ventilation was the primary concern. I have 6 hens so I decided on a 6x6' coop and a 6x10' run.
I wanted roughly a foot overhang on the roof all the way around. This was to mainly give me my ventilation that I wanted but also looks good.
On paper, the natural overhang from the roof was enough ventilation, but I went a little further knowing how hot and humid it gets here. I added ventilation on the front and back walls just under the overhangs of the roof as well as a 2ft wide opening over the door to the coop.
On to the pictures. Any questions feel free to ask.
That being said I have many years as a general carpenter and for the last 5 work in a custom wood mill. So I'm not a novice.
However this was a rushed "slap together" deal over the course of 3 weekends. I could've made something much more elaborate and fancy but our birds were stuck in chicken hell in regards to the coop/run they were in, so time was of the essence being that we're going into winter.
All that being said I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves from here on out.
I drew up some very rough framing plans for the walls and roof but the canvas from there is wide open. Feel free to do exactly as I did or do what you want.
Living in the hot and humid mid/south east ventilation was the primary concern. I have 6 hens so I decided on a 6x6' coop and a 6x10' run.
I wanted roughly a foot overhang on the roof all the way around. This was to mainly give me my ventilation that I wanted but also looks good.
On paper, the natural overhang from the roof was enough ventilation, but I went a little further knowing how hot and humid it gets here. I added ventilation on the front and back walls just under the overhangs of the roof as well as a 2ft wide opening over the door to the coop.
On to the pictures. Any questions feel free to ask.
