Your design looks similar to my coop except for the roof design. This (Coops for Dummies) plan also had an outside nest box under that window you can see but I didnt like the idea of a possible racoon breach, rain leak,...
I don't know the answer however I can tell you that I insulated my coop and this is what I have found. I live in Maine. Our winters don't get as cold as yours but we do get well below zero on occasion! My coop is only 4X4 with 3...
Oh my word! My three girls haven't laid a single egg in 9 days. It looks as though there has been a feather pillow fight in their coop/run areas. Poor girls. I'm in Maine and it's starting to get chilly! I...
My Pip is fine. I had thrown a big bunch of beet greens into the run and well... Pip is a pig. Although it looked more like some kind of scary neurological disorder or something... I think she was just stuffed to the top...
My 15mos old hen just started doing the same thing tonite. I just noticed it when I went out to close them up for the night. Maybe it happened when I flashed her with the flashlight? Maybe it is a seizure? God,...
I agree Sal.. If you're gonna take on the responsibility... do it right! My girls are in the Fort Knox of chicken coops. I watched 3 young foxes run across my front yard yesterday. The day before that I was out in the...