Recent content by JackE

About 20" or so, on center. Far enough so one bird can't bother another on the next roost. (But sometimes, a bird can get willful, and hop over to the same bar.)

As another long time Woods owner, I agree with Ted. Don't mess with the design. Block off the gaps with wood. With the front and rear soffits open, you will create quite the wind tunnel in the winter.

My Wood's coop is 10yrs old. It was the first one that I know of, on this site. I have, as it states in the book/plan, 6" eave/overhangs off of each end of the roofs. No overhang on the sides, or over the monitor section. I used aluminum drip edge, from Lowes, along each roof side, and...

Good job, that color scheme looks familiar.

With a wood floor, you will not have a true deep litter setup. Even if you let it get two feet deep. A true deep litter setup has a dirt floor. There are a bunch of posts on this forum about them. One thing though, OSB is not the best choice for a coop's floor. That stuff absorbs moisture...

The Wood's coop faces to the south/southeast, to take in all the sunlight possible. The sunlight coming in through the side and top windows, absolutely floods the coop with light. This is not a dark, shadowy coop. As I posted before, wind direction and wind speed, doesn't mean anything to...

The coop was designed to be used in cold climates. In the book, it is documented to have been used in -40 temps, up into Maine and Canada. With the open front, you get mass fresh air exchange, with Absolutely NO drafts, when it is in winter mode. (All windows shut). It just works through a...

Got all my windows from E-Bay. Old transom windows for the monitor. Old wood framed, single pane windows for the sides.

When the fence was first set up. But they learned very quick. They pick right at the line today, but they don't touch the fence.

Unless you have chicks, with no feathers, 38 degrees, is NOTHING, to a chicken. Get the heatlamp, out of the coop. There has been plenty of coops, and the birds, burned to the ground, in some baseless attempt to "KeepThemWarm". Insulation, where you live, is also a total waste of time, and...

Yeppers,

Sorry, don't have any pictures.

The reason I have sand up front in my Woods, is because the chicken entry door is up front. And I didn't want them to drag all the shavings out, as they come and go.

The inner screen windows help keep wild birds out of the coop. Over the yrs, I had a couple of sparrows come through the pop door anyway. But they were quickly evicted. I used Smartside for the sheathing for my coop. It has a 50yr guarantee. Going on 10 yrs, it looks as good as the day I...

I have a Woods. I was the first on this forum to build one, and post it here. Like ten yrs ago. I have found, during the winter, especially if there is snow on the ground, my birds will spend a lot more time in the coop. If you have 20 or so birds in there, it can start to get a bit smelly. I...