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When describing egg-laying habits of each breed, my favorite chicken book (A Chicken in Every Yard, by Robert and Hannah Litt) mentions average quantities of eggs laid in the summer vs. winter. For example, my breeds will lay an average of 5-6 a week in the summer and 3-4 a week in the winter...

this is so terrific! it looks like a really thoughtful design - practical and great looking too!

Thanks, Webster4 - On the right side of the run post is where I've attached the coffee and soup cans that I planted with the greens for the chickens, the idea being that we snip a few leaves off for the ladies as we enter the run - it's nice to have them right there, and the chickens love it!

That is a great point, KAC266! I hadn't thought of that - I will try to set them on their roost tonight (and hereafter, until they do it themselves). Thanks for the tip!!!

They did it!!! Last night I glanced out the kitchen window and noticed that one of the four chickens was walking up the ramp into the coop - the others soon followed! When I went out to close the coop door, I noticed that all 4 chickens were in a clump, hunkered down inside of a single egg...

Thanks, you guys! I took this photo before I added the frame to cover the lawn (that's now starting to grow) in the middle section of the planter inside the run. It's super cute to watch those chicks stand over it and try to grab a blade or two of grass through the screen!) - I wish I could...

I love that you did this with as many recycled/repurposed materials as possible - an inspiration to the rest of us!

Such thought went into this! I really like the "viewing" window, and that the design matches your house - terrific!

What a great, cabin-y coop! I love that it's reclaimed wood and that you plan to have grape vines covering it!

This is fantastic - I love the PVC pipe idea to secure the doors!!!

This is great - I'm particularly envious that it took only a "couple of weeks" to build :) - it took me longer to build my coop/run than to renovate my kitchen!!! Looks like your chickens will have a wonderful place to live, good luck raising those Rhode Island Reds!

My 4 chickens are about 10 weeks old now and have been out in their coop/run for a week (exclusively in the coop for the first couple days). Every night, I pick each one up and put her in her coop. When do they start to walk up the ladder into the coop on their own? I certainly don't mind...

Yep, the run is big enough for sure - just not feeling confident about the coop size. I'm getting some helpful feedback from everyone though! The coop roof IS pitched toward the run, but I built a runoff system that ends up watering my ferns behind the coop :) Good luck with your flood!!!

Thanks All, We are a family of early risers, so the plan is to open the coop at the crack of dawn for the girls everyday so they're able to roam the run as they wish. We also plan supervised free-ranging outside of the run while we're home. So, I imagine they will only sleep and lay while in...

I just spent the last seven weekends building a coop and run for our 7-week old chicks. We have 4 chicks total. I am just now getting nervous that our coop is too small!!! Our coop is 3' x 3' x almost 3' high, with an external egg box. Our run is covered and there is shelter beneath the coop...

I totally agree: A Chicken in Every Yard, by the folks at the Urban Farm Store in Portland. I am lucky enough to have these guys (and girls) as my local farm store and they (and their book) have been AMAZINGLY helpful and full of great advice!!!