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The simple fact of having a walk-in coop instead of an elevated reach-in coop means the nestboxes can be above the floor, with the roosts higher than the nests. This leaves the floor free for chickens to actually walk on. Those details solve some of the major coop-interior problems that are...

Why not? Do you think that kind of fence is going to stop them? I'm pretty sure they climb well enough to go over just about anything. Some people on this forum have game cameras showing lots of predators in their yards, that they would otherwise never know about. (The ones posting about it...

Not really more work, if the run would already have a roof and be predator proofed. It's just another way to think of what is already planned: think of them as sleeping in the "run" in the summer, and maybe put a nestbox out there, rather than think of them as sleeping in the "coop" for summer.

Lots of ventilation is a great thing. You definitely need enough, even in winter. But with such drastic weather changes from summer to winter, you might consider letting them live out in the run for the summer. If it is predator-proof and has a roof, all it needs are roosts and nests. You...

If you make the run secure enough to keep out predators, and put some roosts in it, the chickens may prefer to sleep there during the summer (lots of air movement.) Then your chickens will definitely need the option to stay inside on nasty days, so you need the coop to be big enough too. You're...

What climate are you in? That affects how much of the year your chickens can use the run, which affects how important coop size is. In some climates, the hens really do use the enclosed coop only for sleeping and laying eggs, and spend all their days in the run. Most prefab coops will sort-of...