The coop dimensions will be 8 x 4, but the back side will be the nesting boxes taking up the 1 foot. So I'm not including that in my calculation. I don't want to have to buy another sheet of plywood just for a foot.
Thanks for the detailed response!
I'm in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Winters arn't too bad here in comparison to the central and east coast, or even Ottawa or Toronto areas. We're across from a large island on Lake Ontario, so we don't get the lake effect like other towns along the lake. We...
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So I'm planning my coop right now. I bought the plans off of Etsy (pic below) but will be heavily modifying the design to suit my needs. I'd like to have around 8 chickens. The dimensions of my coop will be 7' x 4', with 3-4 nesting boxes.
Now my biggest question is...