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Blooie is offline but I sent her a PM asking her to pop in and share her experience. She lives in Northern WYO so also has a lot of snow.

Covering half is certainly an option. I would cover the half that buts up to the coop so they don't have to trudge through snow to get to the sheltered area if you do cover it. There is a place here in Colorado that advertises on Craigs list making giant hoops for green houses and such that...

I will add that a hoop style run if done properly can be tarped in the winter and shed most if not all of the snow off of itself. Just a thought I had since you will be starting fresh.

Quite the opposite I am afraid. In the summer I do add a couple shade tarps. The kind that lets the water through but blocks the strong sun. I got mine from Lowes sold by the linear foot so a 1 foot by 6 foot piece is like a buck fifty. Shade with air flow and some sun penetration in the...

To answer the run question. Many have roofs on the runs to help keep them dry. I find with a roof the sun never shines in a large run and smell can be a bit on the rank side of things. Mine is wire topped for 2 reasons. Budget and I like the sun to shine in there to help with the poo...

I have had several kinds of coops. I will list what I found as benefits and drawbacks of each. Walk in converted shed. Benefit 1. easier to clean 2. more room for the chickens drawback 1. mine had inside sheeting so the mice liked to live in the walls. 2. Had to modify it and getting...