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I would need to close my doors in the winter for heat retention. We can get into single or even negative temps in January and February.

Thanks for the feedback. It does sound like we are on the same journey. I do have concerns about if the Nestera coops would get too hot in the summer. I am in the upper north east, so our maximum temperatures are in the 90s, but where I plan to put the coop would get a lot of late day sun...

You are making me think I might take a second look at the bigger of the two TSC ones. I’ve gone deep down the rabbit hole of what we can find prefab and what we can stretch our budget to accommodate. Right now I’m looking at Nestera.

We plan to start with 3, maybe 4. I think the max we would ever have is 6. The more research I do the more I think we will be sticking to small to medium size breeds. We are more looking for pest control (we have a serious tick problem) vs significant egg production.

Yes, but the dog doors that I use to prop open for the chickens are gone. 😞 We are also working on renovating the barn to bring my soon to be retired horse home.

Yes, planning on them being free range as much as possible.

Oh wow, that size difference is startling. Do you have any thoughts on the one in your picture next to it? Neither my husband or I are handy, so we are going to be relying on prefab for our coop.

Looking for reviews on this coop. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-mini-defender-coop-mdc001 I am starting over with having chickens after losing my flock 10-ish years ago. At that time I kept them in old hound-runs in a barn, but those got ripped out by an overly...