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You might find this helpful as well in regards to your flooring considerations: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/70/deep-litter-method

Something else to think about is predators digging under the coop and taking out your flock - somethings eat what they kill but others will just leave the carnage for you to clean up. We had a fox come into our yard when the ladies were out in the morning and just take 1 with it. We have a...

Sand is great for us, we live in FL, so it's pretty much our only choice for their coop. We've tried putting pine shavings in the here but was pointless as they just kicked it out anyway and hunted for bugs living in it and their poo. *gross* So we ended up leaving the ground natural and we...

Plus, they're keeping the loquats picked up :)

I can't really comment on how much space you'll need, there are lots of variables.. I.e how many and what size hen boxes you plan to use, the size of your birds, ect. I know there are posts on BYC regarding "stardards" but we made our coop larger than the recommendations, plus they have their...

Looks great! My ladies love grass. It's the 1st thing they go for in the morning to eat and it helps cool them in the summer time too.