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I am concerned about that too. I would have to try it and see, but I can hang them from the ceiling elsewhere if necessary.

All wood construction other than the roofing, which is on top of 1/2" plywood. Not sure if it will be insulated or not, though. My current coop is not insulated, and I never had any problems this past winter.

There is a lot of advice here, thank you! I'll do my best to reply to all of your points. The ridge cap is being combined with soffit (?) vents, sorry I didn't know those had a name. The roofing will be installed just like a normal roof. The gap at the roof edge works out to ~8 inches wide all...

I can make the coop slightly larger, but even if I store my feed in stacking totes, I need most of that space for storage. And of course I lose some space by having to have an open walkway through to the coop. The ridge vents are on my house and garage, they are pretty standard here with steel...

If I could, I would. I don't have the time or energy for more chickens though, so having a space limitation is probably for the best.

I mentioned in another comment but the window or other large openings aren't really possible given my circumstances. My nestboxes are already assembled and in use, and my Orpingtons use them without issue, even on their side. They won't use the taller nestboxes that are built-in to my current...

I wasn't planning to add a window, since the only good options seem to be really expensive. I'm not allowed to build this coop unless it matches the house & garage, so having large openings with hardware cloth or using old repurposed windows aren't options. The vented ridge creates a lot of...

Hi all, I am in the process of designing my new coop, which will be inside an 8x8 shed divided in half, with a 4x8 coop and a 4x8 feed/bedding storage space. I was hoping for some opinions on what I've designed, and suggestions for where things could be improved. Some background: My flock is...