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Built from a combination of two different plans I found. Back door opens up to a 20x10 high fence run. Just open the back door and they are out. Have a lot of problems here with fox and other predators so actually built a prison type top to the fence to keep them from jumping in when the snow...

If this works, here is an image of mine. A lot more snow out there now so that was why I put on the doors to open in. Vents under each eave. Left side is all roosts and right side is laying boxes and food/water area. I call it the "chicken taj mahal"

Understand that. We can have temperature changes from 40 daytime to zero night time and haven't had any problems. My biggest problem this time of year is keep the snow to a level I can get in the DOOR!

I looked at a number of different ways to "upgrade" my coop. I ended up buying a couple of pretty good plans off the internet and combined them to make my coop. Now has electricity run to it for the cold winter nights (heat lamp) and the ability to give their water a heated base. Sure was a lot...

I live in Park City, UT at 7000 feet we have temperature ranges from about 80 degrees in the summer to -15 in the winter and have never lost a chicken because of the cold. If it dips below 15 degrees I will leave a heat lamp on in the coop but that is about it. I also have a heated base under...