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Your carpenter does not seem to be very talented. That is a vey easy detail to build. My guess is that you will not be satisfied with the final product if the carpenter cannot figure out how to do that with only a nominal increase. In Fact, it will cost a little less in materials since one...

Thanks Chickydee. Thats just the kind of information I was looking for. I saw a coop in the post about droppjng boards VS Dropping pits that had a nice roost arrangenet with slide out boxes underneath. I am thinking of something similar, but using the roost boards as the floor of my hen house

I appreciate the advice. My coop is rat proof (encased in 1/2"hardware cloth). I also have large birds (RI reds and Plymouth Rocks) so I am not too concerned about the spacing. I am really interested in hearing from anyone that has tried this design. I saw a pic of someone's coop in my...

Hello I am new to this forum and please let me introduce myself. My name is Mark and I live in NC not too far from Norfolk, Virginia. I have searched the forum for ideas for my under construction coop. I see that there are many ways to build a coop and many ways to address some of the...