Recent content by one09jason

Pat, Thanks for your thoughts. I had already read all your pages including the one on ventilation, which I found very useful. I've also spent a good amount of time looking at designs and reading the forums. I'm sure experience will be a good teacher. However, I'm still stuck with the task...

Quote: Hmmm. My coop design looks much like the one pictured above. So, either I have to put a door in the side (as in the above coop), or a door in the floor. Even if insulated, it's hard to imagine accumulating any warm air inside the coop with a permanently open door (say 12" x 14"). In...

Hi All, I am building my first coop for a small flock of 3-4 laying hens, and I'm stuck on what type of floor to put in the coop. My design is a moveable tractor-type coop. It has a 4 x 8 footprint, and is mostly run with the top half of one end as an enclosed coop. I'm wondering what to...