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So I'm trying to find out some numbers on chickens and egg laying. If a pullet lays it's first egg at 18-20 weeks, at what age do they start laying regularly? Would an 18 week old who has laid it's first egg lay another the next day? I would think not but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Do you mean the coop itself or the fence barrier?

Well as Ted said, it would come down to quantifying how much each option would cost as right now, every dollar counts.

Let's say I went through all of this and built all the required modifications necessary to simulate a Woods coop. Wouldn't all of the work and materials end up costing a good amount? So much so that it would make more sense to just build a separate woods coop?

lol what would I do without you Ted. So the modification idea still would act like a Woods?

Then there would be no point in building a modification. As the whole point would be to gain the benefits of a Woods coop.

Would you be open to explaining the air cushion effect to me?

Yes they would be free ranging inside the yard yes. The fences are taller than me so the birds would have a hard time flying over it. Never had problems with them doing so. So I would need to cover the bottom with chicken wire or hardware cloth and create an apron on the other side. Then put...

In one of my threads recently, someone said 8 I believe as well. Will have to track it down. So what if you don't have an actual run but the coop is inside a fenced area? Is a run recommend for other reasons?

Well the 8 feet is for winter in the coop. I personally thought that was a little much but people will argue with me on that. I say 6 feet is a happy medium. I also think some people see normal squabbling and put that up to "I don't have enough space". From what I've seen on the forums at least...

Do I still need a run if I have a chain linked area? And could 6 feet per bird be sufficient or should it be 8? It seems many people here on the forums recommend 8.

So for 50 chickens you would say that I should have 50 sq feet correct? 8 feet per bird?

My only concern is the draft it may cause. I realize there is the air cushion effect (which I still don't fully understand yet) but my idea of a chicken coop is more like a barn. So no open area to the elements. But people have told me that this air cushion effect works and doesn't get to the...

Oh if it's only for predator protection then well, I don't know if it would be worth it. In the back 100, we have predators but it would take a very ballsy animal to come all the way to the front. As it would be right beside our house. Not saying an animal won't although they would have to get...

I would rather have one built at this point to be honest but funds are limited. So I would have to find a good deal. But if I'm going to build or have a frame built for a second roof, and then add on a modification on top of that, it may just be a better idea to have a Woods coop built and be...

I never said I was going to cram them in to a small plastic shed. If you look back to my OP: "I currently have a plastic DIY shed that is 10' by 12'. When we tried to insulate it we didn't do that good of a job but tired our best. What we did was get those pink insulation panels, cut them...

Now the question is would it be better to just get a Woods built or would this extension have enough of an air cushion effect so that the birds remained safe with no drafts.

Thanks so much for this Ted. I was thinking of the ideas as a whole. So to summarize, @Wee Farmer Sarah is suggesting just a frame over the existing shed with NO extension built onto it to convert it into a Woods style coop. More so to protect the shed itself from the winter snow and to prevent...

I'm not in it for the research at all. It's more of an excuse to get chickens as I have been meaning to get back into them. Which is why I came here to ask for advice. I would be taking their weights and gains as well as feed intake in. After this project is done I would be keeping them as...