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What kind of monitors do you ue in your coop? I just ordered some temperature and moisture-measuring remotes and a station for viewing them to monitor a few areas in my home where those might be an issue, and I picked up one for my coop as well. How about you? Do you have thermometers or...

And an update -- this coop is coming along slowly, but the chickens don't seem to mind all that much. I hope to get both the run and the nest box up in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, here's what it looks like and how it's working. Chickens down the hatch! I generally put clippings...

Ok, photos with roosts/shelf and chickens!

Whoops. I meant 15"! Not 15'! That'd be a really awesome, tall coop, but that's about 5' more than I have! re: the scratch pad, if they can't go out, they go down. That's generally where I put kitchen scraps, scratch grains, etc., so they can dig around -- I am letting the litter build up...

(I know it looks like we took all summer to do very little, but the trellis and underdeck roofing were part of the coop construction.)

According to what I've been reading, I only need one per four chickens -- does that sound right? I thought I'd put that in the lower right. I only plan to have four -- that seems like a good, manageable number.

Ok, here goes...and as I look at this, I realize I'm overstating the dimensions. I don't have a shot with the roosts in, unfortunately. The outside: The inside, no roosts. Also, note that the hatch is now about half that size with a plank for the chickens to walk down to their scratching...

Mine is a sort of chicken tower -- it's 4X4X10. My husband designed it with a hatch down to a compost/scratching pit (completely enclosed with hardware cloth that's buried) for those days when they can't go outside, and then the coop is elevated over top. I wanted a bit more room, but we're...

I have a small coop made out of scrap materials, and there was a measurement problem with one of the roosts my husband made. So we temporarilly put a shelf up top and mounted another roost across a corner. The shelf allows a vantage point out the only window in the coop. We're in...

I think my plan is coming together. I went out yesterday and walked around down below -- it turns out the view from the left side (facing) is totally obstructed by the retaining wall from the adjacent house and said retaining wall gives me a pretty nice opportunity to arrange an open-topped run...

Ok. Picture time. This is the underdeck area -- after I started this discussion, my husband asked if we could strongly consider incorporating the space under the stairs, since we need to do work on them regardless. I also like that idea because it's the only location under the deck that allows...

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Obviously we'd be doing this gradually, but I'm just thinking about how many doors, how secure, and what the logistics would be of opening and closing them if we were able to get to a best case scenario eventually, where they could be allowed to free range when...

I've looked at rather a lot, actually. I'm just sort of thinking out how the basic needs of chickens relate to my actual setup. More photos coming, so we can discuss the actual layout of the property better.

Yes and no. It is close, but that's a basement window that looks onto an unheated storage area, and those neighbors sincerely enjoy defying the local authorities. The neighbor on the other side is much more sensitive and likes to do her dishes in a window right over the location where the...

I love this idea. Also, we just broke down a water feature that wasn't working and we could easily rebuild it.

It sounds like I definitely do -- I live in Pennsylvania, and it's pretty cold for roughly half the year. But, obviously, I can't have anything that is too visibly a coop from the outside. But in my situation, which is a 1/2 acre suburban yard within fences/walls, do I need to be able to...

Good tips. Thank you! I see a lot of designs that are basically a box within a run -- but if I can make the whole thing fairly predator-proof, do I need a box within a run? Or can I just make a big enclosure that includes everything? (My old coop was basically a modified closet, but the...

Ok, so, logistical questions: 1. What's the minimum width that you would suggest for a coop? 2. How high would chickens be interested in roosting?

I'm trying to figure out how important more or less permanent outside access would be -- I think I'll be able to let them free range at least a few days per week, but some of the time I'll have to keep them in, at least until I get a sense of how well they behave and we build our auto door opener.

I don't necessarily believe that it will and I'm willing to sue them if it isn't, and I get busted. The law that exists is badly written and it won't stand. But I've waited a long time, I think the law is ridiculous, and I intend to circumvent it. Legally, if possible, but by all means.