Great advise here, and I am planing on building a new door out of left over materials. I totally agree about the stepping back in time , and that's why I did all the extra work to save the old coop. I look at that old coop knowing that it helped my family through the Depression
My Grandfather passed away many years ago, but is still in my thoughts, fortunately I was able to buy the property and keep it in the family.
My question is for a daytime run is using an old dog kennel "page fence" with a roof secure enough for the chickens ?
After getting some great ideas looking at the coops posted on Backyard chickens, I started restoring my Gradfathers 1930's 5x10 Chicken coop that was rotting into the ground. I decided to put it up on an old trailer we had to make it into a portable Chicken Tractor. Best part yet to follow the...