I'm now leaning toward having a smaller window built into the front door, and that would let less light in from the south. I don't want to have the chickens unable to sleep because of too much light. So feel free to disregard my original question!
Thanks! I just added my location. We're in the foothills of Colorado, so we can get some cold temperatures but it's usually not too bad. We're planning a 3' x 5' coop that will be elevated ~2.5' off the ground. We'll have one door covering most of one 3' side (the side facing south) and that's...
We're new to the "chicken parenting" world, having adopted three adorable chickens a few weeks ago from friends who moved. We don't particularly like the coop they gave us so we're looking into building a larger one for the chickens, and I've been scouring BackYardChickens.com for advice. We're...