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Thanks Ridgerunner! Good point about racoons being able to climb. We'll work on a secure locking mechanism for sure. I've heard a lot about ones with caribeeners to befuddle racoons. Thanks too for the pointer about being able to see into the nest box. I hadn't thought of that! Roosts - so...

We're building our first coop and run and it's on a slope and I just realized that because of the slope, the external nesting boxes are closer to the ground than seems safe (we have racoons, mink, rats plenty of predators). The external nest boxes will be on the uphill-most side of the coop. We...

These are all such helpful points. Thank you so much!

Thanks rosemarythyme! I know about cleaning the coop floor (we're planning on doing deep litter), but could you explain about cleaning the other interior parts of the coop? Our nest boxes will be exterior so I imagine all that will be inside the coop will be roosting bars? Do I need to have...

Thanks so much, 3KillerBs! I'm in the Pacific Northwest (Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada) so we get lots of rain in the winter (and weeks of snow that past 2 years), but also drought and heat dome temperatures in the summer. Seems like weather is getting more extreme! I have read that ventilation...

Hi! Yes, I've had a look, but have to admit I got overwhelmed pretty quickly. It's like I know what I want, but can't seem to find it? I'll try again. Thanks.

Hi all, I'm new here and excited to build a coop and run for our new chickens. I'm a novice builder and really need plans with cut lists to build the coop and run, but I'm having trouble finding plans that will be the size I need (48 sq ft inside the coop plus 98 sq ft run). I really like the...