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So, after the fact, I made a small error in judgement. I made the floor of the coop 18" above the ground. With hindsight, it would have been better to make 18" to the bottom of the frame (or 21" to the floor). It could have even been 24" to the floor. I didn't want to make it too tall to be...

Yes, thanks. I bought white polycarbonate panels yesterday. They will offer protection from the direct sun, UV, predators, and failing acorns! (No Chicken Little for me!). They will still transmit some light, though, so it won't be as dark as corrugated steel would be.

If the photo on your profile is your tractor, I'm using the same bottom frame style for mine. This is the first sketch-- some dimensions changed as I drew up more detailed plans for each section. Edited: I forgot I'd already posted this image... I'm reading so many chicken posts I can't...

Your response is helpful, but the space under the coop is a significant portion of the run. I'm building small, for only 4 (or 5-- chicken math) chickens. and the space under the coop is about 1/3 of the space. I do have a "door" planned under the coop to mitigate some of the problems you...

All I'll have to do is raise the front a bit. I have a lawn tractor with a hitch that will do the actual work. Maybe I should put a coupler on the coop to start! :)

Bimini top Hardware would be an excellent support!

I was originally thinking of doing a pull-out litter tray, but you may be right. It might be easier just to scrape litter out the open side with a hoe. That would reduce the complexity, especially since I'm planning on side access anyway.

Thanks! The reason I'm thinking of 3 boxes is I may want to let a hen raise a clutch of eggs. If I do that, then I still have a nestbox +1 for the other hens. The change in materials probably won't be significant-- unless the extra box pushes me to an extra sheet of plywood. I want to have...

Thanks to all for the replies. I tend to be obsessive once I start a project-- since 11:30 last night I've come up with a sketch for a mobile coop & run (tractor). I'll only keep 4-5 hens, since about 18 eggs a week is my target. (I'm estimating 5 eggs per hen a week.) This sketch is shown...

I'm new to the BYC forums, though I've been lurking as a non-registered user for years. So, I've searched messages for a couple of hours, and found lots of interesting things on coop dimensions, ventilation, etc. The one thing I haven't found this: How much headspace is desirable under the...