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@WeeFarmerSarah Okay, so if I plan to have a six inch raised "lip" around the bottom of the coop and build the door over that, I would be able to have a way to keep the snow from freezing the door closed and also work to keeping the shavings inside, correct? Do you prefer the door to open...

Oh wow, that' a great tip. Would you happen to know what a good angle of sloping would be?

Okay, cool. Thank you for your help. I'll annotate all these bits of info into my files for when the time comes. I appreciate your help tremendously.

That makes sense, thank you.

I have, that's where I learned about this company and was impressed by how detailed their instructions were. Someone on BYC made it and show pics of how it was outlined and I thought I might actually be able to pull this off.

@jthornton: Location added, thank you for the suggestion. Okay, so for the sake of learning, would the design be ameliorated if: 1) there was more ventilation added into the coop 2) the feed was not stored outside 3) a more sturdy latch was used 4) a "kick board" was added to the inside to...

Just to be sure I make the correct notes: 1/2 inch hardware wire is the right kind to get? Not 1/4 inch like he says? Thank you again

Thank you for your help- I appreciate it :)

Hello, Would anyone be able to weigh in with their opinion on this coop? Video: Plans: http://www.thegardencoop.com/chicken-coop-plans.html I’m in Colorado, completely new to the world of chicken keeping, looking to find plans for a coop build for 3 chickens- I want to start small and...