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Oh possibly the original structure has been here for years and years but all torn up and my husband restored it and built onto it but that original little building has been there awhile but he reinforced pieces to it

Ok first of all it’s 100/112 square footage inside no that doesn’t count the outside boxes it’s just the area inside the coop itself . All my birds fit easily on my roosts I have many , those are the only two hen boxes are high up and my chickens love to fly up there and chill , I have like 12...

Can you post a picture of what exactly that looks like? I googled it and got a multiple array of things

I may have a financial issue and probably can’t afford that vapor barrier , I’ll be doing only tarp then I’ll add hay to my coop

Only on the corners? Or poke holes several places for the plastic to go through the tarp???

Ok I also have another question, how do you personally attach the tarp? Staples? Tape? Tacks ? And how has it worked for you against the wind

Ok my exact measurements are Inside night time coop ( pictures included of inside part only ) 165 by 90 in inches I’m aware it’s not big enough someone told me it wasn’t 300 square foot and I thought it was Someone measured wrong it’s not even half that The next part First run 139/169...

Ok floor space will definitely be smaller because I have hen boxes all in there and a brooder , I’ll measure that later and get back to you with pics The gaps are not gaps so to speak , you can’t see them. It more like cracks airy not insulated lol The pullets all get on top of the hen boxes...

If I don’t wrap my coop ( it’s very airy and drafty ) I’m afraid it’ll get to to cold I also have ducks in there And wrap my coop but not the roof at all wouldnt that be open enough? I have a friend in my area or close that said she has to go out every hr or so and break the ice off the water...

In this area average is about 20 degrees but the lowest was -37 with about 48 percipatation

Ok that’s what I thought but then when they go out their feet will be cold and wet and could get frost bite right?

My husband doesn’t want a roof because he said snow will pile up there and weigh it down unless he builds it at a slanted roof and that’s a lot more wood and work but many others have free range or runs without a roof so what do they do???

Ok 280 to 300 square foot of a totally closed room like a wooden shed with two windows is my inside coop roof walls etc then about 350 square foot that’s just wood slats and chicken wire roof and all with a door on it Then beyond that door a 550 square foot yard with chicken wire walls up to 7...

I live in Kentucky , My inside coop I just wrap three sides??? I have two windows in there do I wrap them both? And isn’t heated water bowls an electric hazard? I was planning on wrapping my entire enclosure but leaving a gap at the top then my outside run only wrapping the sides there isn’t a...