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Oh, I'm so glad you were willing to accept some advice! You'll be so happy you did in the long run. The great thing about BYC is being able to get direct feedback to our plans. I sure wish I had known about this site when we built our first coop. 😁

Wait...I just went back and re-read your intro. 20-30 chickens? Do you realize you need a minimum of 120 SF of floor space in your coop for 30 chickens? That doesn't include nesting boxes, and you'll need about 5 of those. Then you'll need at least 30 feet of roosting bars. I've never seen...

Is this because you have limited space? If you have to go with a raised coop, make sure it is high enough to easily clean, and make one side able to be opened almost entirely for cleaning. Then get children's hoes and rakes for cleaning. The poop boards wont work, so you'll have to do what I...

I don't think that would work nearly as well as you think. The mesh will catch the poop and you'll have a real scraping mess on your hands. I hope you looked up the poop boards that use sand and pdz. Much easier. You definitely want a walk in coop. You will thank me for that advice one...

Hi! Welcome to BYC! You're going to love this place! Space and easy cleaning methods are how you eliminate odor. Definitely the 5 sf per bird floor space that @TwoCrows mentioned and she means 1/2 - 1 sf ventilation per bird. Here's an article on it. The other thing is to put in poop...