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Insulation is a beautiful thing, way to go with the rafter vents as well. Check out building science if you ever have time to kill. Dr. Joe is a genius with home building. Glad you agree with the second layout I feel like my first design was too spread out and made things cramped. I was...

I have no problem doing the combo for the coop. Tons of houses have both. mid century house were built with gable vents. when they get renovated the add vinyl vented soffits and ridge vents with new roofs... its a better flow pattern for roof sheathing. Not sure why they advise against it...

Soffit and ridge vents would work together. That's an upstream vent. The gables is a cross vent. For a standard house it would be one or the other for an unconditioned attic space. I guess for a coop anything is fair game?

I believe this is a much stronger interior layout for my coop. What do you guys think? Also. For ventilation. I was thinking either gable vents or a soffit and ridge vent system. Does either one sound better than the other? I'm still thinking of the poop board under the roosts I just...

Ok. I'm going to do the apron that seems like win win. for the chicken and the wallet. Poop trays I can make any depth I want since I'm building from scratch. Is it still not worth doing? I was going to route 2x material and insert the plywood in the channel. And build it like a basic...

I can easily be sold on the apron idea. Basically just lay the hardware cloth 2 feet around the whole perimeter? I will let them free range as well but I'm not going to rely on that. Poop trays aren't effective? Why do so many people do them and so many coops come with them? What is the...

Sorry my drawings aren't overly clear. The roosts were planned to be 1 foot off of each side wall. The 2 foot sections are the slide out poop trays. 32 square foot not enough for 8 chicken? There is an additional space for the nesting boxes and an 80 square foot run. That was the sizing I...

A little additional info. This coop is for 8 chicken and I plan on doing the sides of the run with Hardware cloth (1/2") and I was going to do the bottom as well. If I do the floor of the coop do I need to do the perimeter as well? Is there a downside to the chicks running around on hardware...

Hey all, Got some great feedback last night on here when I asked a few questions. Someone reccomended that i post the design i came up with for some outside opinions as this will be my first coop. I am a carpenter by trade and confident that I can build something decent. Here are...