coop design question

Hello! I have barred rocks and leghorns and I’m trying to think of a good design for a “space-saving” double coop (aka 2 hutches that are connected) so that each side/hutch/coop can house one breed of chicken. Every design I come across is either too small or has a shared run (which wouldn’t be...

I've shopped and deliberated, and I think I'm just gonna bite the bullet and build a coop from scratch. I drew up a quick wireframe of how I imagine the coop. I've attached images from different angles and showing the interior. The random dude with a dinosaur shirt and ukulele is there for...

I have one rooster, and one hen. (My other hen recently died) they are both silkies. I live in north Alabama. It gets hot here and it does rain. They have a very traditional coop right now but it has become infested with flies (!!!!) and I’m moving. So new coop time. Wood ain’t cheap right now...

I’m building a new chicken coop when I move in a few weeks (or whenever the house closes) and I want it to be bigger than my current coop/run which is 3 1/3 feet wide and a total of six feet long. The coop part is 3x3 and elevated 1 1/2 feet off the ground. I have one rooster silkie (named...

I am in the stage of planning a chicken coop for about 10 chickens. Floor size is 4x7’. Plan to have it off ground by about 1-1.5’. The floor will be insulated with R13 bat. For the Top of the floor plan to use exterior plywood 1/2” or 5/8” on studs 16” apart, painted or possibly covered with...

Hi there lovely community I have a 2 yr old barnevelder named Ponyo, who recently lost her best mate Honey 6 days ago to a fox. She is lonely and sad, also has mites we discovered today, and so has been extra lethargic. Have dusted her in pestene and ordered some mite spray and disposed of...

Hello! I am planning a new coop for my small flock (currently 3 hens). We want to build a new coop near our vegetable garden. Our challenge is that there is a fig tree in the area that we would like to place the coop. i am curious if anyone has built a run around a fig tree. I’d love to see...

Hi, We are building a coop with a 7.5' x 12' footprint. The hen house is 7.5' x 4'. The run is 7.5' x 8' and actually extends under the hen house so its true dimension is the full 7.5' x 12'. I'm framing everything out without having purchased the welded wire mesh yet. We live in a very wooded...

Hi folks! I'm looking for some thoughtful advise. My husband & I are building a mobile coop for our forthcoming hens. They're arriving in mid-april as chicks from mcmurray hatchery. We have just under an acre, and plan on moving the coop daily or every other day, and hopefully we can let them...

Well, as it turns out, we had a pretty difficult year health-wise and with deaths in our little family, so coop work stalled a quite a bit. We do have the 8x16 structure's exterior (mostly) finished; Hubby was working on the frames for the windows this past week. Since we do have a blank-slate...

I want a coop much like the Carolina coop designs. The coop will be 12x5 and the run will be 12x23. Here is the inspiration coop. I am in central Florida on a lake. I rarely freezes here at my property due to the lake. My real risk is heat. I have one area of my yard that has some dense live...

I have a coop of size 9x4 meters, with about 20 chicken that I keep inside all the time. the reason I keep them all inside is because the predator in my village (Human/Thief). my farm and my home is separated quite far, about 300 meters away. so I cant always watch them all day, especially at...

Hi all, I've just started a small flock in my backyard with 2 lovely buff orphington chickens. They are from a show breeder, but have slight tinges of brown in their feathers making them only back yard quality. They look awesome to me though. I made the coop from scratch from guidance around...

We are located in cleveland area Ohio so we will be dealing with snow as well as warmer temps. Looking to get 4 to 6 chickens mixed standard size breeds (orpington, wyandotte etc) The henhouse is 4x4 with abt 2 in walls and exterior nesting boxes. The run size will be a 4×10 which includes...

So, I’ve decided I want more chickens. I only have one right now but I’ve grew up around chickens. I’m placing an order soon for some different breeds. I want to start working on an enclosure though. I want to build the ultimate chicken mansion with a huge run. So if anyone can give me some...

Hi, I am looking at a chicken coop design and the author said that you might want to insulate it the coop but didn't detail how to do so. I am wondering if insulating a coop is a good idea and if anyone has done so? I live in Vermont - so it seems a good place to insulate a coop if it is necc...

Necessary context info: I relocated from Zone 8 to Zone 4, and am trying to adjust my experiences to keep pace with different climate conditions & challenges. :) I was finalizing plans for 2 chicken coops, both 10'x10', and 1 duck coop (8'x8'); the chicken coops will be elevated 3-4' off the...

I have a small prefab coop for my backyard flock of four (two adult EEs, a 10-month-old BR, and a 4-month-old BO)... Measurements are roughly 2 ft deep x 3 ft wide x 4 ft tall at the top of the peaked roof. The single roost runs the width of the coop, so about 33" (2.75'). The coop has a pop...

Hi, I am a newbie designing my first coop for the backyard. I'd like to do deep litter method, and am thinking that even the perch area inside the enclosed coop, would have no solid bottom. Solid bottom would be only in the nesting boxes. The perch area would be walled off in all 4 directions...