So I may need your guys input when I start this coop/run build. I'm determined to do this. I got to get the trees cut and the pool down--that will be the hard part. I have such a vision for them.
I want to do 16 by 16 but only 5.5 ft tall. I do not want to be taller then fence line and I will be able to still walk in it--I'm not to talk..lol
There will be some seperation in the coop(that's why so big) I'm putting my 4 rabbits in there(along the walls). I am thinking 6-8 ft for each and two levels for each. Duke will have his own area--3-4 ft wide and the length of coop plus about 8-10 ft out in the run. I will be attaching a light in there and in the corner I'm making a shelf for a heater(I have one that turns off if it falls--love it) I will only set it for no warmer then 30-35 degrees in the colder winter months. I'm looking for a fan that does the same thing. I found nest boxes I want(2-3) and the roosts will be tree branches I have cut and saved. I will be shingling that roof and I'm attaching it to the run. The run will have both tin and clear panels(this will take the longest because I can only purchase so much at a time) but the net will be up. I do think I will be leaving the net up and as a second defense of anything makes it to the roof. I will be changing the run slightly. I do want to get the ducks a pool with a pond filter so I need more room for them. At the same time the way I'm connecting the coop and run, that will give chickens more room on that end. It sounds so much more complicated then it is. The roof, windows and doors will be the hard parts. I will have to make the door on the coop and two doors for the chickens plus a door inside to get to Duke and a door for the run for Dukes area. The electric fence will be completely around the run and coop with another fence a few feet away so my boy dogs can not per on the fence.
One question I have and it may be silly, but do you use screws or nails? I was looking to use a nail gun--not sure if you can use screws or nails in the nail gun?
I will get more ambitious as the weather clears..