Advice on which coop please

[R3bauer]

So, I have not been happy with anything I have found so I am designing my own. I am using knowledge gained from previous experience with both hoop and non hoop coops.
Here is the rough design so far.
I will be adding ventilation and such as well as a Dutch door.

 

[Ted Brown]

Before you proceed have a look at Woods' style fresh air coops. Proven design from early 1900s, easy to build, lots of examples herein.

http://gnipsel.com/files/chickens/mfaph.pdf

Kudos to @jthornton for the copy of Prince Woods book.

Good luck!

 

[NatJ]

So, I have not been happy with anything I have found so I am designing my own. I am using knowledge gained from previous experience with both hoop and non hoop coops.
Here is the rough design so far.
I will be adding ventilation and such as well as a Dutch door.
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Since I notice you are proposing to use a cattle panel for the arch, be aware that it will probably be trying to spring outward at the base of the arch, with a fair bit of force.

Unless you have a way to fasten the two side walls to each other, they may tip outward and the whole structure come apart.

Given that this is for chickens, you could run a few boards across, securely fastened to both walls, and let the chickens use them for perches. The problem is that those boards would be in the way of you moving around the coop. You would be forever stepping over or ducking under them. And of course you don't want to reinforce the door with a bar across the middle, or it will no longer work as a door at all!

(If you have already worked with cattle panels before, and have taken this into account, then feel free to ignore what I just said.)

 

[R3bauer]

Since I notice you are proposing to use a cattle panel for the arch, be aware that it will probably be trying to spring outward at the base of the arch, with a fair bit of force.

Unless you have a way to fasten the two side walls to each other, they may tip outward and the whole structure come apart.

Given that this is for chickens, you could run a few boards across, securely fastened to both walls, and let the chickens use them for perches. The problem is that those boards would be in the way of you moving around the coop. You would be forever stepping over or ducking under them. And of course you don't want to reinforce the door with a bar across the middle, or it will no longer work as a door at all!

(If you have already worked with cattle panels before, and have taken this into account, then feel free to ignore what I just said.)

Thank you so much for the advice. I have worked with cattle panels in the past. My plan is to reinforce the walls in spots to resist the outward pressure. I will use diagonal braces inside each section and at the corners.