Building first coop! Need advice

[acemario]

And here is a smaller one I did as well. this one turned out pretty good.

 

[ceubel]

Here's one I put together last year. I wish I would have made it shorter. Wind is an issue. And maybe add two nesting boxes instead of one.

Looks good! How many hens does it hold? I need to make mine big enough to hold around 5. And how is wind a problem?

 

[acemario]

Looks good! How many hens does it hold? I need to make mine big enough to hold around 5. And how is wind a problem?

The big one holds four comfortably... five pushing it. The dimension is about 3.5' by 8' run and 4' by 3.5' coop. Because the coop is so tall, it is susceptible to catching the wind and tipping the whole run over. It happened once this winter when I had it covered with construction plastic to keep the snow out. That is why I would lower the run and make the coop more sturdy and have the center of gravity closer to the ground.