I have absolutely loved the Carolina Coops since I found out about them a few years ago. I wish I had known about them when I got into chickens so I could build this in place. The dimensions are 8x4 and it sits just 6'3 before the rafters. It is 9 feet from ground to top of gable. I have been just throwing this together one piece at a time without any plans in place. You can see the coop in the backround that it is replacing. The cost of wood sucks and I am learning a lot as I go. I would have liked to make it a little wider, like 8x5 or 8x6 but with the cost of wood, I just built around the 8x4 sheets of ply and such. I have 13 birds now, typically no more than 10-12 but plan on 16 feet of roost bars inside. I am going to use a crafting plastic for the windows and red home depot metal roof panels. I still have to make one more truss then the roof can go on, then floor joists and I am thinking just 1/2" or 3/4" CDX for the floor. A couple coats of paint and some linoleum should make it impervious to the droppings and such. Painting has taken the longest. Im digging all the headroom for the birds. I plan on leaving the top bit open on the gables for ventilation, but covering 95% of it with ply. I'll update as it goes from here.
