Coop in a wind tunnel...prevailing wind help...

[aart]

Computer Aided Drafting and/or Design.
My job for 20 years...still have the software, and can hardly think without it

Graph paper and pencil/eraser works too.
Tracing paper is nice too, once you get basic building drawn you can do multiple versions of 'furniture arrangements' using the racing paper over the building plan.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Computer Aided Drafting and/or Design.
My job for 20 years...still have the software, and can hardly think without it

Graph paper and pencil/eraser works too.
Tracing paper is nice too, once you get basic building drawn you can do multiple versions of 'furniture arrangements' using the racing paper over the building plan.

Tracing paper! Clever! Thanks!

 

[PirateGirl]

I too live in a wind tunnel. Any time the weather service issues a wind warning in the state, it includes my area. There is even a gate where they close the highway a mile from my house due to high winds and/or blowing snow.

Apologies if this is a duplicate response, I have not read all posts.

We opted for the pop door to our coop for the chickens to use to actually be a ramp that lowers from the floor. There are pros and cons to this, but the decision was based on how much wind we get much of the year, and prevailing winds being worse during cold weather. We did not want 70mph (or more winds) blowing directly into the coop, creating drafts, blowing bedding around, etc. This eats up square footage/floor space. Also the chickens kick bedding out of the hole in the floor. It was a little trickier to construct and you need a bigger hole than if it's in the wall of the coop so the chickens don't have to duck so much when going in and out, but for us, the positives of avoiding the wind outweigh the logistical negatives.

Also we positioned the coop on the lee side of our house, if this makes sense, so the house somewhat blocks the prevailing winds and the coop is not where the snowdrifts typically form each winter.