My coop is a coop/run combo. There is no enclosed coop. It has a roof and three sides and it’s a totally enclosed space with hardware cloth panels. The roosts are just sitting in the corner.
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Temperature and predators. That is all. Give them a place to go if it is cold and shade if it is hot. I recommend a pack of five big dogs with access around their pen to keep the naughty creatures away.In a secure run? I am also talking about "letting" them if they choose, rather than "forcing" them into a "hen house" during the hot months. I have been considering using an existing "building" as a "coop". Works great in the cooler weather. (Currently use it for my turkeys.) But it does get hot in there in the summer. Increasing cross ventilation really isn't an option due to the way it is constructed. With the current cost of lumber, I am really trying not to have to spend $9457864 on a new structure. Especially since I have never HAD chickens before and therefor not 100% sure it will be something I will want to do "forever".
The only naughty creatures are coyotes and badgers. (Don't know if badgers would even be an issue, but we do have them here.) And coyotes aren't going to breech the pen. (Hog panels with chain link attached on one side and SUPER heavy duty welded wire panels on the other sides. Dang near killed myself setting them up! (Even very determined dogs much larger than any coyote known to man have ever damaged either one AT ALL.) (Pic attached to show the welded wire kennel panels. Also shows the building (12x12) I am thinking of using for if they choose any time, and for the winter. This is as it is NOW, not how it will be if I decided to use it for the chickens.) Luckily there is also a very large cottontail and jack rabbit population so there is a LOT of "coyote food". (Not counting the road kill mule deer and all the mice and voles. LOL) And while I KNOW they are wild animals and will "do what they do", they haven't been an issue for me SO FAR in the 10 years I have lived here. Not even with my goats or turkeys.Temperature and predators. That is all. Give them a place to go if it is cold and shade if it is hot. I recommend a pack of five big dogs with access around their pen to keep the naughty creatures away.
LOL I have plywood, wire, screw gun etc... And know how to use them. LOL Pic shows one of my "wind breaks" attached to the run currently.The winds here are hard to explain too and kind of unpredictable at times. Perhaps you can make sure that at least the west wind is blocked. When you get your chickens in there just watch their reactions, and adjust when/if needed. Make the run easy to add wind breaks. Add additional areas in the run where they can shelter if needed, to help during the day.
They are mottled Java's. (And "rain"? I'm not familiar with this word. LOL I live in the high desert. We had 7 inches precipitation in all of 2020. (Jan 1 to Dec 31.) But I do plan on roofing at least part of the run area, mostly for shade and to keep at least part of it snow free in the winter.We have an indoor/outdoor coop too. Works great. They often choose to roost in the outdoor section.
If you have breeds that are susceptible to issues if they get wet, maybe roof the run area. Ours is just hardware cloth like an aviary, but our marans love it and do fine. But I catch them out in the rain some nights.