First time coop. Critique my plans.

[21hens-incharge]

Yes to building in closers for the vents. You would want to close them if the wind is blowing a certain direction bringing moisture in like rain or snow.

If you make the doors flush to the bottom of the coop so that you can put your wheelbarrow there to clean out plan to make a removable board 6 in high to keep the bedding in when you need it kept in. I sometimes have to open the door on my small coop and having that bedding falling out is kind of annoying.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I see a lot of coops have flaps that can optionally close off ventilation. Should I design so that my ventilation can be closed off? If so, when would I want to close them?

This would be optimal especially if you sometimes get sideways blowing winds or strong winds in general that may come from different directions.