Is my coop good?

[3KillerBs]

You are very wise to have gone big. I predict you will have 20 chickens a year from now. We are new to keeping chickens and went with a smaller coop so we have no room to expand. Right now it does not matter as our township ordinance limits us to 6 chickens. While we would love to move out of the suburbs I don't think we are going to. So our coop should be adequate. But it does seem the more space you have the less behavior and disease types of problems you can expect. or at least that is my opinion based on all of the research i have done.

I do wonder if the best ventilation would be some gable vents ....
something like this
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Better to open the entire gable triangle, cover it with hardware cloth, then install either a roof extension or an awning.

Those louvered covers generally only provide square inches when ventilation needs to be measured in square feet.

 

[JYount]

I do wonder if the best ventilation would be some gable vents ....

We added those to the front and back wall. There were bigger ones that we should have just got.

 

[BonBonCoop]

Hello - new chicken owner here. Can I get feedback on our coop? We are located in northwest part of Missouri. We converted a resin shed, added windows, and additional vents on top. It's dry inside but I'm worried I may not have enough vents? Windows on north and south, and additional roof vents on east and west. Any suggestions on what I can do to improve? We discussed the idea of adding the shiny insulation to the roof at least, but wasn't sure if that was needed or not?

Coop is 8x10 and the run is 9x26. We have 7 chickens now but wanted to make sure we had enough room to expand.
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Ours is similar, we added a wire covered door on one side for the summer months, like a screen door , but hard cloth. It looks great! The right door opens in the summer. We have a hot wire around the whole shed and run also.