Our coop is 8X8. The door is in the SW corner. We are putting new windows in--one on the south side and one on the west.
My big question is: where should the roosts and nest boxes be?
For 10 years, the roost has stretched from east to west about 4' from the floor and 2' from the north wall. The nest boxes are on the east side in the south corner. We are out in the open and have westerly prevailing winds that got up to gusts of 70 mph this winter. I covered the north and west walls with feed bags this winter for insulation, but it was a relatively mild winter, so I don't know how effective that was.
My one complaint about our current set-up is that it's a huge pain to clean. The roosts get in the way.
Any suggestions? Besides "don't build a square coop."
My big question is: where should the roosts and nest boxes be?
For 10 years, the roost has stretched from east to west about 4' from the floor and 2' from the north wall. The nest boxes are on the east side in the south corner. We are out in the open and have westerly prevailing winds that got up to gusts of 70 mph this winter. I covered the north and west walls with feed bags this winter for insulation, but it was a relatively mild winter, so I don't know how effective that was.
My one complaint about our current set-up is that it's a huge pain to clean. The roosts get in the way.
Any suggestions? Besides "don't build a square coop."