My husband and I ended up building with this idea in mind. We use the lower half for the chickens and the upper half as a play house for the children. The coop portion is 8x9 and has 3 windows as well as a closet for all my supplies including a radiant heater and we can stand all the way up inside it. We only have 8 chickens now but, I think we could comfortably hold 14. We use DE so there is really no odor to bother the children and they really do spend alot more time down there than we thought they would. The total cost was about twice that of the play house but, my husband is a general contractor so we were able to build it ourselves.
