We recently moved from Northern Virginia where we started with chickens, back home to South Carolina. Fortunately, we bought a house that had two sheds. We've begun converting one to our chicken coop. It's not finished. We plan to add roost bars on each side with dropping catcher boards under, a portion wall, and a new exterior door with removable solid sections (all covered in hardware cloth) for more ventilation. Pictures to follow. What we need help with is the run. We're looking for something around 200 sqft, will be a solid roof with asphalt panels.
We can't decide: if we should build on the inside of the current shed's gable or build it inline with the current roof, or perhaps even build it taller and connect over the top of the current shed roof a foot or so. I hope I'm explaining properly
We have two vents at the top of the gables, but don't know whether ventilation would be better if we put it outside of roofline or under to protect from the sun. Shed is roughly 13x16, run side 13 foot wide. We also have a spigot/bush sprinkler on the corner of the shed we'll have to decide how to handle (inside the run or out).
Sun comes through window only in winter, it's too high in the sky to really shine into the coop in the summer. Coop door hasn't been framed or cut out yet. Sorry if this is too much info, but we'd really like to get some good advice. Our last chicken coop was a purchased Amish Tractor Style with Premier One fencing, but as we've already learned arial predators are our main predators where we are (Cooper Hawks in particular).
We have considered building it shed roof style off the side, but we do have the planned partition wall inside the coop (to the left of the door when walking in, all the way to the left of the window) for my son's small bantams that would get in the way of this plan. Thanks for all the advanced help.
We can't decide: if we should build on the inside of the current shed's gable or build it inline with the current roof, or perhaps even build it taller and connect over the top of the current shed roof a foot or so. I hope I'm explaining properly
We have two vents at the top of the gables, but don't know whether ventilation would be better if we put it outside of roofline or under to protect from the sun. Shed is roughly 13x16, run side 13 foot wide. We also have a spigot/bush sprinkler on the corner of the shed we'll have to decide how to handle (inside the run or out).Sun comes through window only in winter, it's too high in the sky to really shine into the coop in the summer. Coop door hasn't been framed or cut out yet. Sorry if this is too much info, but we'd really like to get some good advice. Our last chicken coop was a purchased Amish Tractor Style with Premier One fencing, but as we've already learned arial predators are our main predators where we are (Cooper Hawks in particular).
We have considered building it shed roof style off the side, but we do have the planned partition wall inside the coop (to the left of the door when walking in, all the way to the left of the window) for my son's small bantams that would get in the way of this plan. Thanks for all the advanced help.
