New coop!

That is really nice! you should have fun filling it lol

 

Very nice! Is there a way to access the nest boxes from the exterior? I love the cedar and wished I could have used it on my little coop I built...maybe for the next one. I think I would also cover the floor with linoleum to help preserve the wood, keep moisture from soaking into it from the droppings, and make it simple to clean. My coop is not a walk-in (yet, heheh) and is quite small, so I just used some durable pond liner on the floor of it for easy clean up.

 

Nice solid structure with quality materials! Add a pop door and a nice enclosed run so the birds can get outside. Nice space saver the way you have the nest boxes and roost bars set-up. The only problem is that they may roost on the nest box edges (and poop in the boxes) since they are up higher.

 

Excellent! You're lucky to have a place where your flock can free-range and I hadn't thought about the floor becoming "slick" (have yet to build a larger coop) so thank you for that heads up! I live in southern Michigan so the winters here are "interesting" as well. That's great that you can access the nest boxes from the exterior...when I saw where the roosting bars were, I thought, "oh boy, somebody is going to have to walk through a lot of muck to get to the eggs". Great tip someone had on moving the roosting bars higher!

 

I agree about the floor. If you cover it from top only. You seal top and moisture from below is trapped. Not good for wood. And as for collecting eggs I agree the conscience is great for collecting from outside but I too like to know what's happening on the inside.

 

Lucky chickens!!! Very nice..

 

Unless the design is not walk in or reachable i have found no use for an external ability to access the nest box either, we built the big hen house with a lid and i have never used it i can reach in or stand in the coop lol

Mine free range too!