New house for us and our future flock!

[perchie.girl]

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LOL still lovin the enthusiasm....

Here in most of the little towns that surround San Diego the distance requirement from the nearest home is fifty feet. You might check into ordinances in your area. Now that said I had chickens in the city within about ten feet from the house. But I had wonderful neighbors that loved eggs so there was a good trade off. And unless you create a smelly mess no one would turn you in.

But it might be wise of you to do a quiet canvas of the neighborhood see if you can see other chicken coops around. As well as checking into any ordinances .... anonymously of course

Then make your decision on placement. You may need to build a stealth coop.... LOL. Few of those around town here for sure....

 

[Nicole01]

We built our coop right inside our garage due to predators and winters. Our coop is 48'(12x4x8) and the run is 110'(22x5x5) along side the house. We 100% fully insulated the coop, added a light and an eletrical box to add a heat lamp in the winter. We cut costs building our coop in the garage. I supervise free range about 3 times a day(morning, lunch time, and before bed), so they can get their fill of bugs and grass. Our coop will hold 12 chickens and the run holds 10 chickens comfortably.

Our plan was to have 2 chickens to raise and we were going to build the coop the same size regardless. The really NICE thing about having the coop inside the garage is that I will not have to walk through snow! We also cover 80% of the run for shade. We will keep the cover on the run during the winter, so they will have an area to walk around all winter outside. Snow won't be able get inside where the cover is.

Chickens are very addicting. I'd be planning on making the coop even a smidge bigger. I absolutely love my speckled Sussex and my Americana's(Easter egger). They have wonderful personalities.

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

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Considering the HUGE dump of snow you often get during the end of the winter, I recommend being careful of the construction of the roof of your coop as well as the roof of your run. You might want to stay away from the flat roof idea you had in a later post. Most of our chicken coops are probably not up to building code standards and you wouldn't want to have a roof collapse due to the weight of snow on top, possibly crushing the chickens below it...or having to move your chickens inside during the winter until you have the chance to repair their coop.

Any chance those trees in the shady part of your yard are deciduous. If they are, you have the best of both worlds if you build your coop on the shady side of your yard. Your coop and run will be protected from the intense sun in the summer, your garden will thrive in the sunny side and in the winter your coop may get more sun since the leaves will be off the trees. Even if they are not deciduous trees, I'm still betting you'd be better off building in the shady side.

Good luck, congratulations on your move and welcome aboard.