North Carolina coop?

[LadyMe]

Hi! I've been lurking and reading everything I searched but didn't find anything this specific, I'm moving to north Carolina in a couple weeks, and I want to get chicken at some point. I've been reading up on coops, but am not sure about a few things, ventilation, insulation? Should I try to build one or buy one? Is there a way to do it on the cheap? I'll have enough extra fencing to build a 6ft tall, 16ft x 8ft covered run ( or smaller? I only want like, 6 hens). Anyway, I've been searching the coop pics but I can't seem to find the ones with a how-to it's eastern and super northern part of NC, and we are pretty much coastal so there's a nice breeze. But I haven't lived there yet, so I don't know what to expect weather wise or what the chickens can handle.

Thanks for any help you can give!!

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Ventilation: You need 1 sq feet of ventilation for every 10 sq feet of floor space. You need to put a vent near the ceiling and a vent close to the floor to keep the air moving. If you could leave flaps over the top of the vents to keep rain from blowing in that would be great. Do not put a vent that will blow directly on the chickens where they will be roosting at night if you will get cold winters there.
Insulation: This is not a must in most cases but I recommend it. Insulation helps keep the coop warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
I would recommend that you build your own chicken coop if that is a possibility for you. A lot of pre-fab coops are really poor quality, tiny, and expensive these days. If you can't build your own coop, a shed or storage building might work better than a lot of the pre-fab coops.