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[kjens2014]

The coop/runs I love the most so far belong to Monk and ImissBuford. I'm trying to design a coop/run off of their designs. Some of the hardest parts for me is deciding on materials, etc... and formulating that final plan/placement of pop door/nesting boxes/ventilation/windows/etc...

 

[jthornton]

A good place to start reading is the links in @aart signature.

Great discussion on VENTILATION, one of THE MOST IMPORTANT aspects of coop design.
Fantastic treatise to help decide how much SPACE your chickens need.
Coop Stack-up - how high should stuff be.
Chicken math is not just 'addition'...but also should include Division, Multiplication and especially Subtraction!!!

JT

 

[aart]

The coop/runs I love the most so far belong to Monk and ImissBuford. I'm trying to design a coop/run off of their designs. Some of the hardest parts for me is deciding on materials, etc... and formulating that final plan/placement of pop door/nesting boxes/ventilation/windows/etc...

I would not duplicate the Monk coop...
...no ventilation(that dryer vent does't cut it) and it's pretty small.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/monks-chicken-coop.47840/

Could not find a member with this name: ImissBuford.

 

[kjens2014]

I would not duplicate the Monk coop...
...no ventilation(that dryer vent does't cut it) and it's pretty small.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/monks-chicken-coop.47840/

Could not find a member with this name: ImissBuford.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-security-vault.64069/

this is the one i'm somewhat referring to.

Being as I'm in TN I definitely will add more ventilation and light. With Monks coop, I think its the overall design style, not necessarily the size. I like how the siding and the roofing tie in well together, and the way the roost and the nest boxes play into each other on the inside.

 

[aart]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-security-vault.64069/
this is the one i'm somewhat referring to.

That looks better ...wonder if they left the eaves open?

I understand the looks thing, just keep 'function first'.

 

[kjens2014]

That looks better ...wonder if they left the eaves open?

I understand the looks thing, just keep 'function first'.

Indeed! Lots of research going into this to try to keep functionality at its peak, simplicity at its greatest, and hopefully in the end it wont look like something out of the Beverly Hillbillys!