Open Air Coop - Updated with more pictures

[figsonwheels]

We're almost finished with our open air coop! Our 12 chickens are loving it!

We did not plan to have a tarp on our A-Frame coop, but the sun is just too much during the middle of the day.
We're going to rectify that in the next week or so by adding screen in place of the tarp.
You can check out my coop plans with lots and lots of pictures here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=28411

 

[lunkerchicken]

Nice job. Are the nesting boxes inside? Roost?

from Cape Cod, MA!

 

[figsonwheels]

The nesting boxes are on the outside with a ledge for the chickens to land before they go into the box. We have access from the outside to collect eggs.

The roosts run the length of the coop in the screened and wooded part. We just used tree trunks from trees that had fallen years ago. We have about 9' of roosts all at the same height above the nesting boxes, but they all seem to use about 4' and squish together.