I didn't anticipate being so overwhelmed by designing a coop!
Should I put it near the house or further from the house? I have a garden that's about two hundred feet from the back door; it would make sense to keep them near the garden so I can let them have some time in there at the beginning and end of the growing season and so that they can keep the bug population down near the plants.
Then again, would it be better to have it closer to the house to make collecting eggs, watering, and letting them into the run easier (as I have two small children)? Will they be too smelly and noisy to keep near the house or does that not matter?
Should I insulate the coop? I live on the shoreline in Connecticut. I can get pretty cold during the winter but definitely nothing like places farther north from here.
Do you have lighting in your coop? We're certainly not raking in the cash at the moment so I don't know if this is a plausible option. Did you bother putting in lighting or did you feel it was unnecessary?
I don't know if I'm just overthinking all of this at this point
Should I put it near the house or further from the house? I have a garden that's about two hundred feet from the back door; it would make sense to keep them near the garden so I can let them have some time in there at the beginning and end of the growing season and so that they can keep the bug population down near the plants.
Then again, would it be better to have it closer to the house to make collecting eggs, watering, and letting them into the run easier (as I have two small children)? Will they be too smelly and noisy to keep near the house or does that not matter?
Should I insulate the coop? I live on the shoreline in Connecticut. I can get pretty cold during the winter but definitely nothing like places farther north from here.
Do you have lighting in your coop? We're certainly not raking in the cash at the moment so I don't know if this is a plausible option. Did you bother putting in lighting or did you feel it was unnecessary?
I don't know if I'm just overthinking all of this at this point
