Thoughts and suggestions

[KoryKell]

Will likely need more ventilation along the top under the overhang if you can.

Also for the door, looks to be human sized, will there be a smaller chicken pop-up door or are you going to leave this larger door open? If so, I would suggest some sort of hook to keep the door from blowing, also making sure the run is above the top of the door to ensure it is fully enclosed and nothing can get in.

Smaller door for the birds will be an exit/entry into the run. The roof over hang also has a gap for ventilation and will predator proof that with welded wire mesh.

 

[linguini]

I could say it, but @3KillerBs says it better (can't wait till they finish their article). Good advice above.

Needs more ventilation, very attractive, but will be tight for the number of birds, and they WILL destroy every green thing you plant in that space.

Also, grass is a monoculture. Monocultures make for dietary imbalance. If you plan for your birds to free range as a dietary suppliment, think "polyculture" - you want a mix of legumes (like clover), grasses/grains, seeds (subnflower is popular and atractive), and herbs/forbs/flowers/veg - marigolds, fenugreek, cilantro, rosemary (chances are, your birds won't eat this - but some do), carrots, radishes, etc... Melons and squash of all sorts are popular in summer.

Great topic here - I have most of these plants/veg/herbs in the garden. But the garden is closed to the chickens during the growing season. Otherwise chickens will just eat them all or dig them all out! What's the trick to allow them coexist?

I am also thinking about developing a meadow zone inside the chicken yard (close up during germination) - is that a good idea? or they'll eat them all, too?

 

[perkolator]

Looks like a nice new setup!

I don't see any chicken door or ventilation - is there any on the sides not pictured? Because it resembles an outhouse to me, perhaps the door needs a cutout chicken or egg silhouette for ventilation/window. I'd for sure block access to underneath the coop so no chickens or rodents can frequent there, hardware cloth is easy for that.

Run size mentioned is fairly small and basically nothing will grow there once the chickens move in and start scratching the ground, especially 5 of them (even though personally I'd go 5 over 4 because it's a better number to me - some cultures consider 4 an unlucky number). If you want to have garden plants coexist with chickens, you basically have to limit their access so they can't just decimate things -- an example is using chicken wire to block off garden spaces (like your veggie garden), use "chunnels" or fencing to limit free-ranging, or use devices like foraging screens/grazing frames over the ground in areas you want to save vegetation.

 

[rosemarythyme]

x2 on more ventilation than a window and gap under the roof. I assume you have pretty hot and humid summers? You could benefit from a lot more than 1 sq ft if ventilation per bird, many people in hotter climates find it beneficial to have most of a wall, or even an entire wall, as wire mesh to allow for maximum ventilation in hotter weather.

 

[KoryKell]

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[clrdogrl]

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I know this is an old thread but I wanted to ask how the setup of your roosts are holding up? How high off the ground are they?