Build your own, or buy a shed and repurpose it. I recommend a walk in coop. the shorter coops limit your ability to use DL, and limit your ability to use all of that vertical space. Consider that us humans live on a single level (for the most part) while birds live in their entire space. You will want some floor level venting, nest boxes, perches will need to be ABOVE the level of the nest boxes, and you will need at least 18 - 24" above the perches for head room and ventilation. Lots of natural lighting. Plan on 10% of your floor space for ventilation or 1 s.f. of ventilation per bird. 10 x 10 coop should have at least 10 s.f. of vents! Remember that your ventilation will need to be in at least 2 locations to help remove moisture and ammonia.
If I were designing a coop, I'd put it in a very well drained site, have a soil floor, with rot proof footing (cinder blocks or poured concrete??? A skirt all the way around to keep out digging predators.
Also helpful: a clean out door under the perches, an area in the coop that can easily be set up to brood chicks, keep a broody hen, or a problem child chicken.
Absolute must: ELECTRICITY.
Wanna build on the cheap? Cattle panel coop. I've even seen them built by using vinyl siding to sheathe them. I was fascinated by that idea.
If I were designing a coop, I'd put it in a very well drained site, have a soil floor, with rot proof footing (cinder blocks or poured concrete??? A skirt all the way around to keep out digging predators.
Also helpful: a clean out door under the perches, an area in the coop that can easily be set up to brood chicks, keep a broody hen, or a problem child chicken.
Absolute must: ELECTRICITY.
Wanna build on the cheap? Cattle panel coop. I've even seen them built by using vinyl siding to sheathe them. I was fascinated by that idea.