What height are everyones coop off the floor?

[Lumikko]

I think it's fine. I believe ours is about 2ft and have had no issues. Plus it provides additional shade,shelter and ventilation in our Florida heat. View attachment 2214828

This is an adorable coop!

 

[cjsl]

Mine is 30” off the ground and is perfect for our planned use. I wanted enough space that if I needed to get under there for any reason, I could. The coop is 6’x6’ and summers are hot in NC so the Chickies use it a lot for additional shade. We also have their main water bar (water nipple cups) from a rain barrel system under there that stays shaded and cool. We built in a small access door to access the water bar from that side of coop/run and to also use as the Chickies door for supervised free range release or to send them back “home”.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Mine is on the ground, but the floor is very strong so nothing can get through.

 

[Sarkchick]

Shellabrown.....Such a cute coop. Wish I had the experience to do that roof. Love it

 

[MotherHenAgain]

My coop is about 3' off the ground with a cute little ladder made of small tree limbs so the girls can walk up and in. They love hanging out under the coop. I keep their food under there as well to keep it out of the weather. Seems to be working quite well.

 

[drinkoj]

12" to 15", as my coop and run are on a slight slope.

 

[Finnie]

Count me among those whose coop is 3' (and a little more in my case) above ground. I have a moderately large house area for the size of my flock - most of 100 sq ft of floor - in a "U" shape, so I can roll the wheel barrow/garden cart right into the middle, stand there with a rake, and none of the spent bedding is more than 4' away. Easy reach for bad backs. The whole thing, including the hollow in the U is under roof, with a full sized door forming an O when closed, giving me more than 100 sq ft underneath for watering cups, bowls, sheltering the gravity feeders out of the weather, and allowing a place for the eight ducks to sleep.

This sounds really neat. I would love to see pictures of it.

 

[City Farmer Jim]

I agree with GC-RAPTOR. Our coop is high enough to get our 4 wheeled lawn cart(gorilla cart) under the clean out doors and rake the deep litter in when it's time to clean it out.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

Mine's probably 2-2.5 feet.

 

[SteveE]

Still on the drawing board.... this is a detachable base. There wll be deep litter to top of the bottom assembly, so from top of max bedding to underside of plywood (not shown) is 33". Among other things, this will be the girls entire day use area during my trips away from home.