What is Wrong With Your Coop?

[Three Stents]

I modified an aviary into my coop. I should have modified it so I could get into the coop inside the run. Huge mistake. Right now, I can not go in there to do anything, unless I have the girls locked out in the run. Sometime after we "spring forward" I'll be able to modify the run side of the coop and put in a very narrow "people" door. What's your mistake?

 

[hammyanne]

My human door fits me… but I have to walk in sideways while carrying a bag of feed. I definitely would have put in a double door or made the opening a few inches wider.

 

[Appalachickens]

I installed the door into the run swinging inwards and it is almost as wide as that part of the run so you have to step in, swing it part-way back, and squeeze around it. It's is a regular house door and installed in a way that will not allow it to be modified, so I'm stuck with it.

 

[Sefirothe]

Bigger.

It all should have been bigger.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I have a Nestera, which I’m happy with once accounting for the weather differences between the US and its UK home, BUT:

The design has the weird little door to the left of the externally accessible nest boxes, and the back (removable in order to clean out the poop trays) on their right. That means that placement in a corner is awkward, with access to only two of the three “working” sides.

No problem in a large run, or just sitting outside on its own, but maddening in terms of placement options.

The “fix” is to put two of the sides on inside-out, which potentially affects its defenses against mites, etc.

Still happy with it overall.

 

[MamaPoult]

I'd make the coop's human door a bit wider. Sometimes I try to get a kennel or something in there if I'm integrating but it's so narrow it doesn't fit!

 

[rosemarythyme]

I probably should've had it installed outside the run instead of inside. Because we have netting over the whole thing the coop door can't swing all the way open since the netting gets in the way. Only a minor inconvenience during day-to-day but during cleanouts it sure would be nice to be able to swing it fully open.