what size entrance????

[ellijaychickens]

So I'm converting a shed in my yard into a coop for my 13 chickens what size entrance do I need

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

So I'm converting a shed in my yard into a coop for my 13 chickens what size entrance do I need

Are you asking about the "pop" door/chicken door? If so, what breeds of birds do you currently house and/or plan to house in the future? The size you will need will depend on what needs to be able to pass through it.

 

[Chickenshoe]

15 inches x 15 inches will work fine

 

[ellijaychickens]

I've got welsummers and a couple Plymouth rocks. I was talking about the door they would enter through.

 

[Hokum Coco]

So I'm converting a shed in my yard into a coop for my 13 chickens what size entrance do I need

My pop door is 9x12 and can accomodate this Sussex rooster no problem. I wish I would have cut the opening about a foot off the floor especially over the winter when the deep liter starts to accumulate (my coop is small only a 4x8 foot print and I have kept as many as 24 birds in their no problems (that many is not recommend for such as small coop).

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

My pop door is 9x12 and can accomodate this Sussex rooster no problem. I wish I would have cut the opening about a foot off the floor especially over the winter when the deep liter starts to accumulate (my coop is small only a 4x8 foot print and I have kept as many as 24 birds in their no problems (that many is not recommend for such as small coop).

The bolded is such a good point - my husband did me a "favor" and cut the hole for the pop door before discussing it with me and just assumed it should be at floor level without realizing my intent was to DLM. He was so pleased with himself I didn't have the heart to tell him that was not such a good idea. I've since used a spare board to create the "lip" that would have been there had it been cut higher.

 

[PapaChaz]

The bolded is such a good point - my husband did me a "favor" and cut the hole for the pop door before discussing it with me and just assumed it should be at floor level without realizing my intent was to DLM. He was so pleased with himself I didn't have the heart to tell him that was not such a good idea. I've since used a spare board to create the "lip" that would have been there had it been cut higher.

I was going to be sure to point that out if no one else had, something that tends to be done a lot. You can just cut it taller and board up the bottom of it

any of the size answers given will work. I've always done my pop doors 12"x12". My last coop build I had some jersey giants that had no issues going in and out at all. They didn't like using my nest boxes that were 12x12 and 12" tall at the back though......so this coop I made the nest boxes taller LOL

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I actually keep wondering about this myself. My cockerel fits through the pop door, but he has to squat/duck to do it and he brushes all four sides as the goes through (looks like a fat Shriner climbing out of a clown car to be honest).