Whew! Winter coop/run is finished

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I used 2 by 2's for the framing, then plywood on the inside and paneling on the outside. I put this stuff in the space between:

http://www.homedepot.com/Building-M...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053


I have a roofed, open sided summer coop/run next to this one; I may even build a little runway between them. Even if the coop itself is too warm in the summer, the chickens could still use the run.
 
Very clean and attractive looking coop! I likes!
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Congrats! That's a good feeling. I'm still working on mine. The coop itself it just about done and hopefully the run will be done by this weekend.
 
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The coop is 4' by 4', and about 4 1/2 feet high (the enclosed part). The legs add another 2 feet or so to the height. The attached run is 8" by 8' by 6' tall. Five Serama hybrid bantams live here in the winter. During the daytime (weather permitting) they go into a tractor that I move around the yard so they can have fresh grass to scratch in. Usually we go out and watch them free range around our yard for about an hour every day; this is their favorite time, because they get to scratch around in the leaf litter under our bamboo forest. Lots of nice bugs live there, apparently.
 
Elmo,
Can you say where you live or at least more about the climate? I love your coop and am planning to build a clear roof like that too and I'm wondering how it will do keeping warmth in on freezing cold nights? I am prepared to have my clear roof but maybe rig up a "lowered ceiling" type area around the roost with that bubble wrap insulation stuff I can get by the foot at my local hardware store - for the coldest months anyway. I want a clear roof for the warmth/light benefits. Mine is a small coop for just two birds (32"x48"x 31" tall) - a mini-coop.
 
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I'm in North Texas. We get freezing temps a couple of times a year, but usually our winters are pretty mild. If I had standard sized chickens, I wouldn't be worrying about it being too cold here at all; however, since mine are Serama hybrids, I'm more concerned about what temps they can manage.

I've been watching the temperatures in this coop for about a week now, and here's what I'm noticing. During sunny days, it gets as much as 10 degrees warmer than the air outside (and this is with all the vents open). As soon as the sun goes down, this heat is gradually lost, probably because the roof isn't insulated. I had the same idea you had about rigging a double ceiling, and I bought a Solexx panel to do that:

http://www.solexx.com/greenhouse_coverings.html

I haven't set it up yet because our weather has only dipped into the upper 40's a couple of nights; mostly it's been in the 50's, and my birds are doing fine with that. I'll probably end up with the lowered ceiling plus a lamp with a red light bulb for the coldest nights. Fortunately, I can run a heavy duty extension cord right out to my coop.
 

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