Woods Open Air Coop Scaled Down (Can I do a 4 x 10?)

[Coopin Is a Habit]

@Ted Brown Sorry, I am crap at drawing but here it might make it a little clearer? The run is all blue, but the coop (in red) actually is partially inside of the run. Small side facing south, the whole run will be perpendicular to it, but also partially around the coop if that makes sense. Its on the far side of the run but still inside a little.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

@Ted Brown Sorry, I am crap at drawing but here it might make it a little clearer? The run is all blue, but the coop (in red) actually is partially inside of the run. Small side facing south, the whole run will be perpendicular to it, but also partially around the coop if that makes sense. Its on the far side of the run but still inside a little.

 

[Ted Brown]

Can you do a simple drawing from overhead looking down, would make it easier to understand.

I did see the run in blue and coop in red but still seems to me the run is east of the coop.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

Can you do a simple drawing from overhead looking down, would make it easier to understand.

I did see the run in blue and coop in red but still seems to me the run is east of the coop.

Here is a simple drawing overhead. I apologize for confusing you, my perspective was totally off on my MS paint drawing I tried to do. I asked a friend what they saw and they said the same thing, that they saw it east of the run. The idea is that the open scratch area part extends into the run. Here I did only 3 ft, but I was thinking maybe 4 ft would extend possibly. It would give more separation for ventilation to come through. The problem I see though is that the smaller roof will shunt rain into the run which I realize is not a great thing because the potential to create mud. I have only 4 ft of clearance on the South side from run to the fence, but I do not want to put the coop there as it would block any type of breeze and also not receive any sunlight. Thank you for helping me. If I need to ditch the Wood's design I will, maybe a shed type with one slanting roof angling water to the north would work better for my location.

 

[Ted Brown]

Your drawing makes your description easy to understand.

I suggest:

1. Move the coop south so that each end protrudes out from your run area (6" or so) so that rain falls outside of the run, if needed contour the ground so rain runs away from not into the run.
2. Align the west side of coop with west end of the run.
3. If you do not want to lose that much run space elevate the coop 3' up using 4" by 4" wood posts.
4. Put your coop door on the west side, if you elevate build a small step+landing.
5. Put your pop door on the east side for chickens to come go.

This orientation gives you southern exposure for both run and coop.

I believe you plan for a covered run. I would be very careful when you install the hardware cloth to ensure predators cannot get in (I did this and leave the pop door open 24/7, greatly eases your morning & evening responsibilities).

As for your collection of materials, everything looks very usable to me. Your goal is protection/secure place to sleep and paint can go a long way to make mis-matched boards look uniform and attractive.

There are other critical issues such as perimeter aprons but you can sort those out once your design is set.

Others may chime in with their ideas but as far as I can see you can proceed with a Woods Coop given the space and orientations you have to work with.

Keep asking questions folks are happy to help.

 

[aart]

Here is a simple drawing overhead.

Much clearer!
I thought you decided to go with a 6x10 Woods?

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

Your drawing makes your description easy to understand.

I suggest:

1. Move the coop south so that each end protrudes out from your run area (6" or so) so that rain falls outside of the run, if needed contour the ground so rain runs away from not into the run.
2. Align the west side of coop with west end of the run.
3. If you do not want to lose that much run space elevate the coop 3' up using 4" by 4" wood posts.
4. Put your coop door on the west side, if you elevate build a small step+landing.
5. Put your pop door on the east side for chickens to come go.

This orientation gives you southern exposure for both run and coop.

I believe you plan for a covered run. I would be very careful when you install the hardware cloth to ensure predators cannot get in (I did this and leave the pop door open 24/7, greatly eases your morning & evening responsibilities).

As for your collection of materials, everything looks very usable to me. Your goal is protection/secure place to sleep and paint can go a long way to make mis-matched boards look uniform and attractive.

There are other critical issues such as perimeter aprons but you can sort those out once you design is set.

Others may chime in with their ideas but as far as I can see you can proceed with a Woods Coop given the space and orientations you have to work with.

Keep asking questions folks are happy to help.

Something like this?

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

Much clearer!
I thought you decided to go with a 6x10 Woods?

See the above drawing, you are correct, I will build out the pallets a little bit farther in width to conform to the 6x10 design so it functions properly

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

Your drawing makes your description easy to understand.

I suggest:

1. Move the coop south so that each end protrudes out from your run area (6" or so) so that rain falls outside of the run, if needed contour the ground so rain runs away from not into the run.
2. Align the west side of coop with west end of the run.
3. If you do not want to lose that much run space elevate the coop 3' up using 4" by 4" wood posts.
4. Put your coop door on the west side, if you elevate build a small step+landing.
5. Put your pop door on the east side for chickens to come go.

This orientation gives you southern exposure for both run and coop.

I believe you plan for a covered run. I would be very careful when you install the hardware cloth to ensure predators cannot get in (I did this and leave the pop door open 24/7, greatly eases your morning & evening responsibilities).

As for your collection of materials, everything looks very usable to me. Your goal is protection/secure place to sleep and paint can go a long way to make mis-matched boards look uniform and attractive.

There are other critical issues such as perimeter aprons but you can sort those out once you design is set.

Others may chime in with their ideas but as far as I can see you can proceed with a Woods Coop given the space and orientations you have to work with.

Keep asking questions folks are happy to help.

One question and concern I have is do you think with the coop 4 ft away from the 6 foot fence will it still give my chickens sufficient light in winter time?

 

[Ted Brown]

Something like this?

Yes.