Im chiming in a bit late here..... perhaps this will benefit others in the future....
For each coop, The lay of the local land and the local winds make a difference in my experience as to how to orient the building. My two coops are on a north slope that leads to a river. The winds are always in motion, even if just a slight breeze. Nothing like hay chaff blowing into my face when throwing flakes northward over the fences for the horses.....air is flowing UPHILL during the day, and when the air cools at night the flow heads back down hill again. So for me I turned the open ends east..
As for the monitor windows, mounted the windows INSIDE the coop. I must enter the coop to adjust the four windows. But given the trees and winds, felt this was a better placement to hang the windows. (Chicken wire and heavy gauge mesh outside makes it predator proof.)
To make the coop work correctly, sealing up all the spaces between the rafters is a must....but Im sure you have that covered as you have the book. Makes a cave.
Hope you are liking your new coop!!
