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Chicken Coop Build Considerations

  • Nice looking
  • Tidy
  • Good Run Size
  • Solar Door
  • Safety Latch/Opener (Inside Run)
  • Landscape Mesh (1/4″ black)
  • Smart Ventilation “Double Windows”
  • Simple Chain Supports
  • Solar Implementation

  • Freeze-Proof Water
  • Natural Limbs for Roosts (eg: thick birch branches)
  • Self-Closing Hinges with Latch
  • Removeable Plexi-Glass Panes for Winter
  • 4 sq ft/chicken in coop
  • 10 sq ft/chicken in enclosed run
  • Nesting Boxes: 12″x12″; One Nest Box / 3-4 hens
  • This is a 10’x16′ coop with a 10’x16′ run.
  • Heat Plate (not lamp) in coop in winter
  • Bedding: Pine shavings
  • Bury 1/4″ hardware cloth 2′ into ground to protect from burrowing animals
  • Translucent solid roof to protect from raptors and racoons
  • Line perimeter of run and coop with pavers or large stones to help prevent digging predators
  • Use bricks to raise pellet feeder and water off ground
  • Store feed and pellets and treats in galvanized trash cans
  • Food, grit, oyster shells. Purina Layena pellets
  • Chicken Guard solar door
  • Heated water dispenser for winter (Eg: All-Season Poultry Fount)