- 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)