khorvath
Songster
Looking to build my first coop for my first flock next spring. Trying to do a lot of research first and one thing I am confused about is the orientation.
We live in Chicagoland. It can be very cold (bitter winds) in the winter and pretty hot in the summer with a lot of humidity. The months that are pleasant are not long. (Wait... why do I live here?) My yard is long and narrow with my house facing east with the end of the back yard toward the west.
Anyway, I've read a lot of posts with various articles talking about the best directions for coops. They mention to have it facing one way but as a newbie... I don't know what that means. Are we talking about the pop door? The run? Most likely I will have a coop that looks something similar to the one in the photo with half the coop and half the run.
If someone could be so kind as to give me suggestions on how you'd orient a coop like the one attached given the area I live in, I'd appreciate the advice. I can easily switch the sides of the coop so that the run is on the left instead of the right. Or rotate the coop 90 degrees as well.
Thank you in advance!
We live in Chicagoland. It can be very cold (bitter winds) in the winter and pretty hot in the summer with a lot of humidity. The months that are pleasant are not long. (Wait... why do I live here?) My yard is long and narrow with my house facing east with the end of the back yard toward the west.
Anyway, I've read a lot of posts with various articles talking about the best directions for coops. They mention to have it facing one way but as a newbie... I don't know what that means. Are we talking about the pop door? The run? Most likely I will have a coop that looks something similar to the one in the photo with half the coop and half the run.
If someone could be so kind as to give me suggestions on how you'd orient a coop like the one attached given the area I live in, I'd appreciate the advice. I can easily switch the sides of the coop so that the run is on the left instead of the right. Or rotate the coop 90 degrees as well.
Thank you in advance!