I need shoop building advice!

[wrathsfarm]

Hi! My shed has FINALLY arrived and we are getting busy on turning it into a coop for my chickies!!! It is 10x16. The coop end is the end with the man door. The pop door into the run will go into that door.

I want to do my droppings boards about waist high, which on me is around 40-42" and then do the roosting bars 8-10" above the board. The thing I am worried about is that puts the roosting bars right in line with where the windows open. Obviously in winter, they will be closed, but in the nicer/warm/hot weather, is that going to be bad for them?

Also, for venting, it has a gable vent at each end, but I fear this is not enough. I am looking for ways to get more ventilation. I was going to try to look into making the transom windows operable somehow, but I don't know if we can do that; have them push out (preferably to stop rain) or pull in and have a hardware cloth "screen" on them. Suggestions please!

Lastly, I live in Northern New York. Our summers are hot and humid and our winters are full of a lot of lake effect snow and below zero temps. Should I insulate? Any advice would be helpful as we are starting building! Thank you!!! View attachment 3827706View attachment 3827707View attachment 3827708View attachment 3827709View attachment 3827710View attachment 3827711View attachment 3827712View attachment 3827713View attachment 3827714

Wow that's nice.

 

[emyancey]

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Our girls haven't heard of the 1 foot per chicken rule!

Darn chickens not following the rules! hahahahaha

 

[emyancey]

I ended up putting four gable vents in; one on each side of both transom window spaces as suggested in one of the comments here. I put a livestock grade exhaust fan in one end, and I put in two 22x10 gable vents in the other end. I think it will be good!

The temporary run has now been put up. Next spring we will be building a 10x24 to match the shoop.