Quote: Not necessarily My second coop is 10x14 and is raised at least 2 ft off the ground at the lowest spot and 3 ft at the highest. It is 7 ft tall (above the amount that it is raised) and is walk-in. I just made steps that go up to the people door. My design was dictated by the terrain which is not level, and the fact I wanted to give them space under the coop. I screened off the area under the coop to become part of the run, so now they have an additional 10x14 ft space to run in. They actually prefer being under the coop on many days, in spite of having an additional area of 7x16 next to he coop.