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Thank you for your input. I want to build an insulated coop for them as the temp occasionally drop quite a bit and it gets very gusty. I'll have to think more about roost placement.

Thank you for sharing your coop pictures. How often do you clean the poop board? I think we can clean one only once a week at the most.

Thank you for sharing. I also had more chickens than recommended in a small coop without much problem in the summer. I guess the bigger the coop the better you're prepared for emergencies or special situations. But I don't want to have a big coop where I have to run around and around to grab a...

My chickens enjoyed hiding and dust bathing under a small 8'x12' building while free ranging in the summer so I thought I'd recreate it under the coop. Also they use the dust baths I made with a rubber bin, kitty pool and wheelbarrow in the run or outside. Maybe because it's hard to find dry...

The new coop will be only 1.5' raised from the ground to give the chickens to hide and enjoy dust bath in the summer. It'll be a walk-in and I don't need to get under it. My second one is not a walk-in and it's so hard to grab a chicken from there when I need to. Thank you for sharing your...

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation with many excellent points. Maybe I'll think about splitting the 12X8 coop into 8X8 for sleeping and 4X8 for occasional separation needs. I have 2 more coops in different areas that I can use to keep some separated if necessary.

I'm building a run and a coop again and hoping third time's a charm. The new covered 12'X22' run will be completely predator proof with hardware cloth and the chickens will have access 24/7 to the run from the coop. It's pretty mild in the winter here, usually around 40F. The lowest was 10F and...