Considering an A Frame design for my bantams.

[Sutherlandfarms]

How do you like your a frame coop? My idea is to have the bottom as an enclosed run and put the roosts and nesting boxes enclosed I part of the upper structure. Seeking experience, advice, and maybe pics if you have them.

I have 10 bantams right now in a brooder but they’re straight run so best scenario 5 are pullets and 5 are cocks. I’ll keep two cocks and give the other three to my nana to keep on her ranch. So I’m looking at keeping seven bantams. If an A Feame is not the way to go what would you recommend? Husband is very handy and can build. Prefab coop suggestions also welcome though I’m not sure that’s the route we will go

 

[PirateGirl]

Based on my experience, I have one thing to offer.

Be sure to build an adequate "people door" or access panel so that you can easily reach any/all space under the coop. It can be a pain when you need to reach in a space that was built with only chickens in mind.

 

[aart]

My idea is to have the bottom as an enclosed run and put the roosts and nesting boxes enclosed I part of the upper structure.

Unless the Aframe is very large that upper portion is small, 'headroom' gets tight', and is hard to access......they are also hard to ventilate while protecting from the weather.

 

[PirateGirl]

Honestly I love my AFrame run that is tall enough for a human to stand in, but the coop is separate and they access the run through a door. Do some measuring before building anything. Your roost bar should probably be at least a foot off the floor and then you need at least a foot of headroom above it to the ceiling and a foot to each wall. Ventilation should also be above the heads of the roosting birds. I have another idea, but I'm going to look for Internet pics to illustrate...

 

[PirateGirl]

From what you describe, I think your plan is something like the second picture, but I think you can build the chickens a more suitable coop if it is designed more like the first picture. The first picture is a bit more human friendly. You could still add roofing or a tarp over part of the run to shield from the elements or act as a wind block.