Coop Door on the Floor

[SoilMatesofGA]

Newbie here - We’re in the process of building our first chick-mobile/chicken tractor. It has a run underneath and half of it has the coop portion on top.
We’re putting our door on the bottom of the coop portion that leads to the run. My question is how big should the door/hole be? I’ve read 12”x12” should be big enough. Do y’all agree?
We expect to have larger egg layers, but haven’t bought any yet, so I want to err on the bigger door size to give us space if needed.
- Alex

 

[Mamatomany123]

I wouldn't put it on the floor. Any bedding you have they will constantly kick out.

 

[SoilMatesofGA]

I failed to mention, the coop portion will have a wire (hardware cloth) floor so their "fertilizer" can fall to my grass.

 

[Alaskan]

Having a door on the floor is often problematic, at least from the coop articles that I have read...

Can you shift things about and make the pop door on the wall?

I need to go measure mine... but at a guess it is 10 inches wide, 12 high... I can measure in the morning.

 

[SoilMatesofGA]

Having a door on the floor is often problematic, at least from the coop articles that I have read...

Can you shift things about and make the pop door on the wall?

I need to go measure mine... but at a guess it is 10 inches wide, 12 high... I can measure in the morning.

Thanks! That’s a good enough guideline. You don’t need to go measure.

 

[Alaskan]

I was curious... went and measured, mine is 12x12.

 

[aart]

Having a door on the floor is often problematic

Ditto Dat....To say the least.