We have built the second coop and it is ready for the flock when the flock is ready to move outside. There are a few things I like better with this design and a few things I don't like better.
Some things I don't like, for example is the nesting box is too close to the ground, I feel. But the design will not allow it to be up higher. The coop's human access door is h-e-a-v-y! If it falls on me, it is going to break something on my body! We may need to put a latch on the hen's door into the pen. The gate on the end of the pen will need to be tweeked in order to work correctly.
One of the things I do like is the fact that the coop is quite a bit more spacious. The hen door into the pen will be easier to open. There is no ramp to fuss with. We put a built-in feeder into the coop. We have added electricity into the coop. This coop has already passed the "rain-proof" test. This coop was a lot cheaper to build than the last one.
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This coop and pen was modified from a plan we found in "Building Chicken Coops for Dummies."
