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The problem is essentially the weather extremes we have here. In summer, very broiling hot. In winter, bitter cold, albeit not as cold as some other places. I will need a way to keep the chickens cool in the summer and protected from cold and snow in the winter. The link in your second post was...

Sorry y'all, internet connection is being funky. Pic of run:

@perkolator: I was born in Roseville and grew up in Granite Bay. I watched it go from rural to a suburb of McMansions. When I was a baby (1975) my parents bought in Granite Bay before the name Granite Bay was coined because it was so cheap.

Ventilation: standard house eaves ventilation at top of walls. Bedding: probably fine pine shavings for coop. Run will be natural.

Grrr, something ate my post. Wire: three rolls of 150' long x 48" high wire = 6' high fencing. There will be a garden cloth "ceiling" to deter avian predators, mainly hawks and vultures. Not much in the way of land based chicken eaters here.

Simple answers first. Climate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yreka,_California#Climate Run location in foreground. Coop will be on pic's lower left. Obviously a prairie-style environment, although pic was taken on an overcast day: Wire, three rolls of 150' long wire

Yes, but then I realized that the coop will add an extra 8 feet in length to two of the sides. I was also thinking a 35' x 35' run originally, but adding the coop dimensions messed up my math.

Yay! I will FINALLY be able to have a chicken run starting spring 2024! Now for the planning: Coop: Will consist of two 4' x 8' sheets of plywood side by side for floor. Floor will be covered in peel-and-stick linoleum tile. Walls will also be 4x8 plywood, on 8' foot high pine studs. Roof will...