09-16-2020, 01:16 AM
After 10 years of having layer hens and using a variety of temporary and more permanent solutions, that looks like a fine hen house but not well suited to the tropics. It looks like it would get hot and the hens don't lay when they are too hot. It also looks like it blocks a lot of light which may discourage them from laying in winter. These are all things that you can overcome by modifying the design but at some point one has to wonder if they are spending so much time overcoming the structure's intent that maybe it's the wrong structure. Also wood, humidity, heat, and poultry make for a very difficult situation when the bird mites, fowl pox, and coccidia make their rounds. Really the only concerns one needs to make for designing a hen house is that they get enough shade, can get out of the rain, safe from dogs, cats, and mongoose, and is convenient for you to work in.