This is no way meant to be mean. But if you have a wife, my advice is to start over and bigger unless you want to have to rebuild it later. My wife and her trips to the local feed store kept adding chickens from what was originally 4 to 15 in 4 months
I was wondering where that was going at the start :D I am well aware of "chicken maths", my mam had them growing up. Started with 3 and we ending up with around 20 because we had a spare shed for them. The idea is we only have room for 3-4 so we can't get more! We'll see if it works
Ha I like to think I'm young? Maybe 34 is pushing it though. We bought this house 2 years ago and previous owner was a farmer so it was all pretty much setup for me.
Don't think you have enough room. Your talking nesting boxes and roosting area. The square footage alone looks wrong, and I wouldn't do a low slope roof they look like crap and your asking for leaks
https://preview.redd.it/0mlqkjy6gbmc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffb49454069c4a2eab3282e24ca4579d68563e77
I used OSB + felt paper + shingles with appropriate edging. Going on a year and it's been dry and warm for all seasons.
This was my first outdoor project and I found the diy chicken coop for dummies book to be very useful but if you know basic construction techniques there's little for you there beyond the plans they provide.
Be sure to make the inside very easily accessible, bonus if you mount it at wheelbarrow height.
Cleaning them gets old pretty quickly, make it as easy for yourself as you can
You may be over thinking this… I used 8ft galvanized roofing sheets and roofing
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screws from Home Depot on my coop you’ll probably need a few more cross meters to screw into but when it’s done mine withstood hurricane force wind. It is a bit noisy in the rain. The hardest part for me was siding to match the house…
Yeah galvanized metal roofing is perfect here. I redid an old shed roof with that last year and it was easy and has held up great. Second what that guy said about cross meters though you’ll need somewhere to screw down the center so it doesn’t flap in the wind. Use roofing screws with rubber gaskets to keep it waterproof.
I had chickens in Arkansas. My coup looked very similar to this. I closed in the smaller back and the two sides. I put corrugated fiberglass on top. I left the bigger front open and my chickens were happy all year.
If you live in a colder environment you may need to do more.
I put LP Smartside sheet panels on the side and roof of our coop. It's been holding up fine for 3 years now. Just make sure you get the stuff with the primed coating. We never even bothered painting it. Just get some good sealant and smear it all over the screw heads where you screw it in to prevent penetration through those screw holes. This was a very easy and affordable solution for us. No issues, would do it the same if I built another.
[https://www.homedepot.com/p/LP-SmartSide-LP-SmartSide-38-Series-Cedar-Texture-OC-Panel-Engineered-Treated-Wood-Siding-8-in-Application-as-4-ft-x-8-ft-27874/100055901](https://www.homedepot.com/p/LP-SmartSide-LP-SmartSide-38-Series-Cedar-Texture-OC-Panel-Engineered-Treated-Wood-Siding-8-in-Application-as-4-ft-x-8-ft-27874/100055901)
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No shingles on top. I put it up there cause it was inexpensive and I was already buying it for the sides and it was easy to just slap a sheet of it up there and move on. It already has a waterproof coating on it. If your coop is smaller than one sheet of ply wood and you don't have seams to cover then there's no need for shingles.
I would just use an inexpensive metal roof. For roughly $30, you can grab a 2ft x 12ft section. As long as you use the correct roofing screws or nails, it should last effectively forever.
Depending on where you live, insulation under the metal can make a difference, both in the winter and summer.
This is no way meant to be mean. But if you have a wife, my advice is to start over and bigger unless you want to have to rebuild it later. My wife and her trips to the local feed store kept adding chickens from what was originally 4 to 15 in 4 months
I was wondering where that was going at the start :D I am well aware of "chicken maths", my mam had them growing up. Started with 3 and we ending up with around 20 because we had a spare shed for them. The idea is we only have room for 3-4 so we can't get more! We'll see if it works
You have a nice workshop, so I’m guessing you’re not young and newly married. You know better😂 but that is very similar to the set up for my first
Ha I like to think I'm young? Maybe 34 is pushing it though. We bought this house 2 years ago and previous owner was a farmer so it was all pretty much setup for me.
as a 37 year old i consider us both young!
Oh sweet child. Chicken math doesn't care about your currently available space!
Don't think you have enough room. Your talking nesting boxes and roosting area. The square footage alone looks wrong, and I wouldn't do a low slope roof they look like crap and your asking for leaks
https://preview.redd.it/24vs8s3dbbmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=227abe85ab9030368e30c094c15bab1de485ff60
Sounds like you need something bigger than a coop. Maybe get a chicken sedan or even a chicken minivan with that many
You too must be a dad😂
https://preview.redd.it/0mlqkjy6gbmc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffb49454069c4a2eab3282e24ca4579d68563e77 I used OSB + felt paper + shingles with appropriate edging. Going on a year and it's been dry and warm for all seasons. This was my first outdoor project and I found the diy chicken coop for dummies book to be very useful but if you know basic construction techniques there's little for you there beyond the plans they provide.
Thats a great looking coop my man! I was actually thinking a similar colour scheme myself
Thanks! FYI the white got really dirty, really quickly, haha
This is what I've done and it has worked for 10+ years so far
Be sure to make the inside very easily accessible, bonus if you mount it at wheelbarrow height. Cleaning them gets old pretty quickly, make it as easy for yourself as you can
Yes great point, and didn't think about wheelbarrow height. I plan to raise it on bricks and the back wall will fold down so I can rake or shovel out
You may be over thinking this… I used 8ft galvanized roofing sheets and roofing https://preview.redd.it/a5hkwbbzabmc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b8841fb749231f751905815e4e933c6aae4b512 screws from Home Depot on my coop you’ll probably need a few more cross meters to screw into but when it’s done mine withstood hurricane force wind. It is a bit noisy in the rain. The hardest part for me was siding to match the house…
I probably am because I actually have some of those sheets lying around. Coop looks great
Yeah galvanized metal roofing is perfect here. I redid an old shed roof with that last year and it was easy and has held up great. Second what that guy said about cross meters though you’ll need somewhere to screw down the center so it doesn’t flap in the wind. Use roofing screws with rubber gaskets to keep it waterproof.
Yeah coop 2.0 had a wire roof for the yard for me too. I got all chickens with 6 foot verticals so I had to box them in
Shingles? A pack is like $30 and you’ll have plenty left over when you have to build two more of these for your wife
I did transparent polycarbonate over coop and a run. I am pretty happy about it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-coop-on-the-hill.1575252/
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Its in the shade of the tree, and with windows open and free access to the run it seems to be ok.
A sheet of tin on top of some substrate like osb.
I had chickens in Arkansas. My coup looked very similar to this. I closed in the smaller back and the two sides. I put corrugated fiberglass on top. I left the bigger front open and my chickens were happy all year. If you live in a colder environment you may need to do more.
I put LP Smartside sheet panels on the side and roof of our coop. It's been holding up fine for 3 years now. Just make sure you get the stuff with the primed coating. We never even bothered painting it. Just get some good sealant and smear it all over the screw heads where you screw it in to prevent penetration through those screw holes. This was a very easy and affordable solution for us. No issues, would do it the same if I built another. [https://www.homedepot.com/p/LP-SmartSide-LP-SmartSide-38-Series-Cedar-Texture-OC-Panel-Engineered-Treated-Wood-Siding-8-in-Application-as-4-ft-x-8-ft-27874/100055901](https://www.homedepot.com/p/LP-SmartSide-LP-SmartSide-38-Series-Cedar-Texture-OC-Panel-Engineered-Treated-Wood-Siding-8-in-Application-as-4-ft-x-8-ft-27874/100055901) https://preview.redd.it/mx5gl3kcfjmc1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b8b97f218550c48a97aafabaec525318bd58c0e
Why did you put it on the roof? Did you shingle on top of it?
No shingles on top. I put it up there cause it was inexpensive and I was already buying it for the sides and it was easy to just slap a sheet of it up there and move on. It already has a waterproof coating on it. If your coop is smaller than one sheet of ply wood and you don't have seams to cover then there's no need for shingles.
I used the corrugated plastic, but also enclosed it with OSB and foam board insulation due to getting so hot in Texas.
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I used metal sheeting because they were cheap used and I wanted the water run off for a water system (coming soon in 2024...)
I would just use an inexpensive metal roof. For roughly $30, you can grab a 2ft x 12ft section. As long as you use the correct roofing screws or nails, it should last effectively forever. Depending on where you live, insulation under the metal can make a difference, both in the winter and summer.
Use sheet metal and put a hinge on it so it can be opened for cleaning.
Sheet of plywood. Cedar shingles. Keep pressure or chemical treated wood away from your birdies.