Moment of silence. And how do I keep this from happening

[AndrewP07]

So I went out early this morning to give them all a dose of valbazen, and I saw that their hoop coop had some snow on it making it tilt. I got most of it off and forgot about it. Went back a couple hours later, and it had collapsed. 1 confirmed dead, but 2 more in bad shape.

 

[aart]

How side is the base?
Needs some framing to help hold it up and in shape.
Might get some ideas here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hoop-coop-chicken-tractor.72211/
..and there are a lot of other hoop coops in the coop article section.
Putting 'hoop coop' in your thread title here will garner more advice.

 

[AndrewP07]

How side is the base?
Needs some framing to help hold it up and in shape.
Might get some ideas here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hoop-coop-chicken-tractor.72211/
..and there are a lot of other hoop coops in the coop article section.
Putting 'hoop coop' in your thread title here will garner more advice.

What do you mean how side is the base?

 

[Cinnamon Roll]

Probably meant how wide is the base.

You could put in 4 t posts and use a rope inside the hoop from one post to another to hold the panel in place without unwrapping your tarp.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Maybe some really strong support beams might help.

 

[aart]

What do you mean how side is the base?

Probably meant how wide is the base.

Yes, I meant wide, that was a typo.

 

[21hens-incharge]

That looks like some wire other than cattle panels to me.

What gauge is the wire?

 

[Sammster]

So I went out early this morning to give them all a dose of valbazen, and I saw that their hoop coop had some snow on it making it tilt. I got most of it off and forgot about it. Went back a couple hours later, and it had collapsed. 1 confirmed dead, but 2 more in bad shape.

I'm so sorry!

 

[AndrewP07]

Yes, I meant wide, that was a typo.

Approximately 8 feet wide

 

[aart]

That looks like some wire other than cattle panels to me.

What gauge is the wire?

You know, I think you're onto something.....could just be 14ga 2x4 field fencing.