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  1. U_Stormcrow

    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    This is a good way to make removable hardware cloth or chicken wire "windows" by securing them in bolt thru wooden frames. Particularly effective for partition walls, and then you can hang it flush when not in use. Size may require diagonal bracing, and its always encouraged. ala
  2. U_Stormcrow

    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    ^^^^ Just so. Give me a hammer and the poultry staples I don't like $4.50 a pound over a $20 staple and the deepest, broad point staples I can find. I own both. and a hammer tacker, too. Suitable for hanging craft paper, temporarily securing tar paper, and hanging tyvek. Holding wire, even...
  3. U_Stormcrow

    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    Screw + Washer is the best way to secure hardware cloth to something else. Poultry staples is the second best way. Actual staples won't do the trick. and note that the good poultry staples (those aren't they) will have a "nick" in them, turned out, so the staple grabs a bit better. But that...
  4. U_Stormcrow

    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    and my last build was as prices started to rise. It cost me around $1,300 I believe, but is pretty bare bones. Of course, its also 10' x 16' (roughly). 8 sheets of hardieboard (which I would lay out differently) if I did it again, that about $300. 10 sheets ox 2'x8' 5v metal roofing, plus a...
  5. U_Stormcrow

    Talk me off the Ledge... $2000 for a chicken coop!

    Use Hardiboard instead. Harder on your tools, you don't want to be making a lot of cuts, and you will need to use screws, not nails - but will save you between $8 and $15 a sheet, depending on where you source it, and its FAR more durable than OSB, particularly with regard moisture (though both...
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