Advice/help requested - 8x8 shed to coop conversion

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PetesChicks said:
:loveLove your shed and layout! It's amazing what some of us will do for our girls. You have had a lot of great advice already, this site is the best!

I have a similar design for my shed coop, I was lucky in that my shed has 3 windows, one in the front part that I have walled off like you are doing, and 2 in the coop area; as well as the gable vents.

As for your silkie, have you thought about a box on the floor? I have 2 silkies, one of them roosts on the roost board with the other chickens, and the other sleeps in a 3 sided box that the end of the ramp sets on. The open side of the box faces my area so that I can see her and reach her easily.
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Thank you! These fluffybutts are kind of my life right now, I feel like the crazy chicken lady and I'm totally 100% okay with that! :D

As for my silkie, she has slept next to her 2 buddies in their current coop for a year now (in their nest boxes not on a roost :oops:). I could give her a little ground nesting option, since silkies are ground nesters... I'll have to see how their first night goes and go from there!
 
chickachickayea said:
Also, @aart , did I undestand you correctly regarding the placement of the windows? With the south window being under the poop board/roost? Or would that be too much draft? Check my updated layout drawing above if you can...
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Oh...I forgot about how short the side walls are on those darned gambrel roofed sheds, DOH!
Then I'd put it on the west wall, roost side of doors.
OR...sorry, waffling here.
Might want to save west walls for larger windows down the road.
Tho could also put 'lights'(non opening glazing) in doors
Not sure about a window under the poop board....might actually be ok.
Low venting is not all bad, board will block drafts from roosts, will add some light down low....tho would be hard to access to open/close.

Sorry, I'm no help today, eh?
 
aart said:
Oh...I forgot about how short the side walls are on those darned gambrel roofed sheds, DOH!
Then I'd put it on the west wall, roost side of doors.
OR...sorry, waffling here.
Might want to save west walls for larger windows down the road.
Tho could also put 'lights'(non opening glazing) in doors
Not sure about a window under the poop board....might actually be ok.
Low venting is not all bad, board will block drafts from roosts, will add some light down low....tho would be hard to access to open/close.

Sorry, I'm no help today, eh?
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Yes that darn but sweet barn silhouette... Oooh I thought of little windows on the doors but did not think of non-opening windows. Hmm! I bought 2 more windows today for $20 (ReStore is amazing!) for possibly the east* wall - I don't remember what size they are and I'm too lazy to check right now. :plbb
The height of the wall before the gambrel roof starts is 45" if that helps at all.
I can wait on the windows to ponder over placement more... ;)

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After running errands this morning, and picking up 2 more windows and a small workbench on wheels... all for $45! :love I finally got home to cut a bunch of wood to get the nest boxes started, cut wood and built the frame for the right side partition wall. Remember folks, measure twice, cut once! Luckily my math/measurement mistake only cost me a few inches of 2x4!

I don't have pictures of today's progress, but I will update tomorrow with photo evidence!
 
aart said:
Yeah but....:oops: ....won't run a heater for water in winter, and don't think you can hook up to a timer for winter laying lights.

The one with the pull switch is nice, tho.
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LOL True. Hmm...Could I possibly do some sort of solar converter with the heater? I didn't have lights during winter last year... I'm not entirely dependent on eggs, unless we start collecting to sell but that won't be for awhile!
 
I take warm water out 2x a day, I water in rubber bowls and buckets, no heater required, just some vigorous bashing of ice.
 

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