Am I a genius or an idiot?

[Brahma Chicken5000]

My run roof had a 12” slant and it held up fine.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Thank you for your input. Good points. Couple quesions but first let me clarify. My plan isn't to just build a second coop inside the run. My plan is to actually turn the run itself into a coop by adding wooden walls to the inside of the fence panels and a slanted roof over top the whole thing. So, yes, the wood will be right up against the fence. My question for you is, with a 10" rise on one end of the slant roof is this enough to prevent heavy snow and ice damage? Will it slide off before collapsing the roof?

So if my understanding is correct, you want to convert your 10’x10’ run into a henhouse?

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

In N NJ 10" is probably not enough. However, you might be able to put support posts (permanent or removable) under the main ridge to keep the roof from collapsing.

 

[Cryss]

My run roof had a 12” slant and it held up fine.

Thank you!
Brahma I was just looking at your profile and see you are currently chickenless because of a neighbor, but are getting more chicks in March. Just wondering, did the neighbor move? How are you able to start again? I haven't had any neighbors say anything yet, well except for one that wants eggs when they start laying. So I'm curious how you're handling this event.

 

[007Sean]

I guess what I’m really trying to say is: to make you ramp less steep you have to make it longer.

Or stairstep type landings

 

[Cryss]

So if my understanding is correct, you want to convert your 10’x10’ run into a henhouse?

YES, exactly! Seems to me it makes for instant predator proofing.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Thank you!
Brahma I was just looking at your profile and see you are currently chickenless because of a neighbor, but are getting more chicks in March. Just wondering, did the neighbor move?

I wish that they moved, but they haven’t.

How are you able to start again? I haven't had any neighbors say anything yet, well except for one that wants eggs when they start laying. So I'm curious how you're handling this event.

Well after I rehomed my flock I dismantled my run and then started looking for a buyer. I ended up selling the run to my family friend who took in my four light brahma hens. I helped her and her husband put it in a UHaul truck and then we put it together at their property. After that I drew up plans for a new coop that I would build, but I abandoned those plans after I won free coop plans from buildacoop.com. I also bought a prefab coop from target and my sebright pullets will live in the prefab coop until I get their large coop built. After the large coop is built I’m getting an Ameraucana pullet and an Araucana pullet from @Martin Huevo Farm! I’m almost finished my gap year only 6 1/2 weeks left. The large coop will be built from an old shed, swing set, fence posts, possibly fencing,whatever wood my aunt has at her property, & any wood I find like pallets and the like. I’ll be planting a hedge as well in front of the fence that separates my property from my neighbor’s property so I don’t have to see them .

YES, exactly! Seems to me it makes for instant predator proofing.

Will you be adding on a run? How many chickens do you plan to have?

 

[Birdinhand]

what I hear in your OP is a kind of anxiety/stress that may actually be your creative side being held back so much it's ready to burst and start makings stuff, if only you gave yourself permission. so, for what it's worth, I give you permission, buy a few basic tools and work your way up from there, that's what I did and now people call me a carpenter. being able to modify and adjust a structure as you go eats up time and may feel endless at times but it's so rewarding and sometimes there is no other way to make a space work than to go custom. some of us have the kinds of minds that latch on to puzzles and start solving, anxiety is often the worst right before we get started, un-cuff your hands and mind and get building, the tension/creative force comes in waves and it is relieved by having an outlet!

 

[Cryss]

I wish that they moved, but they haven’t.
Well after I rehomed my flock I dismantled my run and then started looking for a buyer. I ended up selling the run to my family friend who took in my four light brahma hens. I helped her and her husband put it in a UHaul truck and then we put it together at their property. After that I drew up plans for a new coop that I would build, but I abandoned those plans after I won free coop plans from buildacoop.com. I also bought a prefab coop from target and my sebright pullets will live in the prefab coop until I get their large coop built. After the large coop is built I’m getting an Ameraucana pullet and an Araucana pullet from @Martin Huevo Farm! I’m almost finished my gap year only 6 1/2 weeks left. The large coop will be built from an old shed, swing set, fence posts, possibly fencing,whatever wood my aunt has at her property, & any wood I find like pallets and the like. I’ll be planting a hedge as well in front of the fence that separates my property from my neighbor’s property so I don’t have to see them .
Will you be adding on a run? How many chickens do you plan to have?

Nice plan! But what's to stop that nosey neighbor from causing trouble for you again?

Yes, I do plan a new run! I will attach that before I begin turning the current run into a coop. I want to purchase one more 10x10x6 chain link dog fence. I'll disconnect front corner of the right hand side panel of the current run, swing it open so it stands in the back, changing it from this kind of shape *L]* to this shape *___]* if that makes sense. Then I attach the new chain link panels. There are 4 so one can join that one on the back, two can attach to the front, parallel to the ones in the back (one of these will be the one with a door), and the last panel will join them together at the end making a 10x20 run off of a 10x10 coop. I will continue with the same predator proofing method I currently use. Oh, and where that original panel used to be will now be a wood wall with a pop door, possibly 2.

I'd like to have a dozen chickens, heck I'd love to own a real farm and just go for having so many I can't count! (Quick, somebody me!) For now I will have 5. When I'm done building and they are comfortably settled I'd like to introduce 2 at a time, possibly silver laced Wyandotte. Then 2 green or blue egg layers. Then...who knows?
Chicken math.

 

[Cryss]

what I hear in your OP is a kind of anxiety/stress that may actually be your creative side being held back so much it's ready to burst and start makings stuff, if only you gave yourself permission. so, for what it's worth, I give you permission, buy a few basic tools and work your way up from there, that's what I did and now people call me a carpenter. being able to modify and adjust a structure as you go eats up time and may feel endless at times but it's so rewarding and sometimes there is no other way to make a space work than to go custom. some of us have the kinds of minds that latch on to puzzles and start solving, anxiety is often the worst right before we get started, un-cuff your hands and mind and get building, the tension/creative force comes in waves and it is relieved by having an outlet!

OMG I'M IN LOVE! Will you marry me? No, wait, sorry, I'm already married. Listen! You have hit the nail SO HARD on the head! Your text resonated like a sonic boom!
I'll be 67 four weeks from now and I'm really ready for this.
Just let me have my coffee and maybe something for the old arthritis and look out world!
Seriously, thank you for permission. How did you know? Are you an artist by any chance?