can someone help me find...

[chickawhat]

We are zone 7 in Prescott. But it is a lot dryer than Puyallup. We are from Seattle, and I would maybe not have this kind of coop there. Here the problem is heat. I use old sheet metal roofing to block wind and rain, we do get some snow in the winter. Mine will go on cinder blocks for the winter so I can put in bedding. I use an electric net fence to keep the coyotes away. In the winter, I will be depending on the wire and cinder block footing, snow could shut down the fence occasionally!

oh i’m not going to do. a metal coop. i already have a sheet metal roof and that was almost as miserable to work with as the sand hardware cloth . I was just brainstorming with a friend about how to motivate her husband to build a new coop.
my neighbors recently had a coyote in her back yard but I have 3 security dogs. nothing survives jumping over my fence. I realized this morning that my chickens high tail it in the coop when one of my dogs does a certain bark. i found that fascinating. they usually ignore them. my 3 yard sharks are never allowed anywhere near my birds. and i have dual doors to make sure no one slips through lol.

 

[chickawhat]

Hot days I have it open on 3 sides, tarp on the back wall for shade, tarp on top for shade. Right now I have it on grass like a tractor, move it once a week before the grass dies. If it gets cold tarps or sheet metal are attached to the sides. Mostly blocks the wind. It was 98 today, I ran the sprinkler and put in a big extra pan of water. Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter, ~100, I will put an ice block in the big water pan. They stand in it, or on the ice. They figured that out right away as 4 week old chicks.

my friend lived in montana. so a metal coop probably would be great then

 

[aart]

maybe he was from west texas.

Thought of this one....but that's not it.
I remember the welding part now.....

 

[chickawhat]

Thought of this one....but that's not it.
I remember the welding part now.....

lol. yeah. no. it didn’t look like a shed at all it looked like a poison or an armory lol. i’m going to find it one day years later lol