Cargo containers.

[Percheron chick]

Unless you have a source for free or just about free shipping containers, you will spend about double converting one to a usable coop. A used 8x20 container run anywhere from $1000-4000. You will need a torch and welding skills for the alterations. Depending upon where you live, shipping containers are a visual nuisance and you have to make additional modifications so they blend into the environment. More $$.
I'd start all over. What's your budget? Chicken #s? What building skills and tools do you have? Time constraints? Building restrictions and permit?

 

[BleuSaphir]

My only concern is how much heat will it keep inside. That why I always wondered how on earth people convert them as living space!

 

[aart]

Unless you have a source for free or just about free shipping containers, you will spend about double converting one to a usable coop. A used 8x20 container run anywhere from $1000-4000. You will need a torch and welding skills for the alterations. Depending upon where you live, shipping containers are a visual nuisance and you have to make additional modifications so they blend into the environment. More $$.
I'd start all over. What's your budget? Chicken #s? What building skills and tools do you have? Time constraints? Building restrictions and permit?

Ditto Dat!!!

Also......
Where in this world are you located @Ray5809 ?
Climate, and time of year, is almost always a factor.
Please add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, and then it's always there!

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

You will need to cut out several places for ventilation and then cover them with hardware cloth. Instead of the roll up door, you could frame in a man door and additional windows unless your climate allows for that entire side to be covered in hardware cloth. You could even build a six foot high wall inside that would block the wind if you left that end open, but allow for ventilation over their heads where they roost. Basically, the wall would act as a baffle. Put the roost behind the wall and give them access to the entire container. I have thought about this myself. I think it could work with modifications. You could also look into a small exhaust fan to move moist air out.

Regular "shipping containers" don't have roll up doors. They have 2 "regular" doors. ("Regular" for lack of a better word. Of course they aren't like the doors in your house. But they aren't roll up doors.)

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

My only concern is how much heat will it keep inside. That why I always wondered how on earth people convert them as living space!

Insulation!

 

[MissE]

Regular "shipping containers" don't have roll up doors. They have 2 "regular" doors. ("Regular" for lack of a better word. Of course they aren't like the doors in your house. But they aren't roll up doors.)

Funny, the 8x20 one the neighbors turned into shed came with a roll up door. Maybe there are both.

 

[NatJ]

Funny, the 8x20 one the neighbors turned into shed came with a roll up door. Maybe there are both.

There are quite a few styles.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

Funny, the 8x20 one the neighbors turned into shed came with a roll up door. Maybe there are both.

It would depend on if it is a trailer like is hauled on the back of a semi, like the type that is often used for local deliveries or a "shipping" container that is hauled on a trailer than on a ship or train. I have a reefer trailer that I use for storage and it does NOT have a roll up door either.