Composite decking?

[Justanother Brooke]

Has anyone used this in their coop? A lady I work with gave us a HUGE amount of 2x6's, mostly 8 foot lengths when she re-did her deck last year. I can't think of any reason it would be bad for the chickens, but wanted to know if anyone knew of any drawbacks. Or, if you have used it, how?
We are attempting to build an 8x8 coop using as many recycled/freebie/cheap materials as we can.

Thanks!

 

[Liamm_1]

ZERO drawbacks!! use it! in any way you can. building animal housing using new materials is absurd. I'm currently stockpiling used materials for my coop expansion

 

[farmer_lew]

I can't think of any drawbacks, at all. Composite lumber would make a great coop. Won't rot like regular lumber, either! Congrats on the gift!

 

[jenesis536]

I disagree... it would be really bad... you should ship it to me... my address is :

Nah - that would be great! Wish I could get gifts like that!

 

[kstaven]

No reason I can think of.

 

[farmer_lew]

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x2!

 

[mississippifarmboy]

I use a strip all the way around the base of the coops I build to sell. Stuff never rots and keeps the wood from ground contact.
Great find!

 

[elmo]

The only thing I can think of (and this applies to treated wood, too) is to clean up any sawdust from cutting the lumber from any place your chickens can get to. You wouldn't want them pecking at and consuming a lot of sawdust.

 

[patandchickens]

It is not a good structural material at all. WAY too bendy. Only works for decks because there is so little space between joists -- and even so, you can't stretch the joists out as much as you can with 2" wood deck boards.

Use it for a deck, or trade it to someone who wants to build a deck for something useful in exchange.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Shelbys]

Has anyone used this in their coop? A lady I work with gave us a HUGE amount of 2x6's, mostly 8 foot lengths when she re-did her deck last year. I can't think of any reason it would be bad for the chickens, but wanted to know if anyone knew of any drawbacks. Or, if you have used it, how?
We are attempting to build an 8x8 coop using as many recycled/freebie/cheap materials as we can.

Thanks!

Hello! I know someone who has leftover Trex boards and was thinking about building a coop out of them. So I started researching on this site and came upon your post. I know it’s been many years and hopefully you were still on this site. I was wondering how your coop came out. Any photos? Very very interested. Thank you.