converting playhouse into chicken coop

[NovaAman]

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:quixotic

 

[LoveNewChicks]

we have 5 coons(or more ) round here so we will not use duct tape

 

[LoveNewChicks]

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34 at the coldest,

 

[kukupecpec]

We took two playhouses and combined them to make a duplex..... here are some pixs..... (the last one is before it was converted into a duplex) .... maybe it will help get some ideas flowing!!!

How did you attach the hardware cloth to the plastic? I see the round metal thingies but I have no idea what they are haha
How well has this help up?

 

[Rachy]

Great idea Lucky chooks x

 

[rlh1]

Doing this too!

 

[gryeyes]

I have always used flat washers and screws - the really big metal washers, I think they're called "fender" washers at the hardware stores. The screw holds the washer tight against several of the squares in the hardware cloth.

Hope this helps.

 

[cknkids]

We got some wide head screws, Teks #8 lath screws. There is 1/4" hardware cloth over the windows. Worked great for the summer while the chicks were growing and we were building a permanent coop and run. Ours was old and the roof leaked, when I checked on it after a storm this winter so glad we didn't stay with it. The roof condition was on of the thing that pushed us to a different hen house, rather than just building a run.

 

[vlselz]

We got some wide head screws, Teks #8 lath screws. There is 1/4" hardware cloth over the windows. Worked great for the summer while the chicks were growing and we were building a permanent coop and run. Ours was old and the roof leaked, when I checked on it after a storm this winter so glad we didn't stay with it. The roof condition was on of the thing that pushed us to a different hen house, rather than just building a run.

Do all roofs leak on these houses? I live in Colorado and want to use either a Tikes playhouse like the duplex types above or a wood playhouse. Problem is our winters can get pretty bad cold with heavy type snow but I live closer to Denver not mountains so snow hasn't been an issue lately =) I have 3 hens btw =)

 

[rlh1]

Has anyone put a cooler on one of these houses? I live in Las Vegas and its HOT here. I need ideas on how to put a cooler on the coop.
Thanks