Rshumpal
Songster
I’ve been waiting for the rain to stop so I could paint my shed pieces and get my coop up. I don’t know if I have enough ventilation, or possibly too much planned. The coop is going to have my house on the one side and then two sections of fence on the other so it is well protected from the elements.
I have 6 4 week old chicks, two of each of Brahmas, Favorelles, and Silkies. I had had a plan for a coop that I got off line but then found a deal for someone who want to do a shed broken down along with an old run for $200. The hardware cloth alone was worth the price.
I have an 8 x 11 section completely hardwired where the coop will be with the overhang then a larger 6 x 8 section for the first part of the run and then a 4 x 15 section currently laid out for the rest of the run so I know I have plenty.
The shed is a Dutch Barnes style that is was 8 x 16. One of the sides had a tree growing through it so we left that so I am making the coop itself 8 x 4 with a 3 foot overhang. Half the overhang is going to be their full-size covered run with a 4 x 15 open run that will probably be 4 feet high.
I am making the coop itself 8 x 4. At the top peak of the front and back I’m removing that and doing hardware cloth down from the top and about 2 feet and going a crossed. Was considering possibly putting an opening at the bottom with hardware cloth for ventilation through the litter, I’m doing DLM. I also have two shutters that are 6 x 18-24” that I could put along the side walls to adjust the ventilation. Obviously I would hardware cloth on the inside of those to protect the chicks. The shingle roof was not any good, but the Ron had a 10 roof on it that I’m going to use for the roofing. I plan on having that a loose fit against the frame of the coop and hardware cloth in there to have some vans that way and also popping the vent up a little bit and hardware cloth thing through that for some ventilation.
I live in northern Alabama which doesn’t really get much cold winter. Usually lows are in the upper 20s at most. My main concern is summer which is May through October and is usually in the 90s to a few weeks of upper 90s
I have attached where I have the hardware cloth for some visual purposes and a photo off the ad of the original shed to give an idea of what it looks like. I plan on painting it all white and painting the roof white as well.
The photos of the shed are from a stock photo and the ad and just to help visualize
I have 6 4 week old chicks, two of each of Brahmas, Favorelles, and Silkies. I had had a plan for a coop that I got off line but then found a deal for someone who want to do a shed broken down along with an old run for $200. The hardware cloth alone was worth the price.
I have an 8 x 11 section completely hardwired where the coop will be with the overhang then a larger 6 x 8 section for the first part of the run and then a 4 x 15 section currently laid out for the rest of the run so I know I have plenty.
The shed is a Dutch Barnes style that is was 8 x 16. One of the sides had a tree growing through it so we left that so I am making the coop itself 8 x 4 with a 3 foot overhang. Half the overhang is going to be their full-size covered run with a 4 x 15 open run that will probably be 4 feet high.
I am making the coop itself 8 x 4. At the top peak of the front and back I’m removing that and doing hardware cloth down from the top and about 2 feet and going a crossed. Was considering possibly putting an opening at the bottom with hardware cloth for ventilation through the litter, I’m doing DLM. I also have two shutters that are 6 x 18-24” that I could put along the side walls to adjust the ventilation. Obviously I would hardware cloth on the inside of those to protect the chicks. The shingle roof was not any good, but the Ron had a 10 roof on it that I’m going to use for the roofing. I plan on having that a loose fit against the frame of the coop and hardware cloth in there to have some vans that way and also popping the vent up a little bit and hardware cloth thing through that for some ventilation.
I live in northern Alabama which doesn’t really get much cold winter. Usually lows are in the upper 20s at most. My main concern is summer which is May through October and is usually in the 90s to a few weeks of upper 90s
I have attached where I have the hardware cloth for some visual purposes and a photo off the ad of the original shed to give an idea of what it looks like. I plan on painting it all white and painting the roof white as well.
The photos of the shed are from a stock photo and the ad and just to help visualize
