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I'm in GA so snow loads are a joke. Rain loads shouldnt be sufficient to cause much issue. The courragated plastic on the roof can be raised to give it some more slope i guess.
The structural support of a cube of 4"x4"s should be sufficient for any loads. The sheetgood will be putting load on the 4x4s not the other way round.
My brooder box is 2'x4'x4' (LxWxH) and was constructed with 2x4 as the inside frame with no structural issues.
I am a big dude, so a hinged 4x8 should be no problem to lift when I am trying to change out litter and get to a sick/hurt chicken. It'll be next to a chain link fence to rest it on.
All this is likely to be moot anyhow.
We have 9 chickens, 10 ducks, and a goose, the wife wants to use an old storage building as the pen for all of them after I do some renovation to it (it's been in disrepair for many years [we only got our property a year ago]).
The structural support of a cube of 4"x4"s should be sufficient for any loads. The sheetgood will be putting load on the 4x4s not the other way round.
My brooder box is 2'x4'x4' (LxWxH) and was constructed with 2x4 as the inside frame with no structural issues.
I am a big dude, so a hinged 4x8 should be no problem to lift when I am trying to change out litter and get to a sick/hurt chicken. It'll be next to a chain link fence to rest it on.
All this is likely to be moot anyhow.
We have 9 chickens, 10 ducks, and a goose, the wife wants to use an old storage building as the pen for all of them after I do some renovation to it (it's been in disrepair for many years [we only got our property a year ago]).
