Could i turn this shed into a chicken coop?

[jpurvis]

Steel sheds are not the best, especially if they are a little cramped ? One of the dissadvantages is the fact that steel gets very hot in the summer and freezing in the winter. Thats why you see steel sheds being used in the old war camps as punishment cells !! Wood is a natural insulator of both heat and cold, so if possible I would always go for a timber shed if avialable/affordable. One advantage of steel however is that it is more vermin/predator resistant

If you want to cut vents or windows in a steel shed, it's best to use an angle grinder with a steel cutting blade attached. Be sure to file down the sharp edges though if you want to avoid bloodshed !

 

[gmendoza]

pallet coop is the way to go.Cheap and plenty available

 

[EweSheep]

Ive used resin sheds like the Royal Outdoor shed and it's great! I loved it! It's going 8 years old and it weathered thru the BEST of all sheds. I can take a hose and hose everything down inside that shed and not worry about rot like wood sheds or rust like steel shed do.

Here is mine:

They do have 8x6 and 8x8 and they are easy to assemble! Once you get the foundation all squared up, everything else comes in to place.

 

[JackE]

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I'll second the pallet coop idea. You can't get any cheaper(Pickup pallets for free in industrial areas). While you are collecting your pallets, you can grab some plywood from old shipping containers laying around in the same industrial areas. People have built some pretty cool coops out of pallets.
Jack

 

[ambrosia]

Ask the local high school shop class! They often need projects for the kids to do! I know up here they do it for the cost of materials, and they have all the proper tools too... so you could get a VERY nice coop for the price of lumber

 

[stoopid]

The steel is also no good with the humidity.
First off, it will rot quicker.
And it won't regulate the humidity like wood will.
JMO

 

[Chris Herzog]

What about a hoop coop? I have been looking at a bunch of them on her lately and I'm thinking I may go that route myself with my next addition. I was at Tractor Supply last night and the panels are something like 20.00 each. About the hardest thing you have to build would be a door. Just a thought anyway....

 

[BamaSilkies]

You might want to check out Lowes if you have one in the area. They have a 8x10 arrow for $298. I got mine there. I got a 10x12 that sells for $498 for $150 because the box was damaged. All the pieces were there and nothing was bent. I also bought the $298 one for $100 because it had a few pieces of trim bent. I would ask them do they have any damaged boxes or bent and dent stuff. I put mine together myself.

 

[silkie_sue]

This is a wooden coop hubby and I made from a very..very VERY crappy old metal shed

We ripped off all the old nasty metal and squared up the frame, sided it with wood, insulted it and it has been a great little coop for some of my birds. You'll note we did keep the metal roof but it has been insulted. So if you can find a old trashed metal shed that the frame is still good on...for a bit of nothing I say go for it. As I recall we paid like 50 for the shed.

Suz

 

[ll]

hehe @ your metal roof being insulted (insulated)

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Well thank goodness mine is in very deep shade of mature evergreens in the warm months, and our metal shed is insulated too.
This year thru the hot summer was fine - we'll see what the worst winter ahead brings.

I don't know the names of the tools we used, but it was simple once we got into it.

I have alot of photos on my pages, maybe you can get some ideas from them