Easy to build small coop ideas

[SpotTheCat]

Wonky sketches but all the info is there.
Odd dimensions tho 3.11m(~10') x 2.14m(~7')
Why the decimal meters?

Yes, 26.9mm(~1") dia would be fine for pipes.

Your corrugation should run the other way form your sketch,
and the low part should angle away from the shed.
Good the gable end of shed is next to your area, no run off.

Because I was working in feet but the poles are in millimetres.
Changing feet to meters didn’t work to well so I measured the space I have and thats what it ended up.

Bobbly side to the front and the channels going towards the back right?

 

[aart]

Because I was working in feet but the poles are in millimetres.
Changing feet to meters didn’t work to well so I measured the space I have and thats what it ended up.

Bobbly side to the front and the channels going towards the back right?
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Ah, that makes sense!

Yes, channels follow slope.
But you don't want the low end of slope to dump water against the shed wall.

 

[RobertaD1]

I probably missed it somewhere in the thread... but why can't you use a bit of the shed? You know... section off a portion, cut a pop door and such.

 

[SpotTheCat]

I probably missed it somewhere in the thread... but why can't you use a bit of the shed? You know... section off a portion, cut a pop door and such.

Because the shed is full of stuff, nobody has asked that before so you haven’t missed it.

 

[RobertaD1]

Because the shed is full of stuff, nobody has asked that before so you haven’t missed it.

OK... I thought maybe I was crazy!
I think your cheapest option would be, depending on the number of birds you want, sort your stuff in the shed. Get rid of the things you don't use or want, and reorganize it. Then yourself a little section in that back corner for a coop. That will save serious space in your run and they will be protected from the weather.... Wall are easy to put together... even when they aren't permanent! You really don't have to have any building experience to rig a wall.... partitions would even work....
But the decluttering is hard..... but to me, worth it in the end.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Ah, that makes sense!

Yes, channels follow slope.
But you don't want the low end of slope to dump water against the shed wall.

The coop will be behind the shed but the run will be behind and next to the shed with the slope going towards a fence.
The purple is where the coop will be, the orange is the run, the wood on the right is the side of the shed.

 

[SpotTheCat]

OK... I thought maybe I was crazy!
I think your cheapest option would be, depending on the number of birds you want, sort your stuff in the shed. Get rid of the things you don't use or want, and reorganize it. Then yourself a little section in that back corner for a coop. That will save serious space in your run and they will be protected from the weather.... Wall are easy to put together... even when they aren't permanent! You really don't have to have any building experience to rig a wall.... partitions would even work....
But the decluttering is hard..... but to me, worth it in the end.

Its my mother’s stuff so I can’t do that, And it is a lot of stuff we still need.
Thank you for the idea.

 

[RobertaD1]

Its my mother’s stuff so I can’t do that, And it is a lot of stuff we still need.
Thank you for the idea.

Well... I tried! Best of luck!

 

[NatJ]

That space by the shed for the coop-- I see it's got a solid fence on one side, the shed on one side, and is open to the space where the run will go. What is the fourth side? More fence?

I'm thinking it's enclosed enough that you may only need a roof to make it a functional "coop."
(As in, the shed is a wall and the fence is a wall--not much point in building an extra wall next to each of those.)

 

[SpotTheCat]

That space by the shed for the coop-- I see it's got a solid fence on one side, the shed on one side, and is open to the space where the run will go. What is the fourth side? More fence?

I'm thinking it's enclosed enough that you may only need a roof to make it a functional "coop."
(As in, the shed is a wall and the fence is a wall--not much point in building an extra wall next to each of those.)

The fourth side is more garden, that will be how I can access the coop since the coop won’t be in the run. I will have to walk all the way round the shed to get from the run to the coop.
My mother has said she would like it to be something we can move so no using the shed or fence to make a coop, and there is a tree next to the fence.