Flat Coop Winter Maintenance

[Madie'sOddFlock]

Okay, so for certain reasons I may or may not be getting my coop built the way I want it this year. I've been letting my flock out of their run with our older, larger flock and they seem to be doing fine. The run is covered, and I'm thinking of turning it into a coop for this winter because of 1. the coop they're in now probably won't last the winter and 2. the coop is nowhere near sufficient in size. The run has a flat roof and I'm just wondering, with the feet upon feet of snow Maine is destined to get, how do you keep the roof from leaking, breaking... etc.
Thanks,
Madie

 

[azygous]

Get yourself a snow rake to make it easy to pull the snow off the flat roof.

 

[aart]

Ditto the roof rake.....but show us pics of your run for more advice.

 

[jreardon1918]

Snow rake can work. Our run is 8x8 and flat. We got a decent amount of snow last year. We just made sure to clear the snow regularly. There is a picture with snow in it coop article.

 

[aart]

Snow rake can work. Our run is 8x8 and flat. We got a decent amount of snow last year. We just made sure to clear the snow regularly. There is a picture with snow in it coop article.

I remember this one, how'd ya get up there?