Helpful hints for building coops

[CapricornFarm]

Why do the pets have to be right in the middle of the project? I managed to get the HC buried all around the perimeter of the coop!

 

[Crooked Chicken]

@Crooked Chicken - what is PolyWall?

It's a 4 x 8 sheet of flexible plastic. Both sides are somewhat textured, but easy to clean. It's fairly heavy, but was easy to cut. I cut one panel with a utility knife and the other with scissors. I think the scissors were easiest.

I purchased it at Home Depot, but online they call it plastic sheet. These pics show the labels on the panel and on the shelf:

Here are a couple of links:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/1-16-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Plastic-Panel-63003/202090190
https://ovsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/parkland-Plastex-Polywall-product-info.pdf

I got a couple of extra sheets -- am going to put it on top of the nest boxes with trim and PDZ and on part of the floor in back of coop where the ducks like to sit and poop. Oh, and I put it in the bottom of the 2 small cages I made in the coop.

 

[Crooked Chicken]

Why do the pets have to be right in the middle of the project? I managed to get the HC buried all around the perimeter of the coop! View attachment 1135329

Hahaha -- isn't that the way it always goes? They want to be involved.

 

[tigger19687]

That looks like a nice way to keep the walls clean too !

 

[aart]

It's a 4 x 8 sheet of flexible plastic. Both sides are somewhat textured, but easy to clean. It's fairly heavy, but was easy to cut. I cut one panel with a utility knife and the other with scissors. I think the scissors were easiest.

I purchased it at Home Depot, but online they call it plastic sheet. These pics show the labels on the panel and on the shelf:

Here are a couple of links:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/1-16-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Plastic-Panel-63003/202090190
https://ovsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/parkland-Plastex-Polywall-product-info.pdf

I got a couple of extra sheets -- am going to put it on top of the nest boxes with trim and PDZ and on part of the floor in back of coop where the ducks like to sit and poop. Oh, and I put it in the bottom of the 2 small cages I made in the coop.

Great info, thank you!
How are you attaching it?
Do you have a build thread?

 

[Crooked Chicken]

Great info, thank you!
How are you attaching it?
Do you have a build thread?

I made the poop boards with that "chopped up" plywood, put just a thin squiggly line of caulk on the plywood, the PolyWall on top of that and put the trim on top of that. I predrilled small holes thru plywood, plastic and barely into trim and nailed it from underneath.

I do not have a build thread.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am thinking about starting to put the siding on the chicken coop. That means i will need to decide where the rest of the nest boxes will go.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I started putting the cedar siding on the coop and it looks amazing! Pictures to follow.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I love this stuff for siding!

 

[Crooked Chicken]

I love this stuff for siding!View attachment 1136437

Oh I love that! It looks like a log cabin. So pretty!