Helpful hints for building coops

[CapricornFarm]

Here are the detail photos of the exterior-mounted, vertical sliding door: It pulls open with a rope -- formerly from outside the no-longer-attached run.

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I didn't open it all the way lest the chicks come pouring out, but I think you can see how it sits securely down into a groove -- offering predators no edge to grip.

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Detail of the vertical track:

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The ramp was formerly mounted underneath the bottom board -- screwed into the bottom framing lumber.

The door cannot be lifted free of it's frame without removing the eye that the rope runs through.

I have a similar set up in one coop, with a metal door.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cappy, not a clue.
guess: to keep the goats from climbing ?

Nope, the goats won't have access to the outside of the coop.

 

[3KillerBs]

I have a similar set up in one coop, with a metal door.

Metal would solve any "sticky in high humidity" issues -- though DH found that the actual issue was the old rope fraying and getting strands caught on the eye bolts.

 

[CapricornFarm]

All plywood on , and painted outside.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Metal would solve any "sticky in high humidity" issues -- though DH found that the actual issue was the old rope fraying and getting strands caught on the eye bolts.

We used metal clothes line with a plastic coating.

 

[aart]

They are not for a sliding door.

Wellll....WTH are they for!?!?

 

[3KillerBs]

All plywood on , and painted outside.

Love the color!

We used metal clothes line with a plastic coating.

Probably a good choice, particularly if it were in a location where it would be hard to run fresh line.

We went with easily-replaceable.

I'm thinking of cutting a piece of hardware cloth to insert into the open door to allow even more light and air into the coop as the chicks outgrow their need for heat.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Wellll....WTH are they for!?!?

That thick plywood is heavy! I use them to set the plywood in place while I screw it on.

Love the color!

That paint is a mistint deal, 5 gallons of paint for $30!

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Probably a good choice, particularly if it were in a location where it would be hard to run fresh line.

We went with easily-replaceable.

I'm thinking of cutting a piece of hardware cloth to insert into the open door to allow even more light and air into the coop as the chicks outgrow their need for heat.

 

[aart]

That thick plywood is heavy! I use them to set the plywood in place while I screw it on.

You know ....this dawned on me shortly after I posted.
Have used cleats and clamps in many places, just as handy, and smart, as the 'biceps bar'

 

[CapricornFarm]

Love the color!



Probably a good choice, particularly if it were in a location where it would be hard to run fresh line.

We went with easily-replaceable.

I'm thinking of cutting a piece of hardware cloth to insert into the open door to allow even more light and air into the coop as the chicks outgrow their need for heat.

When I make something, I want it to hold up. I have too much to do to keep replacing things.