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Molpet said:
You're smarter than me lol... I should do the same... sell and empty a couple coops
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I just got tired of doing chores for hours daily. Not having enough fun. So, i decided that Friday i will drive to hiddenite , NC to mine for crystals and minerals. Very excited by the prospect of digging up cool stuff.
 

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Kmaria187 said:
Just wondering if anyone has bought a shed like from home depot and made it into a chicken coop??? 6 ft. x 8 ft. x 7 ft. Galvanized Steel Nordic Storage Shedhttps://www.homedepot.com/p/Hanover...Nordic-Storage-Shed-HANNORDICSHD-GW/311378859
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I have not.

Steel sheds are reputedly a bit tricky to work with as conversions but here in my area steel animal housing is very common -- usually in the form of a 3-sided shed where the extreme level of airflow takes care of the problem of condensation causing it to rain inside the building.
 
We seriously considered Home Depot and Lowes sheds last spring to use as our chicken coop. Although, we considered the wood sided versions rather than the steel sided versions.

What we liked: it would be much easier than building it ourselves. They deliver. We thought they were well built. Some had a fixed window over the door that would let a lit of light in.

What I didn't like: they had minimal ventilation... it didn't look easy to add eave vents at least and maybe a ridge vent. Windows could be added but that upped the price quite a bit. There was a floor vent option but it was tiny and at floor level so not good for my deep bedding plan.

We ended up buying an Amish built shed built to spec. (We added a large door in the side in addition to double doors on one end, large windows in the other end, open eaves, ridge vent, overhanging eaves.)

Our second choice was a local shed builder who would also have built to the same specs.

In hindsight, we should have gone with our second choice... it was by far the best option.

Prices were about the same for all the sheds.
 
saysfaa said:
We seriously considered Home Depot and Lowes sheds last spring to use as our chicken coop. Although, we considered the wood sided versions rather than the steel sided versions.

What we liked: it would be much easier than building it ourselves. They deliver. We thought they were well built. Some had a fixed window over the door that would let a lit of light in.

What I didn't like: they had minimal ventilation... it didn't look easy to add eave vents at least and maybe a ridge vent. Windows could be added but that upped the price quite a bit. There was a floor vent option but it was tiny and at floor level so not good for my deep bedding plan.

We ended up buying an Amish built shed built to spec. (We added a large door in the side in addition to double doors on one end, large windows in the other end, open eaves, ridge vent, overhanging eaves.)

Our second choice was a local shed builder who would also have built to the same specs.

In hindsight, we should have gone with our second choice... it was by far the best option.

Prices were about the same for all the sheds.
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thanks for the info we have a small coop but want more chickens in the spring so trying to figure out the best way to go about it
 

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