Hurricane resistant coop

[Lucky Llama]

Hello all, Last September we were threatened by hurricane Nate. This required rounding up 20 of my daughters, much loved silkies, and moving them to the barn. Their coop is in poor condition and i did not think it would survive a storm. After chasing escaped chickens for an hour, I knew a new coop was in order. Thus began my coop build. I hope yall enjoy some of the pics.

 

[cavemanrich]

That is a FINE COOP.... I just hope you do not encounter very many hurricanes. They are no fun and devastating.
WISHING YOU BEST.....

 

[jthornton]

Looking real good with lots of hurricane clips and straps to hold it together.

A long time ago a hurricane eye passed between Mobile and Pascagoula ( I was living in Pascagoula) and I fled to New Orleans for the night and my neighbor stayed. He swore that he would never stay again... we lived a few blocks from the beach in some houses build during WW2...

JT

 

[Sublight]

Looking real good with lots of hurricane clips and straps to hold it together.

A long time ago a hurricane eye passed between Mobile and Pascagoula ( I was living in Pascagoula) and I fled to New Orleans for the night and my neighbor stayed. He swore that he would never stay again... we lived a few blocks from the beach in some houses build during WW2...

JT

My dad is from Moss Point, my mom is from Pascagoula.
I was born in Pascagoula, and was raised in Lucedale.
What are the odds!

OP: I like how you designed the roof with a low pitch. A lot of people don't think about that.

 

[Lucky Llama]

Thank you for the kind words. Yep, hurricanes can be a pain. However, I now have a coop built to the 140 mph code. I just hope we never get to test it out.

 

[Sublight]

You may build some shutters for it. From what I can see, its built in the open.

 

[Lucky Llama]

The window is covered with hardware cloth to keep out the unwanted. It does not get cold enough here to close up the coop in winter. in the event of a storm, I have plywood already cut to cover the windows.

 

[deepbluesea]

Nice coop! The hurricane ties are excellent. I live in NC and we get hurricanes every now and again. I brought them inside my shed the first time, but they stayed in their (very very heavy) the second time and were just fine. Of course that was only a Cat 1/2...

 

[Sublight]

The window is covered with hardware cloth to keep out the unwanted. It does not get cold enough here to close up the coop in winter. in the event of a storm, I have plywood already cut to cover the windows.

Id love to see more pictures, and mabe even the plans you drew up for it. Whats the dimensions. My wife wants a coop, and that looks VERY similar to what she said she wants it to look like.

 

[Farmer Connie]

Irma Removed my big hen house roof. The clips kept the trusses in tact but the roofing material went bye bye.