Icelandic Turf Chicken Coop

[J_J_FALL]

Just built this last week. Wondering if anyone else has experience installing a slanted living roof on a coop. Thanks!

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

Welcome to byc!

Just built this last week. Wondering if anyone else has experience installing a slanted living roof on a coop. Thanks!
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The beautiful little coop you built, I love it!

 

[J_J_FALL]

Welcome to byc!

The beautiful little coop you built, I love it!

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing how the chickens take to it.

 

[BleuSaphir]

Adorable design!

 

[DobieLover]

Your coop is very cute,
But functionally, where is the ventilation?
How do you open it to clean it out or retrieve chickens from the roost at night when needed?
Is there some kind of predator apron around it or under the floor to keep digging predators out?

 

[aart]

Agrees, it's cute but not functional.

Wondering if anyone else has experience installing a slanted living roof on a coop.

Longer living roofs are not that steep, nor to they have rocks under them.
Are those sheets of sod?
Does the roof have a rubber cover over it?
I doubt the grass will live long and may rot out your roof.

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[Ridgerunner]

No, I have no experience with that. I don't know how you built it or how much research you put into it, but sod roofs have been traditional in different areas for hundreds of years. They were pretty common in Scandinavia and the American pioneers used the technique on the plains. That was before we had things like pond liners and such.

I'm sure you will have issues with it, you can no matter what you do. To me access is potentially a big one. You have that flap across the back but does that mean getting down on your knees?. Ventilation could be an issue. Watering that roof could become an issue.

It's a cute idea but I don't know how practical it will prove. From what I read the pioneers didn't like them that much but they had to use whatever materials they could find. It would be interesting of you could do a recap in about six months.

 

[J_J_FALL]

Your coop is very cute,
But functionally, where is the ventilation?
How do you open it to clean it out or retrieve chickens from the roost at night when needed?
Is there some kind of predator apron around it or under the floor to keep digging predators out?

Hi, all good questions. I'll include more pictures but the area underneath is enclosed and is actually a worm bin so the floor is elevated on cinder blocks placed on plywood. The back panels up open up and you can access eggs, roosts from there at night. Still have yet to attach rear ventilation, locks and handles for lifting. The roof is lined with pond liner on pressure treated rafters and plywood treated with linseed oil.

 

[J_J_FALL]

Hi Co

No, I have no experience with that. I don't know how you built it or how much research you put into it, but sod roofs have been traditional in different areas for hundreds of years. They were pretty common in Scandinavia and the American pioneers used the technique on the plains. That was before we had things like pond liners and such.

I'm sure you will have issues with it, you can no matter what you do. To me access is potentially a big one. You have that flap across the back but does that mean getting down on your knees?. Ventilation could be an issue. Watering that roof could become an issue.

It's a cute idea but I don't know how practical it will prove. From what I read the pioneers didn't like them that much but they had to use whatever materials they could find. It would be interesting of you could do a recap in about six months.