Landscape timbers for coop?

Originally I did not use pressure treated wood. The wood I used has deteriorated so now I use the PT wood and have had no issues. A friend of mine built his coops out of PT wood and said he has had no issues either. Many years ago people said don't use it it will kill your chickens. Well nothing happened to the birds after I started using the PT wood and I haven't had the rotting wood problem.
 
Your kids sound like my 2...apparently some just don't breed well in captivity :lol:

Do you have a problem with bears in your area?

They all say they want kids - just not yet...I just hope they think about not just when to have kids, but also - do you really want to be 60 with kid in high school??

We do have a lot of "wild" black bear. Unlike some states where there is no hunting, and the surplus bear population just wanders through backyards, eating trash in suburbia - we live rurally, and NH has vast forests. I see them often on our game cams, and we've had one big run in, but for the most part, I get them sniffing around my honeybees. The poultry net electric fence has worked well - no breaches in 4 years. But I know that if they wanted to - they'd walk straight through the fence, and the 1/2" hardware cloth on the chicken run. I try to protect my chickens and bees, but I truly love that I'm lucky enough to get bear, moose, and deer wandering through in a more natural , non-habituated state of being.
 
Main reason I'm responding is so I'll see any updates.

The Louisiana Extension service pamphlet that tells you how to build a raised bed specifically says to use pressure treated wood. I was going to anyway.

When I build anything that has wood touching the ground I use treated wood. That's in the garden, around the chickens, anywhere wood touches the ground. That's generally freshly treated wood, not stuff that has aged like yours. The wood you have should have no fumes and any concentrations leached out of it long ago. I personally would have no qualms about using it, but see what the extension service says.

I don't know if you plan on fastening that together, but for bears doors and windows may be weak spots.
 
Buddy of mine built one 20+ yrs ago. Looks like a mini log cabin. Hasn't had any issues. Back then, he used large galvanized nails to fasten them to a 2x4 frame.

If I were to build one today, I'd use timberlock screws to fasten each overlapping timber. Would be rock solid.
 
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