Meta roofing for coop?

[Schmacker]

I have a bunch of metal roofing left over from a couple of roofing jobs. Can that be used to make a coop? Would it get too hot in the summer and cold in the winter? Would I have to insulate it somehow? How about those metal storage sheds. Do they make good coops?

 

[cmom]

I have some metal left over too and already have one metal coop and will be building another one. If you need to insulate I would think you could use foam panels between the studs. The foam would have to be covered as the birds would pick at it.

 

[g_a_brand]

our coop has a metal roof and we insulated the ceiling and the walls, we do have a droped ceiling and our coop stays fairly cool ( its been very hot here lately

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an insulated coop helps with both heat and cold , and free stuff to help you build is great! , beleive me I wish we could have gotten more supplies for free ( Im scaried to add up the cost of our coop and run

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[Schmacker]

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Covered with what?

 

[Judy]

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Covered with what?

Whatever is cheap, really. OSB is what is often used. Any wallboard or plywood is fine.

I have two metal coops. The new one needs the ceiling insulated to prevent condensation from dropping onto the bedding. The old one has a dropped ceiling made of some leftover OSB, so it's ok.

The birds tens to stay in the new one in the middle of hot sunny days as it is quite airy and they prefer the shade; it's cooler in there. I hose it down a couple of times a day on sunny days.

 

[tomato lady]

I have a large walk-in coop and it has a metal roof. When I built the building it was for goats and I did not want the roof to sweat inside so I put down some OSB then the metal over that. It is fine and the building stays reasonably cool in the summer. When it was 104 here (unusually hot for our area) the coop was warm, but not warmer than anywhere else. It works great.

 

[patandchickens]

Metal sheds tend to make poor coops because they get oven-hot and are pathologically underventilated. However metal roofing and siding can be used perfectly well for a coop, because since YOU are the one building the coop, you can ensure that it has mucho plenty ventilation, and the stud structure (as opposed to how metal yard sheds are made) allows you to easily insulate the building.

And you almost certainly WILL need to insulate it -- in cold-winter climates, bare metal loses a lot of heat and (worse!) becomes a condensation/frost factory that prevents good ventilation and humidifies your coop; in hot-summer climates, unless you have a semi-open coop you may want to insulate at least the ceiling and S wall (if any) to reduce the roasting capacity of the coop. Just scrounge up some old panelling or thin plywood or suchlike to cover the insulation so chickens can't eat it, which otherwise they will.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat