They won't need insulation, just freedom from wind and a nice, fluffy dry floor. You can achieve this, and very quickly, with arched cattle panels, chicken wire, zip ties, tarps and T posts. The arched style is strong yet flexible, will shed snow, and the wire cattle panels create endless possibilities for fastening things onto them.
I built a similar shelter for my sheep one winter and it was the smartest and easiest temp shelter I'd ever placed...took about 1 hour to build and even less to deconstruct. With a few modifications, one could even place a wall of hay bales outside this shelter before tarping to create some added insulation.
Here's a pic of my sheep shelter constructed entirely of cattle panels, tarps, zip ties, T post, and I added a cargo net and some nylon ropes to keep the tarps from flapping in the wind~sheep don't like that.
We had the highest winds recorded here for over 50 years that winter and this tarp or shelter didn't budge! Just use your imagination to create a snug place for your chooks by supplementing this design with other pieces of cattle panel, chicken wire or hardware cloth layered on top, tarps, etc.
I built a similar shelter for my sheep one winter and it was the smartest and easiest temp shelter I'd ever placed...took about 1 hour to build and even less to deconstruct. With a few modifications, one could even place a wall of hay bales outside this shelter before tarping to create some added insulation.
Here's a pic of my sheep shelter constructed entirely of cattle panels, tarps, zip ties, T post, and I added a cargo net and some nylon ropes to keep the tarps from flapping in the wind~sheep don't like that.
We had the highest winds recorded here for over 50 years that winter and this tarp or shelter didn't budge! Just use your imagination to create a snug place for your chooks by supplementing this design with other pieces of cattle panel, chicken wire or hardware cloth layered on top, tarps, etc.
