Need advice on converting shed to coop

[TexasWineGuy]

Dang it now I'm overthinking this.

Do you mean there should be an eight inch gap between the boxes and the board? Or the far end of the board should be eight inches from the boxes? so in the latter case, that would mean a four and a half inch gap between the board and the boxes. Pictures below. Thank you!View attachment 1858515 View attachment 1858516

OP, there are some on this site that do not separate the individual nests - just a communal nesting area that they all share. I'm going to go that route with my new in-progress tool shed-to-coop project.

See pic attached. Top tray of the "poop tray" for the roost, bottom tray IS the nesting area.

TWG

 

[Korzak]

OP, there are some on this site that do not separate the individual nests - just a communal nesting area that they all share. I'm going to go that route with my new in-progress tool shed-to-coop project.

See pic attached. Top tray of the "poop tray" for the roost, bottom tray IS the nesting area.

TWG

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Thanks!! I had pondered that bit ended up going the usual route, as it's also what I'm used to having, and what our birds are used to.

 

[Korzak]

Here's some progress.

"Porch" of the nesting boxes is up.
Nesting boxes divided.
Hinged doors installed on nesting boxes.
One swings up for egg collection
One swings down for clean-out

It helps that's there's electricity down at the barn so I can have a light going.

 

[aart]

Ha! The bifold door as nest access is pretty cool!
I think you may need a steeper roof on nests tho
so they can't perch/roost there and poop it up.

 

[Korzak]

I'm trying to reuse as much material as possible to keep costs as close to zero as we can.

That said, I sprayed the $&_#- out of everything

with kilz primer tonight.

 

[Korzak]

Update

 

[Korzak]

For this session, I unrolled a ton of hardware cloth, measured and labeled each section, and then cut them all out. It made working easier to have each panel ready to go, rather than shifting gears every time and

doing: measure, cut, install, repeat.

 

[aart]

For this session, I unrolled a ton of hardware cloth, measured and labeled each section, and then cut them all out. It made working easier to have each panel ready to go, rather than shifting gears every time and

Absolutely!!

 

[Korzak]

I'm not sure if I am happy with the roosting bars where they are, or if I should put them on one of the other walls. If I moved them to the back wall, then the birds would have more room to land when they come careening down. The bars are 37" and 50" off the ground.

 

[Korzak]

This is how I did it, except the 2x2 perch has been changed to a 2x4 because of clumsy Brahma.

This was super helpful and I appreciate the artistry of it. I was in the last class in our school system that taught drafting.