Need help with a coop idea - pagoda style

[pbjmaker]

I have been slowly laying out a asian garden theme for my yard and think I want my coop to look like a miniature pagoda (wouldn't that be cool!) I plan on up to 5 standard hens and maybe a rooster. Have been looking at pagoda pictures and coop designs already but not sure how to put it together. I am trying to keep cost down (aren't we all) and have some "scrap" plywood and particle board, a 40" pallet (can get more if needed) and a 16 foot gazebo that we tore down from an apartment complex last year that is still in pieces. Amazingly enough when we bought the house 11 years ago there was a big roll of chicken wire in the rafters of the garage too.

I live in Iowa and won't be able to run heat to the coop at this point to I will probably need to insulate I am guessing.

I think I am putting it under some really big lilac bushes to help with the shade for summer heat.

So anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[smom1976]

that sounds awsome..

it might be easier to do a single story pagoda or maybe a two tower one..

here are a bunch of pics..
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/pagoda.html

you might be able to do a small one with a four slant roof and use some wide crown molding to create the look of a pagoda..

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Not a clue, but I know it will be awesome once you get it finished! I had talked about having something like that once with a friend of mine to keep silkies and japanese bantams in.

Good Luck!

 

[pbjmaker]

My daughter is in Japan right now - I tried to get her to smuggle home some eggs to hatch - she wouldn't do it! Imagine that.
Where have I gone wrong in my parenting...

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Wow.. she'd be able to get some of the large silkies!