New Super Coop!

[tashaner]

I designed and have been building a new coop for my feathered friends and thought I'd share some pics. The coop itself is 8 foot wide by 7 foot deep, 5 feet high at the back wall and 8 feet at the front. The nesting boxes are to the left rear as you enter and are low for Silkies. There will be a human entry door with a window next to it. The run will be to the right of the coop, 7' wide by 10' long, 6' high and covered with single slope 'shed' roof similar to the line on the coop. I built the foundation and wall framing on 5/15 and then got the rafters done on 5/16. Today I put down the BlackJack #57 floor coating. We'll be doing deep litter. Enough said.. Here are the Pics..

 

[blackdog043]

You have a good start there, it looks good. Are you going to leave the sofits open, covered with hardware cloth for ventilation?

 

[tashaner]

You have a good start there, it looks good. Are you going to leave the sofits open, covered with hardware cloth for ventilation?

I plan on finishing the soffit and putting in soffit vents. I'll also have cross vents on each side of the coop.

 

[Hamiam]

I plan on finishing the soffit and putting in soffit vents. I'll also have cross vents on each side of the coop.

You didn't mention where you are located. You can add it to your profile too. When we built our winter coop here in North Texas, I thought we put in plenty of ventilation. However, several of my hens got a touch of frostbite last winter. We added more.

 

[tashaner]

I'm in Rose Hill, KS.
I'll be adding a lot of soffit vents and the race vents are about 18x24 inches

 

[Lazy Farmer]

use clips on the roof trusses.. looks great.

 

[Hamiam]

Your build look great so far. Please post pics of your progess. I love coop building. In fact, my husband & I will start working on a new chicken tractor very soon. He just doesn't know it yet!

 

[tashaner]

use clips on the roof trusses.. looks great.

I cut birds mouths and also used hurricane ties

 

[aart]

I plan on finishing the soffit and putting in soffit vents.

I'd just use Hardware Cloth....much better ventilation both summer and winter.
You need good ventilation year round, can always dampen air flow with cardboard tacked to rafter bottoms inside during winter if needed.

Add fascia to below rafter bottoms to help block wind blown snow/rain,
and to attach HC to.
More pics here.

 

[ronott1]

Best wishes on the new coop!