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I can't do that... I live in an area where they're not legal to own. You can own a hog, or a pack of dogs and never pick up their poop, or whatever... but chickens aren't legal. So I need one solid side to face the fence where people can see into my back yard... the back isn't much of a problem considering my back yard butts up to a creek. I enlisted my brother in law to help us because I'm a weakling and J can't do it himself, but if it would be financially feasible to get two metal sheds instead of building 1 wood one, then I'd like to do it in such a way that it would be ventilated and have plenty of sunlight inside. They'll have a "run", but it'll only be one side of the coop that exits into the run. I figure that I can replace the metal sliding doors and frame 2x4s with welded wire... but not sure what else I should, or could, do to make it more "livable".
You could use pallets for the framing of the coop by bolting them together, then putting painted plywood on the outside or choice of siding. There are many plans and directions for using pallets to build sheds and coops here on the internet. That may help you to keep your price down, bcs some people give them away for free or a $1 or $2.
I can't do that... I live in an area where they're not legal to own. You can own a hog, or a pack of dogs and never pick up their poop, or whatever... but chickens aren't legal. So I need one solid side to face the fence where people can see into my back yard... the back isn't much of a problem considering my back yard butts up to a creek. I enlisted my brother in law to help us because I'm a weakling and J can't do it himself, but if it would be financially feasible to get two metal sheds instead of building 1 wood one, then I'd like to do it in such a way that it would be ventilated and have plenty of sunlight inside. They'll have a "run", but it'll only be one side of the coop that exits into the run. I figure that I can replace the metal sliding doors and frame 2x4s with welded wire... but not sure what else I should, or could, do to make it more "livable".
You could use pallets for the framing of the coop by bolting them together, then putting painted plywood on the outside or choice of siding. There are many plans and directions for using pallets to build sheds and coops here on the internet. That may help you to keep your price down, bcs some people give them away for free or a $1 or $2.
