Old shed

[baba3pugs]

I have a 13 by 10 old metal shed that I'm planning on using for my chicken coop I'll add windows and a new roof and door I live in Hockley TX it has a wooden floor so my preditors can get in . Will this be OK or should I purchase 3 small coops to hold my 10 chickens

 

[21hens-incharge]

Can you post pics?

 

[Percheron chick]

Even with a ton of windows, a metal shed coop will be unbearably hot in the summer. I wouldn't. Chickens in the south will do best in an open sided airy roofed structure with lots of shade. Think outside the box. Hoop coop, aviary, loafing shed...

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have a 13 by 10 old metal shed that I'm planning on using for my chicken coop I'll add windows and a new roof and door I live in Hockley TX it has a wooden floor so my preditors can get in . Will this be OK or should I purchase 3 small coops to hold my 10 chickens

It womt work unfortunately. I thought it wpuld be great to do too (i live in Montana so got, but still mot quite as hot as you are)
By late june, it was uninhabitable. It was just too hot for me to stay in for more than a few minutes, let alone a bird covered in feathers

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I have a 13 by 10 old metal shed that I'm planning on using for my chicken coop I'll add windows and a new roof and door I live in Hockley TX it has a wooden floor so my preditors can get in . Will this be OK or should I purchase 3 small coops to hold my 10 chickens

Can you run a fan in this coop for the summer?

 

[saysfaa]

Can you take most of the sides and the whole front off? And replace them with hardware cloth if your run isn't predator proof.

 

[3KillerBs]

Welcome to BYC and the wonderful world of chickens.

I'm in a hot climate too, and here in North Carolina metal sheds are often used as animal housing -- nicely resistant to termites, carpenter ants, and other wood-destroyers. It's great to have such a nice, big structure to convert!

The key is adequate airflow.

Here's my article on hot weather chicken-keeping: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hot-climate-chicken-housing-and-care.77263/

I suggest that you aim for an Open Air design -- with at least one wall completely replaced with wire. I find that, unless I can put a coop into deep shade, I need at least double, often triple the recommended minimum venting of 1 square foot per adult hen to keep the coop under 100F on a 90F day.

If you give us photos of the shed and its location we can make more useful, specific recommendations.