Plastic sheds as coop Ideas

[medurham]

Kristip, I built a wood 2 x 4 structure inside the coop that is free standing. It does secure to the coop walls with large diameter wood screws, but that is only to keep the wood structure and the coop together. I screwed the wood walls to the floor and to the steel rafters for security, and it makes the whole structure stronger. I built the roosts out of 2 x 4's cutting off the two outer edges, and put 2 inch chicken wire on the bottom to keep the hens from wandering in the poop, then added poop trays which slide out for cleaning. they are simple oil drip pans from the local automotive parts store for about $10 each that I clean weekly. So I have three of those under the three roosts for the 15 hens. Under the poop trays are the nesting boxes.
I use 60% of the space for the hens, 40% for grain, feed and pine shavings. There are sky lites in the ceiling I open for ventilation in the summer, plus, I placed the whole thing on a wood subfloor for stability. I put some eye screws down in the wood frame behind each door and use stretchy bungee cords to hold the doors open in the summer to provide extra ventilation.

I added an automatic door that opens in the AM and shuts in the PM, it took a few tries to get the hens used to bedtime. The tries were for me setting the timer correctly, not for them, they knew when it was time to go to bed
medurham

 

[buggymuffin]

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Kristip, I built a wood 2 x 4 structure inside the coop that is free standing. It does secure to the coop walls with large diameter wood screws, but that is only to keep the wood structure and the coop together. I screwed the wood walls to the floor and to the steel rafters for security, and it makes the whole structure stronger. I built the roosts out of 2 x 4's cutting off the two outer edges, and put 2 inch chicken wire on the bottom to keep the hens from wandering in the poop, then added poop trays which slide out for cleaning. they are simple oil drip pans from the local automotive parts store for about $10 each that I clean weekly. So I have three of those under the three roosts for the 15 hens. Under the poop trays are the nesting boxes.
I use 60% of the space for the hens, 40% for grain, feed and pine shavings. There are sky lites in the ceiling I open for ventilation in the summer, plus, I placed the whole thing on a wood subfloor for stability. I put some eye screws down in the wood frame behind each door and use stretchy bungee cords to hold the doors open in the summer to provide extra ventilation.

I added an automatic door that opens in the AM and shuts in the PM, it took a few tries to get the hens used to bedtime. The tries were for me setting the timer correctly, not for them, they knew when it was time to go to bed
medurham
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How hard was it to install the automatic door? We are considering a resin shed for our ducks because we are making an unexpected move an money is an issue. They have been houses in a barn where we are renting. The major reservation we have is that we want to get an automatic door.

 

[suep]

I just purchased an 8x4 double-walled resin shed. It has the french doors and windows on each door along with roof vents on each side. It will need an opening to the run which doesn't sound to difficult from what I've read here. Building the base tomorrow. Hoping to get it up and running in one day, that or sliding the old coop inside of it until I can get the rest figured out!