Plexiglass for coop windows?

[Patricia Jane]

On the small side of my coop I used an 8x10 picture frame with plexiglass. I cut a hole to fit the frame. Covered the hole with hardware cloth and used hinges on the top of the frame. I just use a piece of wood to hold the window open and have a lock on the bottom to lock it up at night. It sits flush with the coop wall so no drafts. Works for me.

Hope this works

 

[Mama duck 8]

it could be used

 

[ChickInDelight]

It scratches, it yellows, it holds oils and icky stuff more than glass.

I happened to have some pieces, so I used them for skylights in my duckhouse. However, if I were doing real windows, I would grab some at my local Restore already framed. My local hardware store also cuts glass to measure cheaper than plexiglass. My chickens peck at windows in the house, and none have yet been broken. My children, however....

I also carefully drilled holes, then used screws to attach.

 

[AlienChick]

Okay, THANK YOU all for your ideas and photos!!!

Also love the skylight idea!!

I went out to Lowes and bought some pre-cut pieces of plexiglass.

I will cut some thin wood to frame it and see how it goes.

Here is the little bantam coop that I'm cutting the small windows for.

Right now the coop "box" on the end is too dark and the baby chicks do not want to go inside.

I thought the windows would help.

 

[Chicken Man Dan]

Also, another tip: If you want Plexiglas forget any home improvement stores. Go straight to a plastic supplier. Here in southern Ontario there are loads and its much cheaper to buy a whole sheet rather than a piece from a box store. Cut out the middle man.

Dan

 

[kuntrychick]

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LOVE your coop...would love to see more pics of it...outside & inside!!!

 

[kuntrychick]

Around here it's much cheaper to get real glass windows cut than plexiglas.

 

[Abirdbrain]

Recycled galss windows are easy to cut. Old glass has a tendancy to run away from the score, but if its free who cares? I get pieces of cutoofs in plexi, I cut it with a scoring tool and snap. Using a plywood blade in a skilsaw, tooth backwards works wll, as the teeth dont snag the plastic and snap it. Holes can be drilled in Plexi with a 20p nail and a propane torch. Heat till red and push with plyers, done. If you dont like the edge bumps, they can be scraped with a knife

Costs of new materials is high for chicken housing, so I use whatever I find and recycle. Paint hides a multitude of sins. Chickens dont care what it looks like. I do. So do official inspectors, and neighbors.

Wanna have fun? Paint a white block on the henhouse wall, and speckle it with little black, red, and blue dots. Draw a spider or two with a felt tip. Watch them look, study, cock their head, and even peck at the target. Hang a coupla golf balls within reach of the floor or roost. When they discover flies land there in contrast to the white ball, they will check back with regularity. F!un