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[rancher hicks]

Rancher
I think we have been scolded by the teacher

But IMHO I think thats what we said - Just differently LOL

I think you're right. However I'm old and don't know how many more years I'll have chickens, but I still plan to sell this "farm" someday and want it in good condition.

I still have that silver tarp under the new green one. It was fine but I wanted something that blended in with the yard better. The Camo tarped coop can't be seen from the road and blends in well. Heavy duty is best if it's going to be exposed to the sun. The heat just breaks it down real fast.

My other runs have metal roofs. I buy the panels as I can and keep adding them til it's done.

FYI pressure treated lumber is fine for a coop unless you plan on your birds eating it. IMO

 

[cmom]

Boys! Boys! Boys! You're going about the matter of the cost of the more expensive tarps versus the cheaper tarps all wrong!!!

Here's the situation as I see it:

I could spend $8-$12 each year for a "cheap" tarp, or I could spend $45+ for a tarp that will last 5 years [or more]. Do the math: $45 divided by five years comes out to $9 per year. Plus, I don't know about you, but my time is worth something too.

In that same five year time period, one could spend upwards of $60 plus your time for "cheap" tarps. Viewed in that light, doesn't it make more sense to purchase the longer lasting, more expensive tarp? In the long run, quality will always SAVE you money! Quality doesn't cost, it PAYS!

Especially when it's something you plan on keeping for more than a year.

 

[finnfur]

FYI pressure treated lumber is fine for a coop unless you plan on your birds eating it. IMO

The new treated you can use for playground equipment . You can only buy the old recipe treated wood at a farm supply and has to be for farm use . They never proved anything was wrong with the older stuff but the do gooders didn't like the sound of the chemicals in it . The new doesn't hold up as well . I use it as base of all my coops etc and the older version if its going to have ground contact .

For siding I use Dura temp sheets which is warranted for 25 years - its some tough stuff . I buy it at the local Amish shed builders. They by it in trailer loads and I pay way less for that than
T-111 or any other available at the building supply places. The shed on my avatar is built with that. ts available in 8' and 6"9" sheets . The short is perfect for coops.

 

[finnfur]

Heres the new one under construction from a retired cornish cross trailer pen - This will be the teenagers temp home then when selections are made the breeding honeymoon suite .

It started as this

 

[wekiva bird]

Heres the new one under construction from a retired cornish cross trailer pen - This will be the teenagers temp home then when selections are made the breeding honeymoon suite .

It started as this

Looks great Tom, now you need to make me one.

 

[Serrin]

I love where I live, including our climate year round, but, there are times that I could wish for a more mild and moderate climate for my chickens. We've experienced minus 20F temperatures almost annually, as well as summer time highs that will stay in the 100+ range for two weeks at a stretch. Then there's the wind. 50+ mph days are common, winter snowfall accumulations exceeding 6 feet in depth [not all at once of course, but you get the idea] and hail storms, ice storms etcetera. Taking all of that into consideration, coops around here have to be built to withstand our extreme environment. Hoop houses as a means to provide daytime weather shelters would probably work, at least through the winter months, but as a long term coop?....not so much.

Tom, I like the new coop design. Count your blessings that you can build in that fashion. Up here, that would constitute far too much "open" siding. I'd have frost bitten combs on everyone in the first winter!

I'm curious, Tom: On this Duratemp sheeting that you talk about....I Googled it but couldn't find any prices. How much are you paying for a 4'x8' sheet on that stuff? Sounds very interesting. I'm wondering how it compares price wise with the Hardi-board siding?

 

[Jake Levi]

Hi Serrin I was up just a bit north of you, between Cusic and Ione, Cusick mail addy but closer to Ione. I had my Icelandic Chickens in an open fronted pen , used a heat lamp over the roost but they only used it at night when roosting. Now I am back in MI, very similar climate though. I like Toms pen, may well build something similar this year. Has to be moveable just in case I do move.

Right now I have the Icelandics, and added Iowa Blues, and am looking for other Delaware breeders, including Paul Harter if anyone has contact info for him.

 

[finnfur]

Tom, I like the new coop design. Count your blessings that you can build in that fashion. Up here, that would constitute far too much "open" siding. I'd have frost bitten combs on everyone in the first winter!

I'm curious, Tom: On this Duratemp sheeting that you talk about....I Googled it but couldn't find any prices. How much are you paying for a 4'x8' sheet on that stuff? Sounds very interesting. I'm wondering how it compares price wise with the Hardi-board siding?

The Duratemp is made By Roseburg forrest products in Oregon - go to this site and they have a link to where you can buy - it may only have distributors but you can call them and they can tell you who to buy from - they make lots of siding etc - big company - the Duratemp has been raised to 50 year warranty - this is plywood backed http://www.roseburg.com/WhoWeServe/DistributionPartners/
I did all that and ended up back at the Amish builder I originally found out about it. So if you can find the builder , not sales lot , you can find it.
I see Menard's has it but its 1/2" 4x8 for $32.00 - i use 6'9" which is plenty long for coops and paid $24.00 this year - last year it was $22.00
Serrin this would be better for you climate - I probably over built this but it was my 1st one.


Here is the one in my avatar when the painter crew was working - it is fully insulated- roof vented- and note the electrical receptacle on the left of door- that is to feed a electrical cord
to the coop which is wired for winter lights inside and out and inside and out electrical boxes. In cold part of winter I run enough light to keep the water from freezing. Helps with egg production too. I have it on a thermostat which is same one I use for brooder
Siding and trim is Duratemp - windows and doors come from Habitat for Humanity centers - insulated also except door.

And Robin I will put you on the list - But I think DW has me booked up past 2019 already LOL

 

[Serrin]

Oh yippee, skippy, hooray! Dentist appointment today. Gawds, the one thing in this world I dread more than anything else. Oh well, it's the first step to fnally getting rid of these rotten teeth.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

 

[finnfur]

Serrin Good Luck - Reminds me I have been procrastinating LOL

Well the Red tag Del line has gotten big enough they can't go thru the Enet webbing so the have been transferred in there own little gypsy wagon