Idaho Chicken Bungalow
Crossing the Road
I have a metal shed (far left of photo) just collecting spiders, ants and wasps. It has an amazing floor and foundation as well as shelves. I have thought of taking it out and having a wood one built in it's place. I worry about the HOT oven it would be in the summer. It's just me so I would have to hire out the conversion. But oh, how nice it would be for winter.So both times I have decided to build a coop the price for wood was sky high so the first one we broke the pallets down, which was a chore but those pallets were free. The second is a Lowe's 10x13 metal shed and as expensive as they are was cheaper than wood at the time. The pallets used there were 2$ a piece at our local small town hardware store The only thing is the metal building heats up so I added fans and designed it so I could leave the doors open and added gable vents on both ends. I also have electric poutry netting around my chicken area and hardware cloth on outside openings.