Siding material, ventilation, and other coop questions.

[U_Stormcrow]

GE had a "red light/green light" system. When the main frame was stressed, you got a red light and had to take a break... and those rainfall run off calculations? I did those after converting the software from the Wang mainframe to brand new, top of the line, MS basic on an IBM AT. Another place I worked was still doing most of their calculations on an IBM Sys36 - we'd telnet in from "dumb terminals" more powerful than the S/36 itself, but the company was too cheap to rewrite the software for the new computers.

No tape drives, though, so far as I know. One of my employers DID invest in a top of the line laser WORM drive (write once, read many) then promptly placed it by the window in their office. By 2:00pm every day, it was so hot from the afternoon sun you couldn't write to it. We'd store everything local, then batch file new completed drawings first thing the next morning.

Technology, right?

 

[black_cat]

If you have a printer and some paper, you can print it out.
I just used google and searched for printable isometric graph paper.
Lots of choices there!

This is why I use this website, everyone here is MUCH smarter than me. Genius! Thank you!

 

[aart]

everyone here is MUCH smarter than me.

Not necessarily smarter, you are very articulate for one so young, you just have very little experience. Forums are for sharing info.

 

[black_cat]

Not necessarily smarter, you are very articulate for one so young, you just have very little experience. Forums are for sharing info.

Thank you! I didn't mean smarter in an 'I haven't learned about stuff yet' way, I meant it more in a 'why didn't I just think to print the darn thing out' way.

 

[NatJ]

Thank you! I didn't mean smarter in an 'I haven't learned about stuff yet' way, I meant it more in a 'why didn't I just think to print the darn thing out' way.

Maybe you didn't know that printable graph paper existed
Plain graph paper and circular also are available.
Also coloring book pages, calendars, and worksheets for kids' math, handwriting practice, and so forth.
And probably a lot more things that I'm currently forgetting.

 

[aart]

Maybe you didn't know that printable graph paper existed

Exactly...I didn't know......didn't need to, have 2-3 pads of it in a drawer from way back when.

 

[black_cat]

I used the isometric graph paper and oh wow. having three dimensions definitely messed me up a bit I finally got a good sketch of what I want the inside of the coop to look like, though, with the poop boards, nesting boxes, and roost heights all lined up.

 

[aart]

I used the isometric graph paper and oh wow. having three dimensions definitely messed me up a bit I finally got a good sketch of what I want the inside of the coop to look like, though, with the poop boards, nesting boxes, and roost heights all lined up.

Well, let's see!!

 

[black_cat]

@aart your wish is my command!

This is the one with the fancy graph paper. Wow, that is different to draw on! That really took me a bit to work out, but here we are. I only got one sheet because our printer is garbage.
In the top left corner we have a view of the inside of the coop. I was finally able to draw it so that the widths and the heights were to scale! That one is scaled with one square being 6 inches. I'd like to have an in coop brooder under the poop board on the wall without the window. I'd block off under it and the farthest two nesting boxes (I'd still have four for up to four hens available) Which gives me 14 square feet to use for 4 chicks. How high should the roost be off the poop board? I have it mapped at 6 inches right now.
On the bottom we have a view of full coop. The roof really messed me up, but I was fine until I wasnt' doing it. Scale on that one is 1 square is equal to one square foot. This one better shows the run in relation to coop, and the framing of the run.
In the middle right we have the nesting boxes. Not very exciting but figured I should sketch them out. The scale is back to 1 square being 6 square inches on that one.
Lastly, on top, there's a partial view of the coop. That was mostly for me to see the roof and angle. Scale is one square is one square foot.
My main questions are:
How large should the pop door be? How big of a lip to keep bedding in? I'm using pine shavings in the coop.
How high should roost be off poop board?
Do you see any flaws or anything that's just me making my building job harder?

 

[Flockincrazy]

I use plywood for my coops it has been standing stable for 9yrs no chips no holes i did paint it i don't know if that helped or not