Simply Terrible

[hemet dennis]

http://www.jimsalmon.com/homepage.cfm?goget=2459

Waferboard and the fact that most people do not know it falls apart when wet and sags over time when plywood is much better and not that much more.

If I were selling coops to someone in a trailer court I would expect waferboard. Maybe that is your clientel and if so I apologize. I thought this was a thread about terrible quality coops.

Well in Oregon the OSB may not last as long as plywood but here it last longer then plywood. With the heat here plywood tends to delaminate much sooner.

 

[redhen]

Hemet, i think the coop is cute for a couple of birds!!..
The only thing i could suggest would be more or a bigger window for ventilation..
Also, on my coop windows i can close and open them... so if its raining/too cold i can close the window so they dont get chilled/wet..

 

[hemet dennis]

Hemet, i think the coop is cute for a couple of birds!!..

The only thing i could suggest would be more or a bigger window for ventilation..
Also, on my coop windows i can close and open them... so if its raining/too cold i can close the window so they dont get chilled/wet..

There is more ventilation with gaps under the eves. Yes it's only for a few chickens. Here we don't worry to much about the cold and rain it's the heat. I have made some with shutters I don't make any two alike I make one or two a week it Keeps me out of trouble

Some places a metal roof is a good idea but here you may as well put the birds in an oven.

 

[redhen]

There is more ventilation with gaps under the eves. Yes it's only for a few chickens. Here we don't worry to much about the cold and rain it's the heat. I have made some with shutters I don't make any two alike I make one or two a week it Keeps me out of trouble Some places a metal roof is a good idea but here you may as well put the birds in an oven.



                                                                                            

The ventilation under the eves is a good idea!!
And what you are charging for it is a very fair price too..

 

[geepy]

My coop is totally fire proof. Chain link fence with metal roof.

 

[hemet dennis]

My coop is totally fire proof. Chain link fence with metal roof.

But is it hurricane proof ?

 

[thaiturkey]

Good luck to anyone with an enterprising spirit. It's easier to knock someone else's efforts than to do something yourself. If someone thinks he can do better than HD, let's see your pics. and designs.

I'm far from being an expert myself but it occurs to me that the best design depends on the immediate environment, including the weather. What's good in one place may not be in another. Important issues that have to be considered here are heat and tropical rain. My main coop is built with those things in mind and there are no local laws about construction. It is about 2 metres to the eaves and 3 or more to the ridge. The roof is thatch on eucalyptus and the walls and base are made from pallet wood and machinery packing cases.. Two panels are bug mesh, allowing the air through. The door is the size of a standard house door. Perches are made from cut branches and there is plenty of room for more. Plastic baskets with straw can be placed inside for any bird that wants to lay indoors. I can walk in to clean, pick up eggs or do anything else that needs to be done in there. I might convert the door to stable door style. The thatch is deteriorating now and might be replaced with the much better palm leaf which contains rain-resistant oils.

I looked at many designs on the internet for ideas but, in the end, went for practical, simple and cheap and something that suited the area. It's not pretty but looks at home now that the trees are growing up around it. The turkeys for whom it was built have all been sold but the newly arrived banties have chosen to roost in it every night except for the one when a young cat was seen around. We leave the door open so that they can choose and that is why I might change to the stable door arrangement; they would be able to enter and leave but wandering animals would be deterred.

 

[RHRanch]

Well in Oregon the OSB may not last as long as plywood but here it last longer then plywood. With the heat here plywood tends to delaminate much sooner.

I have to back hemet dennis up, out here in our dry climate, the OSB is a fine material for all kinds of outdoor projects, including coops. I am thinking about buying some coops from hemet dennis, i need some little breeder coops.

 

[chickened]

My coops vary from chicken wire, posts and tin to a 36'x48' building with concrete floors,drains, lights and fans and another pole barn that is 36x24 with indivivual breeder pens with lights, skylights and all of them are weatherproof. Maybe I will take some pictures today and post them. But then again I actually own a farm not a backyard.

 

[booker81]

Good luck to anyone with an enterprising spirit. It's easier to knock someone else's efforts than to do something yourself. If someone thinks he can do better than HD, let's see your pics. and designs.

I'm far from being an expert myself but it occurs to me that the best design depends on the immediate environment, including the weather. What's good in one place may not be in another.

Pretty much this. Easy to cut down someone else, especially if they don't serve YOUR purpose. HD's coops obvious fit their niche market nicely - cute and pleasing to look at, a very good price, enough space for a handful of hens, just right for a small backyard flock in an area where aesthetics are probably quite important in order to not be harped on by neighbors for being an eyesore. Would it work for me? Not really - I have too many birds, and I don't need pretty, I like something I can walk into. I need electrical run in a way to provide heated water and potentially a heat lamp for winter - so I have my own coop set up the way I need it. I'm sure someone could find fault with it, but I don't care - it suits my needs nicely.