sn0wwhite's Wichita Coop for the Twin Cities

[chickiegrrl]

I agree with Bogtown Chick, your coop looks so well done! I'm glad to know you're going to have a chicken sitter/egg gatherer. It makes it so much easier to relax knowing that the babies are being looked after. Have fun on vacation!!!!

 

[gino100]

If your using the pro rib roofing from menards. The mfg actually suggest putting the screws along the base next to the peak. Not in the actual peak of the rib. It's a little but different than the regular corrugated roofing panels.

 

[sn0wwhite]

Thanks, Bog & Jen.

And Gino, thanks for that. That is the kind of roofing I got, and I noticed when I went in the store tonight that they used it to cover their cart corrals in the parking lot, and they also have the screws through the base part.

It rained all day here today, but it was just a gentle soaking down rain, no winds. The coop was not wet tonight so no additional water came in. I would know, because it was wet right in the (as of then) unused PDZ filled poop board so the wet spot was pretty obvious. So, I do think it was the wind last night blowing the rain into the grooves on the roof and I feel better that I have those filler pieces put in place. Maybe I'll redo it eventually, but not until spring at the earliest. (knock wood)

 

[sn0wwhite]

My chicken sitter sent pictures!

Except 2 of them are roosting ON the poop board. Feel free to comment on how I change that.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

LOL> Well as long as their backside is dropping on the poop board and their fluff feathers aren't too messy...I'm thinking they're still okay! But of course you could just lift them up to the higher roost or bring them to the lower--whichever until they get their set place that they sleep...which many chickens do.

nice birds, snOw.

 

[aart]

A few of mine roost on the poop board like that too, doesn't seem to be a problem.

 

[waltandlori]

Oh, the things I'd do over.... Not that I'd change anything drastically, I love how it's turned out. But knowing what I know now I would do a better job getting my shiplap up to the roof neater, I'd catch that frame mistake that started the trapezoid shape, I'd make both windows first and frame to fit the window rather than trying to cut glass to fit a frame and of course I would have cut the OSB to allow the metal roof to overhang.

But in other happier news, the roost situation seems to have worked itself out. The pairs, Sunny and Benedict, were on the new lower roost tonight, and Omelet and Florentine were up on the high roost over the poop board. They look very content and I feel confident going out of town tomorrow that they will be secure and happy. My friend who helped build the coop is going to be the chicken sitter/egg watcher and will send me pictures every day.

There was an "oldtimers" saying where I came from:" We ain't buildin no pi anno here boy". And yes we are our own best (worst?) critics. It looks great. I didn't go with corrogated roofing I used ice and water dam. It's sticky on the back and rolls out, It has asphalt on it so it is almost like rolled roofing but more expensive and supposedly seals around nails when it heats up. They use it now on houses in the snow belt under the first 3 rows.

Walt

 

[sn0wwhite]

That's another great line! That, and chickens don't care - they just want treats.

 

[waltandlori]

That's another great line! That, and chickens don't care - they just want treats.

Yup! They can't measure so well.....
Walt

 

[sn0wwhite]

So, back from vacation and the chickens and the sitter did fine! But, it's like 40 degrees colder very fast.

My ADOR1 arrived and I'm hoping to install it successfully tomorrow night.

I'm planning to put my door in tomorrow. I wish the instructions came with pictures because I'm hugely a visual learner. If anyone has advice, now would be a good time! I don't want to mess this up.

Can I install it on the inside with the sensor going out through the door opening?


Sadly, it's another thing to worry about. I want to install it on the inside with the sensor part poking out through the pop door hole. I hope that will work mostly for aesthetic reasons. The instructions are all words, words, words. No pictures.