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Kenny_
Songster
I agree . the 2 main screws I use and keep on hand are 3" and 2 1/2". on our silkie coop I will be getting 3 1/2" too but that cause I'm cutting my own lumber so a 2x4 will be 2"x 4", which will look like a mini beam.lol
There are alot of smart builders on here. some did know more than the op when they started there own coop but now are a lot more knowledgeable.
if the op has more questions on this coop lets get some more info like accurate bird count and plans to add more? or is this 34 birds straight run and is this a hen house or will they keep roosters. location and area where they plan to build. a simple one pitch roof style shed should be easier to build. Oh a list of supplys would help other design what you have and what direction to go or at least help you out.
When we look at the chickens up the street and in town we always think wow they look awful. One reason we think our birds look as good as they do is because in town and up the street the birds have tight small runs and coops. Our flock free range and have a nice comfortable coop(28 birds in a 40 bird coop). So on them bad days we can leave them in the coop and their is room for them to do there chicken things.
Scott
Hen house only. 38 birds. I don't plan to add any more. I won't keep any roosters. They will either go to my aunt's or be given away. They are backyard chickens, in a semi-urban area. Houses all around. I have OSB subfloor x3, 2x4s, 4x4s, chicken wire, hardware cloth, welded wire for the fencing, posts, plywood sheets for walls and roof, 1 random thick wooden table top that i just was going to mess around with and see if I could use it if possible (doubt it.) Other various pieces of wood that will be helpful for the coop. The design is pretty liquid right now, not quite sure, but I know it's going to be simple, but I do want the nesting boxes to be on the "back side" with a flip up lid that we can access them from the outside without having to go in the coop and bother the chickens.
My aunt's chicken house is adequately sized. She has room for their roosting, and nesting boxes. She chose for no floor in the house. She is telling me that I am going way too far and building too big in this house, and maybe I am, I don't know. I want to build the house raised off of the ground so the chickens can walk underneath if they'd like. I'd just fence it in with either chicken wiring or hardware cloth or a combination of the two again.
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