Tractor/trailer coop build

[BayBuzzard]

Why do you want to be able to more them?

Thanks for the reply but I am not sure what you mean.

 

[raingarden]

Thanks for the reply but I am not sure what you mean.

Why is it on a trailer?

 

[BayBuzzard]

Moving it around will be very helpful, simple as that i guess

 

[BayBuzzard]

Ok, I have drawn it up, let’s test this phone camera first.

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[BayBuzzard]

looks like dupes on the pics, oh well, aint gonna play with it now. let me know what you think.

 

[BayBuzzard]

ok, getting serious about using saws and screws.

Someone please do your best to talk me into one roof or the other, Aframe, or flat?

Anyone want to push me one way or the other?

disclaimer: i am a relatively large dude, both height and width, need a full size door to walk thru and a good 7' of head clearance in most of the coop. this is why i am leaning towards flat, and it seems to be much easier to consrtuct.

thoughts? feelings? experiences? all welcome here in tractorland

 

[3KillerBs]

ok, getting serious about using saws and screws.

Someone please do your best to talk me into one roof or the other, Aframe, or flat?

Anyone want to push me one way or the other?

disclaimer: i am a relatively large dude, both height and width, need a full size door to walk thru and a good 7' of head clearance in most of the coop. this is why i am leaning towards flat, and it seems to be much easier to consrtuct.

thoughts? feelings? experiences? all welcome here in tractorland

A-Frames are hard to adequately ventilate and waste space.

Flat isn't good because you need to shed rain and to encourage airflow. My brooder has a flat roof and despite huge amounts of ventilation it gets hot inside on a sunny day because the lack of roof slope allows the air to stagnate.

A peaked roof with a ridge vent or a sloped shed roof with vents at the top and bottom of the slope allows hot air to flow under the roof surface and out the upper vent -- removing heat and ammonia.

 

[aart]

Someone please do your best to talk me into one roof or the other, Aframe, or flat?

So you mean a gable roof or a shed roof.
Go with the flat if it's easier for you to build.

 

[Krugerrand]

So you mean a gable roof or a shed roof.
Go with the flat if it's easier for you to build.

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I went with a lean-to and added an overhang to make it almost saltbox in appearance. It allows ventilation on the top, bottom and sides of the roof.

 

[3KillerBs]

One of my coops has a monitor roof:

My other coop has a clerestory roof:

My brooder/coop has a flat roof: