Translucent Chicken Coop....

[newbyduckmom]

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/design/the-coop-a-translucent-chicken-chapeltreehugger-157820

Thought this was interesting, thought I would share.

 

[Amiga]

I admire artistic people!

 

[TigerLilly]

Very interesting except for the part about it not being predator-proof. I like the idea of natural lighting though.
The commentor at the bottom of the page brought up an interesting point about poo...I imagine it would not look very pretty stuck to the visqueen!

 

[silkiechicken]

Hope it doesn't get too hot in there! A wood shed gets hot with birds, what would a green house coop end up being on a mid summer day!

 

[CrestedGirl]

Now that is cool!!

 

[jdywntr]

Quote:
Exactly my thought.
Interesting though for ability to allow light but I'd think it would be a sauna in there.

 

[Tivona]

Nice coop. My neighbors have a chicken coop similar to that. Its not quite as artsy. It has a solid roof with a wooden frame with wire on the inside to prevent predators and fiberglass on the outside of the frame. They used the corrugated type of fiberglass. They have a section of double layer wire mesh at the top couple of inches with no fiberglass at the top on the walls allowing venting under the roof eves. The door is wire mesh. Works well for them. Its bright and airy and not to hot in summer but I have no idea how it would work for ducks...I keep looking at it and planing to make something like it one day. The only thing I didn't like about theirs was that it looks very hard to clean between the wire and the fiberglass. Perhaps a kind of hybrid coop between the one you posted and my neighbors with the fiberglass (not corrugated) and the wire mesh against it would be less hassle to clean out cobwebs, dust and whatnot I'm thinking.

 

[RunnerWhisperer]

Very neat, but I agree about it getting too hot maybe for them!? I like the artistic approach though very nice!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

It is neat looking but I was looking for windows for ventilation.