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[Amethyste]

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I have a dog kennel, too. I'm thinking of a PVC hoop with tarp over the top.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=214469&p=4

Scroll down to # 35. I want mine with a higher arch to shed rain and snow faster. I think I'll need to think about anchors, so the roof doesn't catch the wind and take the kennel with it.

Well, I can only see 2 pics out of the four...but thanks for the link

I was thinking about that, but my husband is afraid of it taking off in winds <we get some really good sized gusts here>, and he is worried about snow build up...I don't think he trusts the PVC pipe too much after a few experiences we had with it, tbh.

 

[Rainwolf]

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I have a dog kennel, too. I'm thinking of a PVC hoop with tarp over the top.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=214469&p=4

Scroll down to # 35. I want mine with a higher arch to shed rain and snow faster. I think I'll need to think about anchors, so the roof doesn't catch the wind and take the kennel with it.

Well, I can only see 2 pics out of the four...but thanks for the link

I was thinking about that, but my husband is afraid of it taking off in winds <we get some really good sized gusts here>, and he is worried about snow build up...I don't think he trusts the PVC pipe too much after a few experiences we had with it, tbh.

You can just make a peaked roof...
kinda A-frame style on the top of the kennel and if you worry about weight of the roof use 2x2 framing and corrugated roofing.... and if still worried ad a 2x4 or 4x4 post at each corner...

I used 2x2 and plastic roofing for my coop and just used pipe strapping to tie it down

So if I need to move it or the wind breaks a piece I can un-screw the strapping pull the roof rebuild and put back on.
Also makes it easy to move if I ever move to real land....

 

[AriLovesChickens]

Wahhhh, I want to get started, but I have to wait until I get back from a LONG trip to my in-laws. *sigh*

Are there any tips for starting chicks in September? It seems doable to me, but I don't know much about this yet. (I plan on reading a couple of books while stuck at my in-laws house). How long might it be until I could put them outside?

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Ice in water, frozen mellons, blocks of ice, lots of shade. Mist them down with water, mist the runs. Wait... You have high humidity dont you? Shoot. Mist may not work in high humidity. If you can give them some sort of small shelters with blocks of ice in them, it could possibly act like a cooler/AC. Have any empty insulated coolers with a split top lid? That would work, and keep the ice from melting so quikly.

Thanks cheryl

They are not wanting to drink anything. They are perking up a little. Just hope there is no brain damage.

 

[Ogress]

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Mine collapsed in December, DH and I managed to unmangle the thing and then hired someone to build a roof. It has a wood frame drilled through the metal of the kennel and clear corrugated panels. I have a photo taken shortly after it was completed. If you'd like better photos, I can go out and take more. It is the structure in the L side of the photo.

 

[hallerlake]

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Ice in water, frozen mellons, blocks of ice, lots of shade. Mist them down with water, mist the runs. Wait... You have high humidity dont you? Shoot. Mist may not work in high humidity. If you can give them some sort of small shelters with blocks of ice in them, it could possibly act like a cooler/AC. Have any empty insulated coolers with a split top lid? That would work, and keep the ice from melting so quikly.

Fans?

 

[VelvettFog]

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I have two thoughts.

1. Once bent, pipe really looses its structural integrity. If your plans call for the kennel panels to support the yet-to-be-built roof, I'd think about having something else bear the weight.

2. I get the impression you want to use the 3" plywood strips horizontally, across the top of the kennel panels so that you can then fasten your roof to the plywood. If that impression is true, then I suggest you use dimensional lumber instead of plywood. It will stand up to the elements better and since you will be using it to hold screws/nails for the roof support, I think you want something thicker than standard 1" ply.

Those are my only two thoughts for the day. Anyone else asking questions that require thought will have to wait until tomorrow.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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I'm going to put a predator-proof roof on my Wyandotte run with 4X4 livestock panel covered with greenhouse cover, with a 2 in 6 pitch; the big deal in preventing snow-load collapse is avoiding flat roofs, or at least that is what my experience indicates.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Mine collapsed in December, DH and I managed to unmangle the thing and then hired someone to build a roof. It has a wood frame drilled through the metal of the kennel and clear corrugated panels. I have a photo taken shortly after it was completed. If you'd like better photos, I can go out and take more. It is the structure in the L side of the photo.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/72609_janfeb2011_287.jpg

Sure would love some of that snow. It's 8pm and still 101*.

 

[RonB]

Amethyste
I also have a dog run 8 X 13. the last two years I had 2x4" wire (hogwire) across the top supported with 1 x8's and covered that with Plastic. when it snowed I used 2 x 4's standing on end to support the 1 x8's

This year I'm going to put 4 x4's in the four corners. then run a 4x4 on top of them the length of the dog run. One side will be six inches higher. So I will have a 6 " sloop. I'm going to run 2 x 4's (rafters) . every two feet across the run. Then put 4 x 8 ' sheets of OSB (its like plywood) on that. Then my brother in-law who is a roofer is going to put what they call torch down on it. That is way,way lighter then shingles.
Hope I didn't totally lose you