Will this work?

[Renee']

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That number of screws isn't an understatement.

 

[georgialee]

Crap, that many screws, huh??? Well we may be building our chickens a shed then. I think it will cost about the same plus it won't get as hot. Dang it. I thought the metal shed would be the 'easy' way to go.

 

[60ACRES]

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*I wish I had a picture of the well house that I built to replace that one. It is so much better for the same price and time spent putting it up.

All treated wood, siding, metal roof. No plans, just started hammering it up.... It will be the basic design of my real coop, one day.

 

[georgialee]

We eventually decided to go with a smaller coop since I have almost all bantams. DH doesn't want to try to tackle a full-sized shed (little does he know he'll most likely be building one later

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[tobaccodog]

I have a old metal shed just like that and Im thinking about converting it over to a coop anyone got design idea's ?

 

[60ACRES]

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I am in the process of converting mine now. I have set concrete blocks in the corners, framed the inside with landscape timbers, cut vent flaps, and secured one side of the door. It should make a great starter coop.
I am constructing the run from PVC, and chicken wire, here is the start of it...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=169588

 

[Slywoody]

Personally, i'd shy away from those cheap metal sheds. Too many problems now and later.

 

[ducks4you]

Build your chicken house out of wood and use the shed for their food and supplies. Get METAL garbage cans for their food. We had a metal shed when we lived in town for almost 20 years in the back yard. The floor stayed bone dry, my mowers and yard equipment were in good condition along with the other stuff.

If you keep the birds in a metal building they'll roast in the summer....hhmmmm roast chicken, anyone?

and they'll freeze in the winter.

I've gone horse-shopping in the winter and even the large metal buildings are sometimes colder inside than the weather OUTSIDE!!