Hello all,
I love this forum, lots of great stories and advice.
Have moved to a new place in the country and one of the structures on the site is a former small greenhouse.
We've been wanting to have some chickens around here and this looks like it could be converted easily enough.
Because our summers here in south Louisiana are brutally hot and humid, I am considering an open coop design which would allow lots of air flow.
I figured I could roof a third of the structure (with it's hanger shape roofing it would go all the way to the ground on both sides) with a wide strip of roof down the middle the rest of the way, to give some more shade. It's too far away from the nearest tree to get any shade that way.
It has water and electricity in it already. Dimensions are 14'Lx10'Wx6.5'H.
Think this is doable? We are only planning on about 6 birds.
This is what it currently looks like:
I love this forum, lots of great stories and advice.
Have moved to a new place in the country and one of the structures on the site is a former small greenhouse.
We've been wanting to have some chickens around here and this looks like it could be converted easily enough.
Because our summers here in south Louisiana are brutally hot and humid, I am considering an open coop design which would allow lots of air flow.
I figured I could roof a third of the structure (with it's hanger shape roofing it would go all the way to the ground on both sides) with a wide strip of roof down the middle the rest of the way, to give some more shade. It's too far away from the nearest tree to get any shade that way.
It has water and electricity in it already. Dimensions are 14'Lx10'Wx6.5'H.
Think this is doable? We are only planning on about 6 birds.
This is what it currently looks like: