Woods Open Air Coop Scaled Down (Can I do a 4 x 10?)

[Coopin Is a Habit]

@Coopin Is a Habit Are you doing the build on your own? I am impressed with progress.

A couple of thoughts:

• Madison gets 50" of snow on average so you do have snow load to consider. The frame for the monitor carries all the weight from both roofs. You need to make certain that the frame structure is strong enough.
• Have you decided on side window placement? Wall space is at a premium in a Woods style coop; side windows in the scratch portion leaves one coop wall free as an option for mounting your nest boxes (preferable to hanging from drop boards IMHO) and minimizing floor space loss.

Yup, everything on my own. I will invite a couple of buddies over to help move the foundation to it's location. I definitely cannot do that alone or even with one other person. Thank you, I have to move fast, look at these little buggers this morning on my porch! They are ready for a coop now haha.

Yes, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and actually buy some lumber guarantee good rigidity for the framing. So far everything I have is free minus 15 dollars for those three solid oak pallets.

Windows will undoubtedly go on the scratch shed. I am currently still on the hunt for a reasonable size and will visit another repurpose store on the west side of the city after work today.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

@Coopin Is a Habit Are you doing the build on your own? I am impressed with progress.

A couple of thoughts:

• Madison gets 50" of snow on average so you do have snow load to consider. The frame for the monitor carries all the weight from both roofs. You need to make certain that the frame structure is strong enough.
• Have you decided on side window placement? Wall space is at a premium in a Woods style coop; side windows in the scratch portion leaves one coop wall free as an option for mounting your nest boxes (preferable to hanging from drop boards IMHO) and minimizing floor space loss.

 

[Ted Brown]

Not related but check out this bastard that was on my neck last night. He still had my skin in his mouth. Don’t know how he got that high but I bet he was in my one of my sheds while moving wood around and dropped on me.

Looks like a tick to me and of the variety that can carry Lyme disease.

A shower end of day and thorough check both sides and up/down is best practice.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

Looks like a tick to me and of the variety that can carry Lyme disease.

A shower end of day and thorough check both sides and up/down is best practice.

Yeah it's definitely a tick. I'll look with two mirrors in the coming days to ensure I'm not developing the bullseye mark. Nothing yet so hopefully that stays the case.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

hey @Ted Brown what do you think about this casement window? For the monitor.

It's 54 x 24
w/ a 7" jamb so its 68" length total

Width of foundation will be 72" (6ft) so that should give me just enough to squeeze this in I think. It's not free but only 50 bucks so not the worst as far as windows go.

I know you suggested to make a design and I slowly am, I just need my windows to work around and then I will be able to make a complete diagram with affirmed materials. I could also probably cut off part of the jam if I need to make it thinner.

 

[Ted Brown]

My monitors are18" in depth and only just fit.

Your peak height is 7' 1" and back wall is 4' 7", much flatter pitch than mine. Guessing that you will need a window around 12" wide (sorry I may have lead you astray when I said your original monitor open could work).

You MUST figure out the pitch of the front roof in order to calculate the depth of the monitor frame. That will give the measurements for both side and monitor windows.
If you need some help to do the calculations let me know.

I think you should be looking for a simple hinged window, The window style you show will not open very far and your summer (hot/humid) probably means more ventilation.

 

[aart]

For the monitor.

If you use that casement window turned horizontally, it will not shed water properly on the outside.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

If you use that casement window turned horizontally, it will not shed water properly on the outside.

My plan was to have more roof metal overhang the smaller portion of the open window so it does run down the window instead of into the coop.

 

[Coopin Is a Habit]

Here's pics of the casement window. I think the airflow would be sufficient. The thing I would be most concerned about is how much the mechanical mechanism would hold up over time. But if it comes to it, it could be held open via a piece of wood/metal/plastic etc

 

[WI chickens]

Yeah it's definitely a tick. I'll look with two mirrors in the coming days to ensure I'm not developing the bullseye mark. Nothing yet so hopefully that stays the case.

For the record, that is a wood tick, not a deer tick, and doesn't carry lyme disease. I'm in WI, have a Woods coop, have wood ticks and deer ticks, have had lyme disease. We have some things in common