fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

fuzzi

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It was a damp day, temperature didn't make it to 50° and it was "spitting" rain, so I decided to forego coop work.

After seeing @Baymule's previous hoop coop
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...I am thinking of adding a solid material to the roosting end this time instead of a tarp. It's too damp here for OSB, and I am looking at another material that could block wind and wet without breaking the bank. T11 siding looks promising but it's almost as expensive as weather ready plywood 🤑.

But buried in the shed may be a solution...
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It looks like a sheet of plywood, about 4'x6', with a 2x4 attached. Its probably one of my dh's incomplete projects. It's behind two lawnmowers and stuff, so I'll dig it out later this week, to see if it might work.

I was thinking of doing something like like the coop above, but leaving the bottom 24" of the coop open to the air (with hardware cloth of course!).

Or possibly using cattle panel on the end.

Thinking... thinking...
 

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You will not accomplish any extra "air flow" by leaving the bottom 24 inches of the one end and covering with hardware cloth.... if the other three sides are as shown. I would just go all the way down on the end and it will give you a windbreak area for them. Plus less cutting and attaching.... chickens will appreciate the lack of "wind" underneath their roost area.
 
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