Love the idea of using something already existing and turning into a great coop for the chickens. Wish you had more pictures of the steps taken when you added on. Good job!
Thanks for the compliment. The chicken coop was literally an overhead storage area with and existing metal roof for lumber and junk when we bought the house. It had no sides or floor.
1. Built a frame and internal supports for a floor and it was eyeball leveled with 2x8s
2. Screwed down a 1/2" plywood floor.
3. Bought a Super Heavy Duty Tarp and stapled it over the floor to prevent rot. It has worked for the past 3 years thus far.
4. Went to the amish lumber mill and bought thick 8' random type slab wood.
5. Measured an old external door and built a frame for it in the wall.
6. Went to Lowes and bought two small windows and built a wall frame for them.
7. Built a frame in the back wall for a low horizontal door.
8. Built a frame for the winter run on the side.
9. Then I closed it all in by screwing down the Amish lumber side by side until it was completely enclosed - nothing fancy.
10. Put on the door and painted it.
11. Then I decided we needed a winter run so I added two posts to the outside to create a 3 sided enclosure and a sloping roof topped off with a polycarbonate roof. Does not generate heat in the winter, but gives the chickens an area to scratch around in all winter w/o the snow.
1. Built a frame and internal supports for a floor and it was eyeball leveled with 2x8s
2. Screwed down a 1/2" plywood floor.
3. Bought a Super Heavy Duty Tarp and stapled it over the floor to prevent rot. It has worked for the past 3 years thus far.
4. Went to the amish lumber mill and bought thick 8' random type slab wood.
5. Measured an old external door and built a frame for it in the wall.
6. Went to Lowes and bought two small windows and built a wall frame for them.
7. Built a frame in the back wall for a low horizontal door.
8. Built a frame for the winter run on the side.
9. Then I closed it all in by screwing down the Amish lumber side by side until it was completely enclosed - nothing fancy.
10. Put on the door and painted it.
11. Then I decided we needed a winter run so I added two posts to the outside to create a 3 sided enclosure and a sloping roof topped off with a polycarbonate roof. Does not generate heat in the winter, but gives the chickens an area to scratch around in all winter w/o the snow.