Melko
In the Brooder
- Jan 4, 2023
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Hi, newcomer to the forums. Read a lot but never posted!
Preface: I live in a very hot climate, it's winter now and it's ~25C. Midday summer (especially July-August) it easily goes up to 45C. I intend to keep 10 chickens in this coop, and will build an attached run for it after I finish setting the coop up.
I've designed and redesigned this coop many times over, taking in feedback from other forums and woodworkers I know and based on what I read from these forums.
All of the open panels will have 1" hardware cloth with 80% shade cloth covering them, except the front-most panel which will just be shade cloth with a flap for the hens to exit from (It's facing the inside of what will be the run).
I also took some advice and moved the nest boxes into the coop to stop them getting too hot (If it looks odd as one big piece it's because I didn't bother modeling the dividers and other stuff I'd make from scrap wood)
I'm not too sure about the roof, I decided I'd use a Heavy Duty tarp attached to the top posts since we really only deal with rain 4-5x a year and because I just don't have the tools to handle corrugate or galvanized roofing.
Here's a pic of the back with the roof and the 2 cloth layers vaguely drawn on. Maybe it'd be smart to block off the triangular bits at the top with the tarp too? (it's not part of the ventilation area I calculated below, so it's not a loss really)
All in all, it's ~44 sqft of ventilation, which may or not be overkill.
Would love some feedback and thoughts on this design.
Preface: I live in a very hot climate, it's winter now and it's ~25C. Midday summer (especially July-August) it easily goes up to 45C. I intend to keep 10 chickens in this coop, and will build an attached run for it after I finish setting the coop up.
I've designed and redesigned this coop many times over, taking in feedback from other forums and woodworkers I know and based on what I read from these forums.
All of the open panels will have 1" hardware cloth with 80% shade cloth covering them, except the front-most panel which will just be shade cloth with a flap for the hens to exit from (It's facing the inside of what will be the run).
I also took some advice and moved the nest boxes into the coop to stop them getting too hot (If it looks odd as one big piece it's because I didn't bother modeling the dividers and other stuff I'd make from scrap wood)
I'm not too sure about the roof, I decided I'd use a Heavy Duty tarp attached to the top posts since we really only deal with rain 4-5x a year and because I just don't have the tools to handle corrugate or galvanized roofing.
Here's a pic of the back with the roof and the 2 cloth layers vaguely drawn on. Maybe it'd be smart to block off the triangular bits at the top with the tarp too? (it's not part of the ventilation area I calculated below, so it's not a loss really)
All in all, it's ~44 sqft of ventilation, which may or not be overkill.
Would love some feedback and thoughts on this design.