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ChickFil-A what do you mean "putting 2x3 in fencing on top of the coop with HD cloth sides..." ?? Drawing? I'm a tad lost but will later try to look and see if there are any photos elsewhere on posts you've made. Hoop coops are a great idea. You know, no matter what we do here we seem to...

Three years ago, it would have been just silly to build this coop out of 30 year old fence panels, wouldn't it? But now, it's practical, as they were very good quality to begin with. They'll do the job and hold together for this. And I think they add a bit of rustic charm to the coop, in the...

Hi, ChicFil-A. (Love the names on this board, <grin>.) I'm trying to figure out how what we did is that different, other than that we attached our 1x3's across the width of our panels rather than along the length. [ And of course we ended up using metal instead of the poly -- just because I...

Construction photos. We later lined the inside of the roof with hardware cloth. Stapled on the inside. And have replaced the temporary t-posts under the lean-to with a proper 4x4post and beam structure. Augured anchors in the ground will go in today, high winds expected tonight.

Thanks again to all who contributed suggestions on our coop. We got the roof up this weekend. We ended up with used metal roofing. (Photo attached.) We have: -- two 16ft cattle panels as structure, only 3 rafters (about 4ft apart); -- some partial purlins under the cattle panels at intervals...

Haha... my better half jokes about having our own dinosaurs now. We're all surprisingly fond of these chickens. But not sure why you're saying "all that hardware" -- the only hardware we've bought is new corner brackets, 3 per corner. We are even reusing rusty nails, lol. We're...

I went AWOL a few days - not ignoring posts and I really appreciate the help. We've got rafters in. (Photos attached.) I'm only putting three rafters across 92", building with stuff on hand so far, and 3 is what I have. The cattle panels applied to the top should provide enough...

I think you mean cattle gates? Maybe there's another product. I've never kept large livestock so I know there are materials out there... This is what I mean: https://www.ruralking.com/catalog/product/view/id/30342 The panels are 4 gauge wire, and 16ft long by 50" wide. Two of them, the 50"...

TY Tonyroo -- I know we've used some construction adhesives like liquid nails that have a quicker grab time. I think we'd really like this to be disassembleable, as this is our first coop, we may want to change it or move it. Thinking to avoid glues. Might caulk something. STay tuned.

You know, speaking of "cutting off a strip of wavy poly" [ TY AOrchard], I suppose you could use that section like a wavy closure strip by translating it sideways and actually sandwich the cattle panel wire between the roof panel and the cutoff section/strip below. Then bond the two pieces of...

I typed the following before I mulled over the 1x2 suggestion above. There are no more cheap 1x2 boards around here, sigh. No cheap boards of any kind. I will need some for battens for the bottom 30" or so, too. I need to check a real lumber yard in another nearby town or a cedar sawmill...

TY BarnyardChaos. I think that's the most doable. It would be still light weight, too. Really appreciate the ideas, it's helping me think. If we were to under-lay one of the wavy wooden strips meant to provide nailing and an edge closure for these roof panels, and in a similar fashion...

From your previous post, I was thinking gutters to catch drips under the nail. But this is way complicated.

@AOrchard, ty vm for the reply and thoughts. I am struggling with using the poly now it comes down to it because like you, I don't see a way around piercing it which is so anti-waterproofing, lol. Other than framing a panel. p.s. I had a thought about the roof under-structure after I wrote...

We're new to chickens, building a first 6.5x8ft coop with walls of old cedar fence panels. (Extremely well worn, 30 years old. I don't think cedar oil will be a problem at this point. ) We're trying to build this with materials on hand for the most part. We're screwing this together with...