I'm glad to hear you're working on your chicken coop run. For the winter, I think I would attach some pallet boards across the roof so the plastic rooftop won't sag. And add more hay for comfort.
I'm right, along with you more snow coming tonight and tomorrow. The cold weather is snapping my desire to go outside. My backyard flock comes out of their coop. However, American Breese is not so much. The warm weather is coming here in the middle of Michigan ❤😊 I use tarps on the open areas of my coops. The top of both coops have sheet metal. Thankfully, I am able to salvage from an old sawmill. Your coops look good. Nine eggs two were frozen 😮 I wish the girls would lay all around the same time.
Last year I just used plastic over the wire. Snow and draft not a problem. But melting snow and rain started dripping through. So replaced it this year. I have a pitched metal roof but did use one of the clear panel for light. So far so good. I took live in Michigan.
Snow load and wind are very tough on any roof. If I would make one suggestion it would be to use heavier lumber, more supports, and at least 2x4's for the roof. Maybe also add a rib or two down the middle crossing the other roof timbers and probably rotated so that the 2x4 is oriented with the "4" in the vertical and not horizontal. Otherwise I appreciated your candor about the issue, life is full of challenges, and weather extremes can be one of the greatest challenges.
i honestly i am surprise that the whole thing is holding on...the runners for the roof sheets is pretty "there", no for heavy snow hold...and i do not understand why u did not make it right since the beginning...2x4, 4x4, proper screws to hold the sheets and so forth...Now u have to "fix" it but i am sure that a heavy snow storm the whole thing will crumble in top of the poor chickens...
I'm glad to hear you're working on your chicken coop run. For the winter, I think I would attach some pallet boards across the roof so the plastic rooftop won't sag. And add more hay for comfort.
I'm right, along with you more snow coming tonight and tomorrow. The cold weather is snapping my desire to go outside. My backyard flock comes out of their coop. However, American Breese is not so much. The warm weather is coming here in the middle of Michigan ❤😊
I use tarps on the open areas of my coops. The top of both coops have sheet metal. Thankfully, I am able to salvage from an old sawmill. Your coops look good.
Nine eggs two were frozen 😮 I wish the girls would lay all around the same time.
Last year I just used plastic over the wire. Snow and draft not a problem. But melting snow and rain started dripping through. So replaced it this year. I have a pitched metal roof but did use one of the clear panel for light. So far so good. I took live in Michigan.
Snow load and wind are very tough on any roof. If I would make one suggestion it would be to use heavier lumber, more supports, and at least 2x4's for the roof. Maybe also add a rib or two down the middle crossing the other roof timbers and probably rotated so that the 2x4 is oriented with the "4" in the vertical and not horizontal. Otherwise I appreciated your candor about the issue, life is full of challenges, and weather extremes can be one of the greatest challenges.
no sh!t great call 🙄
Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and your family
Plexiglass might be more stable than that corrugated plastic
If I was to redo the roof, I would make it steeper.
The frozen chicken waterer’s not my cup of tea, I don’t know what’s worse winter or summer when there’s a bunch of bugs?
i honestly i am surprise that the whole thing is holding on...the runners for the roof sheets is pretty "there", no for heavy snow hold...and i do not understand why u did not make it right since the beginning...2x4, 4x4, proper screws to hold the sheets and so forth...Now u have to "fix" it but i am sure that a heavy snow storm the whole thing will crumble in top of the poor chickens...
Let the haters hate. You just need to brush up on your carpentry skills and how to interlock/stabilize certain sections.
Roof rake