Comments on: A green-roof chicken coop

By: Martino

Martino — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35:27 +0000

it is always so hard when it comes to roofing

By: chicken housing

chicken housing — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:32:18 +0000

Huh that was weird, my first post didn’t work. No matter, I just wanted to say that it’s good to know that someone else also touched on this as it was difficult finding the same info elsewhere. Yours was the first place that clarified this for me. Thanks.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:12:48 +0000

For the roosts I cut a branch from a tree in our yard and fixed it in the coop. It runs from inside the hen house into the open space so they can choose to roost inside or outside.

As for the windows, I cut windows into the house part of the coop, one on each side. I am making window covers out of the same siding material I used for the house that I can slip on in terrible weather. But it doesn’t get too cold here in San Diego, so I imagine the window coverings will mostly stay off.

By: sheri

sheri — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:25:28 +0000

Hi, I was wondering where the roosts are going to be in the “house” part? What are you going to do for windows?

sheri

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:47:20 +0000

I saw an ad for laying hens on craigslist 2 days ago if you’re interested in rescuing some chickens. I’ve looked before and never seen any. I wanted to build a chicken coop in my yard, but since it’s a rental and chickens can live for awhile I didn’t want to have to trust their well being to someone else should I move. That’s a very nice coop.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:34:56 +0000

We have been really wanting to employ living-roof technology at our house ever since we came across it. But, we have no realistic scenario for converting our home’s rooftop. So, when we decided to raise a few chickens, the coop roof became the perfect opportunity. You should go for it. Build a coop. Include a green roof. Get some chickens.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:32:29 +0000

Meredith,

I would be happy to share the plans with you. E-mail me at eattheyard@gmail.com when you’re getting ready to build, and hopefully I’ll have some construction documents made by then. If not, I’ll pass along my sketch. As for cost, about $200, maybe a little less. And that’s for everything, from boards, to screws, to green-roof materials.

By: Ottawa Gardener

Ottawa Gardener — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:28:39 +0000

Wow, this is the kind of idea that makes me want to break out the hammer and nails. I love it! I was thinking of where to stick a green roof because I like the idea of using all that dead ‘roof’ space but now I can kill two.. no I won’t use that metaphor… complete two goals at once – chickens and a green roof. Neat idea!

By: Meredith

Meredith — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:31:59 +0000

Great minds think alike. This is almost exactly the same as the chicken coop we’re hoping to build this spring or summer, including the green roof — there are only a few minor differences, mainly that I think ours is going to be a little bigger in the “house” side for storage and nest access, and we have to build a special perimeter to keep the dogs from messing with the chickens. I would definitely be interested in using your plans as a basis, if you’d be willing to share — and I’m glad to hear of what you found out about the green roof materials, as I was all prepped to do some research on this. Do you know how much you spent on materials for the coop?

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:14:45 +0000

Thanks, all. Paul said it was a pretty good deal for the chickens, compared to other places they could have ended up. I like to think so.

And I do have a jaunty squint.