Our Chicken Coop Is DESTROYED!

[@Monkchip]

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.

[@diannemiller4754]

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.

[@karlaburkett4222]

Plexiglass might be more stable than that corrugated plastic

[@shelleyquandt8243]

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.

[@muhamadthemotorcityfarmer6016]

If I was to redo the roof, I would make it steeper.

[@leighmonty13]

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and your family

[@threespeech7605]

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.

[@RickMylbani-n2u]

no sh!t great call 🙄

[@LoniAdams]

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?

[@aorsz5842]

Let the haters hate. You just need to brush up on your carpentry skills and how to interlock/stabilize certain sections.

[@anniejefferson7329]

Roof rake