Chicken House Siding
The technique offers a different and classic look.
Chicken house siding. This is how old barns or outbuildings were built. Board and batten siding is an exterior treatment of vertical boards with battens covering the seams. Kristi reed picked a rustic cabin style chicken coop to make her chickens feel at home on her montana ranch. The owner milled his own siding and shingles from trees on the property for the chicken coops.
Classic barn red with white trim and black shingles is a traditional favorite. Duratemp siding 6 x 6 run area 4 x 6 chicken coop area 96 high 4 nesting boxes clay siding with green trim forest green shingles 6 10 combination. See more at windy peak vintage. Board and batten siding 6 x 6 run area 4 x 6 chicken coop area 96 high 4 nesting boxes cedar stain.
We used to use roofing nails but they pull loose too easily and we hate having roofing panels flapping loose in the. There are nesting boxes with outside access and a metal roof. My chicken houses are 8 8 feet. We used roofing screws.
For complete plans visit pursue your project. Rustic brown siding gets gussied up with hanging baskets and a pop of green around the windowed area. Here we show our super coop chicken coop built with lp smartside painted siding. The shiplap siding cedar shake shingles and whimsical angles give this chicken coop a fairytale cottage style.
Natural wood siding iron strap hardware and a corrugated metal roof add rustic detailing that blends with the wide open landscape. However we have many siding trim and shingle color combinations to choose from if you ve got something else in mind. This diy chicken coop has plywood siding and a linoleum floor. These are hex drive screws with neoprene washers.
In summer the leafy canopy helps keep the flock cool and in winter sunlight streams through the bare branches offering warmth. For the roof if you have a well ventilated design like the garden coop you can attach a tin roof directly to 2 2 or 2 4 purlins no need for plywood underneath. 10 x 40 carolina coop with 6 x 10 henhouse in charlottesville va.