Framing A Chicken Coop Roof

With your materials gathered it s time to cut the frame.

Framing a chicken coop roof.

All of my other chicken coops were built with eaves that extend 1 2 feet. From the 2 x 2 inch x 8 foot board cut three lengths each 32 3 4 inches long. This will eventually become your coop s rafters. To make a simple roof join two 40 inch 101 6 cm by 84 inch 213 4 cm pieces of plywood with some inexpensive hinges.

Be sure to join them along the 84 inch 213 4 cm sides so that the roof with cover the entire chicken coop. From the 2 x 4 inch x 12 foot boards cut three 31 inch lengths to form the floor frame. Cut the lumber to the following lengths. The purlins should be up on edge for stiffness not laid flat and bolted to the studs with inch carriage bolts not nailed.

Some of my early houses with nailed on purlins had their roof torn off by high winds. Eaves are the part of the roof that extends beyond the coop building. My first chicken coop a converted shed doesn t have eaves and i greatly regret that. Check to see that there is an overhang at both the front and back of the coop.