Moss On A Roof For Chicken Coop

If you live in the city and need only a few chickens or in the country and you need lots of chickens we have the chicken coop for you.

Moss on a roof for chicken coop.

Peat is amazing at absorbing moisture. Check our our mini chicken coop shed roof coop and our most popular coop the walk in chicken coop. I secure the soil moss and plants in place with chicken wire pulled tightly and stapled to the frame of the roof. Check to see that there is an overhang at both the front and back of the coop.

Place the roof on top of the coop. What makes a good chicken coop roof. Sloped so that rain and snow slide off. We offer several different styles and many different sizes of chicken coops.

Quality portable chicken coops built in millersburg ohio. 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. Then i trim off the excess wire and tuck more moss around the edges or anywhere that the wire is still visible.

A coop also requires elevated roosting perches where the chickens can sleep nesting boxes where they can lay eggs and a connected run or pen where chickens can roam. A good chicken coop roof has these qualities. A chicken coop needs proper ventilation a roof and walls for protection from the elements and a doorway for the chickens to enter usually attached to a ramp entrance. You want a bedding material that will absorb as much moisture as possible otherwise your coop will be wet slimy and disgusting.

In order for a roof to be durable you need a material that doesn t absorb moisture doesn t rip off in the wind and doesn t break down under the sun s rays.