Framing A Chicken Coop Roof

All of my other chicken coops were built with eaves that extend 1 2 feet.

Framing a chicken coop roof.

Be sure to join them along the 84 inch 213 4 cm sides so that the roof with cover the entire chicken coop. Should your chicken coop roof have extended eaves. Check to see that there is an overhang at both the front and back of the coop. Eaves are the part of the roof that extends beyond the coop building.

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. Place the roof on top of the coop. 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.

You can see these eaves on one of my coops pictured below. My first chicken coop a converted shed doesn t have eaves and i greatly regret that. From the 2 x 4 inch x 12 foot boards cut three 31 inch lengths to form the floor frame. With your materials gathered it s time to cut the frame.