Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
A Door, a Roost, and Weatherization
Your next step is to make a frame for your doorway as wide as your needs require. You
can have the door on one end as shown or on the tall side of the shed. Finally, you will
add the walls and a door to your frame. The door can be easily built with 2×4s (5×10
cm), plywood, and wire.
The Door
You may choose to create a solid door with no window or to build a door with a wire
window up top that can be covered with plastic in the colder months.
Once your door is hung and your roost is added, you will have completed your make-
it-in-a-weekend poultry shed.
Add the final horizontal braces on the remaining walls after constructing the door frame
(or after making the door itself).
1.
You'll need to use a 2×4 (5×10 cm) as an upright to hook your door latch onto.
Nail this in place as far from the front wall as you wish your door to be wide.
2.
Once you have your door width established, build the top frame of the doorway.
Cut a 2×4 (5×10 cm) to fit horizontally between the two upright 2×4s. Nail it in
place at a height that is comfortable for you to enter.
3.
Now build a door with 2×4s (5×10 cm), plywood, and wire. Cut the 2×4s for the
sides of the door the proper length to match the space between the bottom and
top frames and then cut the 2×4s the proper length and the proper width for the
