Jae-and occasionally my kids and I-would leave tools, feed buckets, even fresh eggs on top of them, then walk off, forgetting about them. The roosters would hop up there to serenade us with their mighty crows. The girls would hang out on top of them, sunning themselves and lazing the day away. ![]() Our chickens absolutely adored our flat roofs. Take your coop’s power off-grid with a solar system. We can add these to a peaked roof as well, but at double the cost to cover both sides of the roof. We can decide to let the water flow to the ground or we can add a gutter, downspout and rain barrel to collect the rainwater for use in our garden. ![]() With a skillion, we can choose in which direction and at what angle the roof slants. Jae built a test skillion for our Silkie coop and we loved it so much we replaced all but one of the rest of our roofs (the one on the aforementioned Ameraucana coop). Our skillion roofs, however, are simple, efficient, and easy to customize. ![]() This made rainy days unpleasant for both our birds and for us. It flowed into our flock’s run and right behind their coop, where our access door was. Our peaked roof, featuring a pair of slanted sides resembling an inverted V, sent water downward in two directions. Our flat roofs caused water to pool on top of our coops, requiring us to squeegee it off after every storm … and preferably not in the chickens’ direction. Into all lives a little rain must fall, and the type of roof on your coop can determine how that rain gets handled.
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