siding question

[colb56]

Siding question.... I am building a chicken coop and have some rough cut  hemlock 1" thick and poplar 1" thick I milled around 3 years ago.  I don't have enough of either to finish but do if I use both.  

Would it look ok to side it with both ?

[Nebraska]

I don't think the chickens would mind.. :D


Couldn't help myself. Will you paint it /finish it some how?

[colb56]

Nebraska, I opened myself up to that one.  That's something like I would say.

Yes I am going to use a exterior stain on it which is the same as my other coop and small barn to keep everything the same.  It's a dark brown and my initial though was there shouldn't that much of a difference even if the grain of the poplar is a little tighter then the hemlock.

I have 2 coops one I'm working on a 12X12 and my smaller one a 10X8.  

[Tom King]

A long time ago, and old man told me he'd built a chicken coop out of green Sweetgum.  He said, "In about a year, the inside was on the outside".

[Southside]

I did a board and batten front on a chicken coop with whatever I had, species and size, gum, oak, pine, 3",4" etc.  Had to get it buttoned up and figured I would deal with it another day.  It actually came out just fine and it's still on there to this day.  

[Nebraska]

What Southside said. He's a chicken rancher. Even has cool egg cartons...If you take care of the exposed wood it will give you good enough service. Then the next chicken coop can extra deluxe.

[kantuckid]

When up and away from the ground where rain doesn't splash they both last. Down in the weather they last for a few years. Myu old chicken house, the fixed type lasted until the termites ate it from the ground up. My next a most recent one was on sled runners to move thru the pasture. I like that style and so do the chickens. 

[Southside]

Being a chicken rancher isn't as easy as it sounds. Anybody can bulldog a 300 lb steer and pin his ears flat to the ground. Try pinning the ears on a 7 lb Barred Rock and let me know how it works out for you.  :D