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help me build log frame chicken house

 
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I have this idea to build A frame chicken house. is this a viable idea? I have loads of materials and near endless supply of cedar wood, 3" to 4" dried trees and trees that could be cut. and lots of tin roofing. ideally it should be predator proof.
maybe 8'x10' maybe smaller maybe larger  and maybe 4 or 5' high. A style tin roof. I could even put an axle under it to make it like a chicken tractor.
two cedar logs for the base and  3" or so cedar trees for the framing.. chicken wire on the ends and chicken wire covered doors on each end.

what materials should the floor be made of?   cedar planking? hardware cloth? or something else or should it even have a floor.
 
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I like the idea of an A-frame chicken tractor.

And I love the idea of using cedar logs that you already have.

This guy did too so I hope you can get some ideas:

https://permies.com/t/30365/chicken-tractor
 
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