I won the bid on eBay for a small wood stove for the greenhouse. It's pretty cool. you can lift the top on it to cook a pot of water. It has tiles around it. This will help keep the oven hot after the fire dies down. It is not very big, and the price was good. We did think about building a rocket stove, but the oil barrels rust out every one or 2 years. I didn't want to be fixing it every year. So a tile stove was my 2nd choice.
Why not start with an IBC and cut a hole for the door? You could build closed laying boxes into it, and something for the chickens to roost on. Put some straw or saw dust on the floor. You could add vents to the side for air. If it sat inside a chicken run that you can walk into, the chickens could be safe, dry and happy. I have an extra IBC. Maybe this could be my chicken house? I bet I could even plant the outside of it with mud and grass for extra insulation and good looks.
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