Roofing Colors

We use steel roofing on all our production and custom chicken coops. Because metal has a low thermal mass, heat is not absorbed into the roofing material and then transmitted into the coop. In fact, the Florida Solar Energy Center states that metal roofing absorbs about 34 percent less heat than asphalt shingles.

The painted metal roofs are even more energy efficient that plain metal roofing. (yes, even black roofing!) These roofs not only reflect solar energy, but also re-emit most of the solar energy that the coop absorbs.