We have 6 "portable" chicken houses, most of them 8x12; 5/8" doug fir ply floor, 5/8 T1-11 siding, aspenite roof and shingles. Heavy? Oh yeah, but they've held up to 80mph winds, and I've moved them with my Super A with 3pt (Worksaver) hay forks with a chain wrapped around the fork 'arch' and hooked to the 4x6 stringers (with a 2x6 float board under them cut with 45 angles on long edges makes for easier turns), and 45's on the short ends too. Yes, the front end of the SA gets off the ground, but it has never gotten even close to a 'flip'. If the front comes up enough to take the weight off the forks, the tires slip. Also moved them with a Massey 65 (before it went in the shop for extensive work) - made it easy.
Why not a metal roof? The roof sheathing helps provide "wrack strength" to keep the building square. Not that steel doesn't, but moving a structure puts a LOT of stress on it which can buckle steel and/or elongate hole around roofing screws. Besides, I can fasten a piece of sheeting every 6" on rafters 16" OC. I'm not going to do that with a steel roof. It also doesn't sweat, doesn't bake in summer, and I got the shingles cheap as 'small lots': the chickens don't care if the color match isn't perfect.
Been using them for 3-6 years, and all are holding up well, even though most of them are moved up to 20 times a year.
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