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  1. Gbsmith002

    My Coop/Run Build Thread - On the Cheap/Free with Documentation and Photos

    Here's the last few days worth of work. Took the cutout from the nesting box cabinet and turned it into a door. Just framed it with 2x4s (on its side) from past projects and added corner braces from the scrap. Matches well now and not too our of place... Once painted it'll look decent. I do...
  2. Gbsmith002

    My Coop/Run Build Thread - On the Cheap/Free with Documentation and Photos

    Long time no see! Man life is crazy... Finally got back into the groove on this thang. Well, I cant find my roofing photos as I had mentioned in the past... But ill take some new ones and post them in my next update. Here is my most recent work... Basically the shed was all just studs with...
  3. Gbsmith002

    My Coop/Run Build Thread - On the Cheap/Free with Documentation and Photos

    Total Cost / Running Tab: Total Direct Material Cost: $8 $3 for Trash Can... $5 for Totes... Indirect Material Cost: ~$10 in fuel round trip... Total Indirect Material Cost: $40 Hypothetical Labor Rates @ ~$15/Hr of a general carpenter: Total Labor in Drive Time: .5 Hrs = ~$10 Total Labor in...
  4. Gbsmith002

    My Coop/Run Build Thread - On the Cheap/Free with Documentation and Photos

    Sorry for the slow response. Been crazy busy... Alright. Got everything back to the house and started assembly. I am much further along then these pictures... But no time to post so LMK if you have any questions and ill try my best to remember/explain. Here is the base of my coop. I had free...
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    My Coop/Run Build Thread - On the Cheap/Free with Documentation and Photos

    Our first step/plunge into the process: I recently have been scanning Craigslist / Facebook Market for Free/Cheap pre-existing structures to convert. This was challenging due to a number of reasons: 1) The City of Austin has recently passed a bill/regulation/law whatever allowing...
  6. Gbsmith002

    My Coop/Run Build Thread - On the Cheap/Free with Documentation and Photos

    Hello all. Been creeping for a couple/few years gathering passive information and finally won over my wife to have a coop. Its always been one reason or another not to, including my reasoning, not to start yet... We revisited the situation recently and came to an agreement that if here was no...
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