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post #1 of 5
7/16/12 at 10:20am
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Hi!Ok so I have four chickens,two standards and two bantams.The coop I have right now is about 4'x2' and that just dosent seem like enough room.I want to make a new coop from somthing like a dresser or other furniture.Any ideas?

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post #2 of 5
7/16/12 at 10:24am

Check out all the pallet coops.

 

Also - somewhere there is a thread with an article about 'ugly coops' that actually has many repurposed items such as a washing machine.

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post #3 of 5
7/16/12 at 9:12pm

I do not know how it would be possible to make a coop out of a single piece of furniture but if you found enough pieces of furniture you could use the wood from them to make a coop. If you could find unwanted kitchen cabinets or something like that you could put a few together and make a coop out of those.  You could take a table and add sides onto it. That would make a coop. 

Here is the link to the "ugly coops" thread: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/394207/lets-see-the-ugly-coops-plz

I have 18 chickens, one kitten, 3 dogs, 2 hermit crabs, and live on 20 acres in the country. I am CrAzY about chickens and plan on getting more! I am continually working to better my chicken practices and to better my flocks. 

 

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I have 18 chickens, one kitten, 3 dogs, 2 hermit crabs, and live on 20 acres in the country. I am CrAzY about chickens and plan on getting more! I am continually working to better my chicken practices and to better my flocks. 

 

~"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."~Albert Einstein 

 

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post #4 of 5
7/17/12 at 6:07am
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Check out all the pallet coops.

 

Also - somewhere there is a thread with an article about 'ugly coops' that actually has many repurposed items such as a washing machine.

 

Here's my pallet coop - lots of room for the birds, and still under $100.

The Ole Cowboy

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Starting again - and enjoying it!  3 Rhode Island Red hens, 3 New Hampshire Red hens, 3 Barred Rock hens, 3 Ameracauna hens, 1 Buckeye hen - wait! Chicken math...while I was completing the brooder, 12 more Buckeye pullets and 2 Buckeye roos...a total of 27 birds!  Need a bigger coop...time to build the Buckeye Boudoir! 

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The Ole Cowboy

Gittin' older, but not agin'!

 

Starting again - and enjoying it!  3 Rhode Island Red hens, 3 New Hampshire Red hens, 3 Barred Rock hens, 3 Ameracauna hens, 1 Buckeye hen - wait! Chicken math...while I was completing the brooder, 12 more Buckeye pullets and 2 Buckeye roos...a total of 27 birds!  Need a bigger coop...time to build the Buckeye Boudoir! 

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post #5 of 5
7/17/12 at 8:52am

You can usually get pallets from CL for a few bucks each, sometimes free.  A 4x4 pallet coop, though small, would be much more appropriate for 4 birds and is double the size you have now.   You should give one a try!

Caretaker of a lovely mixed flock including: australorp, plymouth rocks, wyandotte, d'uccles, silkies, EEs, andalusian, and a few seramas, plus a golden retriever, great dane, and three cats.
R.I.P. Bear 2010 - "The Best Dog Ever"

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Caretaker of a lovely mixed flock including: australorp, plymouth rocks, wyandotte, d'uccles, silkies, EEs, andalusian, and a few seramas, plus a golden retriever, great dane, and three cats.
R.I.P. Bear 2010 - "The Best Dog Ever"

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