Poll: How was your coop built?

[rosemarythyme]

I paid a shed company to build a shed. I did the actual chicken modifications (adding roost, nest boxes, hardware cloth), but I don't have the know-how nor inclination to build something large myself.

 

[tripletfeb]

We built from scratch using plans we modified, based on Carolina Coops

 

[Alderen]

Convinced my hubby that it was his idea to build me a new chicken coop. Worked like a charm - LOL.

 

[nuthatched]

Deluded myself into thinking that my grip on architecture was strong enough to build it myself.

 

[Tstraub]

I planned and built it myself. I looked a lots of pictures and watched videos. Then took some ideas from several designs. A lot of the dimensions were chosen to use up leftover sheeting cutoffs from the shed I built the year before.

 

[Racsan]

I did take some inspiration from a manufactured coop, a local landscape business sells manufactured sheds on the side and they had a small walk-in coop. I thought it was perfect-if….. so I started my planning, made a rough b.o.m. and found I could build what I wanted for half the money, it would be bigger and exactly what I wanted.
Well- while it is bigger, what I was wanting in a chicken house-and Im very happy with it, I did indeed spend more than my estimate. But certain things are hard to price, like just how much hardware?, paint costs are the worst and by the time youre ready to paint you’re already nearly broke. The ready-bilt coop was $4500, about a 6x10. My 7x14 I spent about 3000, maybe a little more. I went with flat white with flat red trim, its dirt cheap but does the job, can always repaint later if it doesn’t hold up like I expect. I didn’t realize that is kfc’s color scheme, I was going to go with a flat black trim paint but all lowes had in stock was 5 gallon containers. But there were 1 gallon bucks of flat red ($20) My flat white is a “maintenance “ paint as it’s called, was $45 for a 5 gallon bucket, Next spring I plan to add a tsc exhaust fan beside my already existing 10”x20” ventilation door above the roosts and make a frame covered with hardware cloth to go inside the sliding door frame for maximum summer ventilation.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Both from scratch (8×8 & 10x10)
Both of them I just made plans in my head

Both work great...though my second is a walk in and one is not

 

[Sefirothe]

I did take some inspiration from a manufactured coop, a local landscape business sells manufactured sheds on the side and they had a small walk-in coop. I thought it was perfect-if….. so I started my planning, made a rough b.o.m. and found I could build what I wanted for half the money, it would be bigger and exactly what I wanted.
Well- while it is bigger, what I was wanting in a chicken house-and Im very happy with it, I did indeed spend more than my estimate. But certain things are hard to price, like just how much hardware?, paint costs are the worst and by the time youre ready to paint you’re already nearly broke. The ready-bilt coop was $4500, about a 6x10. My 7x14 I spent about 3000, maybe a little more. I went with flat white with flat red trim, its dirt cheap but does the job, can always repaint later if it doesn’t hold up like I expect. I didn’t realize that is kfc’s color scheme, I was going to go with a flat black trim paint but all lowes had in stock was 5 gallon containers. But there were 1 gallon bucks of flat red ($20) My flat white is a “maintenance “ paint as it’s called, was $45 for a 5 gallon bucket, Next spring I plan to add a tsc exhaust fan beside my already existing 10”x20” ventilation door above the roosts and make a frame covered with hardware cloth to go inside the sliding door frame for maximum summer ventilation.

I was all set to build from scratch too. Then I found the place that I got my shed from and they were having a sale. At the price I got it for ($2200 with tax and delivered!) I dont think I could have built an 8 x12 considering I'd have to get wood, hardware, roofing, paint, and tools.

Some of the tools got purchased anyway, since I still have to make the mods I want to do to the shed and build the run!

 

[Racsan]

about august when I was 3/4 done the manufactured coop I was looking at did have a end of season price drop to $3000. Im not sure if delivery was included. I would of had to make some modifications anyways. Heres that coop:

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I slapped osb together and called it a day lol