I love pallets. You built a neat little coop. What a great way to do the roof! I have trees all over the place and this past summer I was shown how they could be de-barked & dried (and then protected) to allow them to last much long for many different uses. I may "borrow" that idea! THANK YOU. Also like the way you supported your nesting boxes - again that is an easy "trick" I hadn't thought of...
You may find, as you get older, that a coop that short is very hard on your back. You can stack the pallets - there are many different ways to attach & support them. For bricks (underneath foundation) - if expense is an issue - make your own! You can combine Quikrete or Portland cement & shredded paper to make blocks and use card board boxes for your forms... Just have to work on the mix to find what ratio of quikrete(or Portland cement)/paper/water works best for set up in your area. If you google papercrete and garden stepping stones, you will find many different ways/recipes for that. Using paper as part of the filler (or even shredded plastic from what ever plastics you use in your household - do need a shredder that will shred plastic) will extend the other that you purchase AND keep both out of the landfill.
I haven't yet tried to stack pallets - instead we use cattle panel and do hoops for the roofs. I've used these structures as sheds for the past 5 years and just this fall, started using them for building inexpensive, mostly re-cycled products, coops, too.
Thank you for sharing your great little pallet coop. I love it.
You may find, as you get older, that a coop that short is very hard on your back. You can stack the pallets - there are many different ways to attach & support them. For bricks (underneath foundation) - if expense is an issue - make your own! You can combine Quikrete or Portland cement & shredded paper to make blocks and use card board boxes for your forms... Just have to work on the mix to find what ratio of quikrete(or Portland cement)/paper/water works best for set up in your area. If you google papercrete and garden stepping stones, you will find many different ways/recipes for that. Using paper as part of the filler (or even shredded plastic from what ever plastics you use in your household - do need a shredder that will shred plastic) will extend the other that you purchase AND keep both out of the landfill.
I haven't yet tried to stack pallets - instead we use cattle panel and do hoops for the roofs. I've used these structures as sheds for the past 5 years and just this fall, started using them for building inexpensive, mostly re-cycled products, coops, too.
Thank you for sharing your great little pallet coop. I love it.
