Building my 1st coop!

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azurbanclucker
This article couuld use a refresher with updated photos of the completed build. There's some great stuff here, but it stops halfway through.
ronott1
Nice pictures of the coop build!

Adding a schematic and build instructions would make the article better.
MROO
This is a great start! Are you going to reinforce that roof to keep out predators? And how in the world did you score all that lumber for 83 cents a board? That, in itself, sounds like a great story we could all take a lesson from! Keep us posted!
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Hey MROO thanks. Funny thing is, I was originally going to use the shed as the coop and then just add a run.
But i was having a tough time deciding placement for everything.
The old roof was so far gone that the only thing I ended up using was the 6 4x4 posts. My brother suggested to use it as the run space. And since I had already been talking about a raised coop it worked out great.
I am definitely going to cover the roof. At this time unsure if I'm going to go solid or net or fence or other! Lol but I built for a solid just in case.
After all 83 cents a board... why not!!
So I went to my local lumberyard (not the big blue or Bright orange place) its locally owned. With just 6 or 8 stores in the northern part of the state... and asked about culled lumber. They had alot ! 2 big bundles for a 100$ each 1 for 75$ and 1 for 50$
I really wanted one of the 100$ bundles and the 75$ bundle.
REALLY I wanted it all!! But had a 200$ budget. So i devised a plan, well 3 plans;
A offer 200$ for everything
B offer 125 for 1-100 and the 75
C pay full price for 100 and the 75 :/
The store manager came out to us as we were looking at the pile of culled lumber and said what kind of project you got goin on... chicken coops I said and this pile would work just fine if the price is right.
He smiled and said yeah? I said yeah I want to give you 200 for it all.
Ok he said just about as fast as you just read it! I was floored! Once we got it home (2 trips) we counted boards divided boards by 200 and figured out we got them for the 82.67ish , 83 cents per board.
I got 36 2x4x14
65 2x6x9.5
28 2x6x12
And lots of 2x4 in 7.75, 8, 12 lengths.
It was awesome! Yes some were roughed up, twisted, wet, or sun faded. All of which I could deal with.
The really twisted ones I just cut into pieces that made it possible to use and burned the pieces I couldn't.
LONG winded I know! Heheh
Hope this will help you or others that read to save some money!
Good luck, stay safe!
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