lets see the "ugly" coops plz

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drunkdog

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this was brought up in another thread so I figured Id start this thread...I want to see ugly ghetto and not pretty fancy painted chicken coops plz....dont be bashful I personally love the rustic look and look forward eagerly to all that share so I can gain some motivation to build yet again
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Thank you for starting this thread. When we started looking at the coop section, DH said, "find me something we can afford to build." He said all the coops I was looking at were $1000 and up! I was shocked - it's only wood, nails & paint. I bought the first round of lumber this week ($160) and construction starts this weekend. Still need to get the roofing (SunTuf, aprox. $100) and paint. I think it's going to look nice, and am trying to keep it under $300. Will post pics as we go.
 
I couldn't believe the prices of pre-made coops. We are turning an old room on the outside of the barn into a chicken coop. The room itself is roughly 30' deep(almost the entire depth of the barn) and about 15' wide. We'll also construct a room to hold brooding chicks and feed/supplies. So overall area for the chickens will be less then the 30 x 15, but not by much.

Should easily house our 40 chickens + more. The chickens are free ranged from first thing in the morning-8:00/9:00pm so they won't be cooped too long.
 
The Kibble Goddess,

http://www.freecycle.org/
and http://www.craigslist.org are going to be your BEST FRIEND, it may take a bit longer to get everything, but free is a lot better than $1,000.00!

Personally i'm using some old pallets, hope to get the project started in a few weeks (after i finish my Shed made from pallets)

Think outside the box, even if your makings a box!

(and you have made me make my sig! thanks!)
 
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LOL.. theres a thread about wanting to make a coop from a outhouse.. this one actually looks nice!

Thanks MJ. It was never an outhouse, just made to look that way. I have a fliptop bench inside with the nextboxes built underneath. I'm trying to figure out how to add a toilet seat to it. Normal sized ones are too big! lol Maybe I could cut some out using my scrollsaw.
 
This one started out as just the top A-frame for a sort of tractor ( you can sort of tell by the door on the short side) ....I got the bright idea to just add onto it for room
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It aint purty, but it gets the job done
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And its soon to be sectioned back into 2 pieces for a new addition to the big coop we're building
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The part under the tarp has 1/3 covered in OSB and the rest with the green plastic netting, for ventilation in the AM, and its usually covered during the rest of the day/night to keep sun out, and keep the dew off the chickens

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Mine was built for free. We used things from around the house, things we found and whatever we could snag from relatives houses. The right side has a tin roof and the left side is their 'screened in porch' (not really screen, of course). It is 16' x 10'. I have had my girls for about 18 months and so far I have not heard any of them complaining about it!
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