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  1. The Pollo Club

    The Pollo Club

    We had been living in the city - unfortunately after my husband's job transferred him, "the city" was located 64 miles from my husband's new place of work. With two children with special needs, it became increasingly important to make the move closer to my husband's work. Of course this...
    • Bulldogma
    • Article
    • 9 min read
    • dog house recycle small-coops
    • Comments: 51
    • Category: Small Coops
  2. Cheap And Recycled

    Cheap And Recycled

    I used mostly discarded packing pallets that I found in an industrial park. True, I had to disassemble and clean all the wood of nails, etc, but it really wasn't that bad. Also I had 4 toilet seats that I didn't know what to do with and thought they might be handy. So...using some ideas from...
    • bug fead
    • Article
    • 3 min read
    • pallet recycle small-coops
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Small Coops
  3. First Coop A Frame Tractor

    First Coop A Frame Tractor

    We finally managed to get our pile of scrap wood turned into something useful! We spent only around $100 for hardware and paint to get this done. The wood hubby got from work, we even got the linoleum for free from a left over bathroom project my mom did. This was 2 shipping pallets and...
  4. Chicken Hipster Loft

    Chicken Hipster Loft

    The Chicken Hipster Loft has a 4ft by 5ft by 4ft interior space, with a discarded vinyl replacement window, hung sideways, as a sliding glass doorway. The whole structure sits atop 3ft posts, and has a staircase leading underneath for your chickens' dustbathing pleasure. The underside is...
  5. Everything But The Kitchen Sink Coop

    Everything But The Kitchen Sink Coop

    This is our finished coop. It was a kitchen sink cabinet. We searched and looked at many designs. In the end my husband Chad came up with this idea. I am very happy with the coop he built. It took about 3 days from construction to paint. We recently did some work on our house so we had lots of...
  6. Kruer Pallet Scrap Coop

    Kruer Pallet Scrap Coop

    Hubby has lots of access to scrap wood and various sized pallets from his workplace. So I thought I'd try my hand using them to build a small coop. I found that while you don't need a lot of skill to build a (small) pallet coop, you do need time, patience, and a bit of muscle (because those...
  7. The Chickens Coop Mansion On A Budget

    The Chickens Coop Mansion On A Budget

    My budget for my chicken coop had to be the smallest possible. EVERYTHING in the end including the cost of food, chicks, coop, run ended up being around $300. And this thing is *QUITE* big. We have an 18" gap between the coop and the ground and the chickens like it- its their "Cave". The...
    • questions543
    • Article
    • 2 min read
    • coop recycle recycled repurpose small
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Medium Coops
  8. Cluckychuckys Pallet Palace

    Cluckychuckys Pallet Palace

    Here is my homemade, bargain basement, bits and pieces, CluckyChucky Pallet Palace! We started with the purchase of the only "store bought" items in the chicken tractor, the wall studs that I used to frame out the tractor itself. I believe they were around a dollar and change a piece. Then, I...
  9. Buckeye Boudoir

    Buckeye Boudoir

    Buckeye Boudoir A new coop just for Buckeyes...check my story on my BYC page! Due to an apparent shortage of Buckeyes, and since I'm one of the "dang Yankees" who came to Texas (thanks to Uncle Sam) and decided to stay (originally from Ohio), I've decided to build a coop just for that breed...
    • andycowboy
    • Article
    • 10 min read
    • medium coop pallet recycle
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Small Coops
  10. The Red Roof Inn

    The Red Roof Inn

    We are at the halfway mark of our coop build! Roofing - commercial roofing in red to match our existing shed that the hubs built about 2 years ago. This helps to make the coop look like an extension of the shed....sorta like we planned this. And if for some reason we decide keeping chickens is...
    • rustyangel
    • Article
    • 2 min read
    • add on barn addition coop medium recycle
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Large Coops
  11. Renegade Arena

    Renegade Arena

    This is the first coop I built not much to look at but all recycled from the wood used their run area is an old 15 foot around above ground pool frame and lots of scraps I found the coop door is open and closed from the back of the coop from a home made pully system, the vents are old ac vents...
  12. Renegade Condo

    Renegade Condo

    This is the Second coop I built. This coop is made from recycled 4x4's recycled white pine store shelving we purchased from a local flea market for $44, recycled PVC piping and some adhesive floor tiles we found still in the boxes. The 4 nesting boxes are two new five gallon buckets we purchased...
  13. Chicken Gym

    Chicken Gym

    Chicken Gym Chicken Gym started life as a Jungle Gym. As the children grew older they lost interest in playing on the jungle gym. We live in a warm humid area in South Africa and have to consider heat and rain much more than cold. Summertime is HOT and HUMID and even the middle of winter is...
    • Carin
    • Article
    • 6 min read
    • jungle gym medium-coops recycle
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: Small Coops
  14. Little School House Coop

    Little School House Coop

    This is my sweet little school house coop. It's 4x5 with an attached and underneath run that measures 11x4. I built it in 2 weeks and spent just under $200! I spent alot of time scrounging and planning before I began building. I got super lucky my wonderful neighbor had 2 salesman sample...
  15. Cluck Med The Randall Ranch

    Cluck Med The Randall Ranch

    So we decided to get some chickens to help feed our family and a few of our neighbors who we started a community garden with. My carpentry business was remodeling a house for a client which required the removal of a bunch of materials. We decided to re-purpose as much of it as we could into our...
  16. Diy Budget Coop

    Diy Budget Coop

    Being a bit handy but budget minded, I decided to build my own coop for the new ladies rather than buy something that a) may be too big or small, or b) cost WAY too much money. I landed on a 4ft by 6ft coop and run combo that cost just about $200 to build from locally sourced and mostly...
  17. Shadowmanes Chicken Shack

    Shadowmanes Chicken Shack

    Well, I made the mistake of starting with only half a plan, and no idea where to go from there. I'll let the pictures tell the story. Obviously, its a pallet coop. It took me a whole month to build this thing, with some major refinements, and help from some friends of the family...
  18. Recycled Potting Bench Silkie House

    Recycled Potting Bench Silkie House

    As our flock has grown, we've had to keep adjusting the living arrangements. First, with the expansion of the original coop as described here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/crossgirls-chicken-coop , then with the addition of a separate house for broody hens and/or grow out chicks...
  19. The Purple Ranchette

    The Purple Ranchette

    When I started looking into building a coop, I went on Freecycle and found someone with a used coop, broken down into boards and wire and green corrugated fiberglass panels. Along with scraps from remodeling our kitchen and tearing our a wall of cedar tongue and groove panelling, old futon...
  20. Recycled Materials Coop

    Recycled Materials Coop

    Ugly but functional. My coop is 8' x 4' x 5' high with 8 1'cube nesting boxes. The nesting boxes are on the back of the hen house with a hinged lid for easy access. Almost all the materials used are repurposed materials we had on hand. The only thing I bought was a 50' roll of 4' high...
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