$500 "Construction" Loan....need blue prints--duck/goose coop

[Rare Feathers Farm]

So I finally broke down hubby enough to allow me to hire someone to make me goose & duck pens & shelter/coop. He gave me a $500 budget. The pen needs to be large enough for 6 Muscovies, 4 black Cayugas and 4 Sebastopols. The Muscovies, I'm housing separately from the Sebbies & Cayugas because they are mean and beat up the Cayugas and the geese!

So....I need blueprints...needs to be about 8 x 8 or 4 x 8 (two different areas)...these kids need blueprints--I tried to explain my ideas but just got blank looks....

 

[Violet22]

Definitely check CL all the time! I've gotten almost all my fencing off of it for either free, or silly cheap. I see great sheds and coops on there too. I'm a CL addict.......I love coming home with a truckload of stuff for 10.00, that would have cost me a few hundred new!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Yeah...I checked about 4 different locations, so far...the problem is we're so far from everything!

So we'd have to rent a trailer (I checked & it's $60/day) to drive someone to get a shed or something so then we have to factor in gas. Ours is $3.15/gallon for regular right now and we get about 11mpg when towing!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

So my hubby came up with the idea of having some highschool kids in wood shop make me my duck/goose coop(s). But I need plans!!

It will need to house 3-4 sebbies & 3-4 muscovies on one side and 3 muscovies on the other (I have the 'scovies separated by color).

We get -10 here with LOTS of snow. Ideally, I'd like it to be movable (tractor-like) so we can move it with the backhoe or truck.

I need to stay under $300 or so in materials (minus the roofing)--which we already have enough metal from the old coop for an 8 x 8...

the other "catch" is that it has to fit in the back of our truck--or has be made, disassembled & re-assembled once at our place...

Does anyone have any designs/blue prints for such a thing? Oh and we don't want a floor that I'll have to clean...

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Oh and total $500 includes the fencing. I was thinking hog panels with welded wire over that and t-posts so we could take it down & move it...

 

[RendonRoo]

I agree with looking for deals on C.L. Otherwise i'm not the one to ask. I started with a 6x8 ft. storage shed conversion plan. By the time i added a covered run, bought too many chickens and added 2 6ft. coops with covered runs i figure my total to be well over 1000 bucks. I quit keeping track after about 700. I figure i will have to eat free eggs for the next 10 years to even come close to being cost effective. LOL. But they sure are fun. LOL

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Unfortunately, the nearest CL "location" is a 3 hour (round trip) drive. Factor in renting a flat bed trailer at $60/per day....and gas at 11 (more like 10) mpg and you have $200 just in gas/time/trailer rental. So it's not really ecomonical. Plus, hubby doesn't want a floor in there (it's not like he has to clean it, but still) and it has to be mobile...It's got to house 3-4 geese and 6 muscovies.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

High school wood shops can often "deliver" I know mine did. Also call the FFA department,you might find a farm kid in need of a project and a few $

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Yeah, we've got some kids lined up and the use of a flat bed if we pay for it...but I need blue prints...

 

[RendonRoo]

do a search for free coop blueprints.