Approximately much did it cost to build you coop and run?

[welasharon]

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Coop? That's a house around here! LOL Beautiful!

 

[bald egg]

I think it was around $1200 but I didn't keep written records.
But, There are 4 things you should NEVER ASK A WOMAN!!
#1 How old are you?
#2 How much do you weigh?
#3 Are you pregnant?
#4 How much did you spend on your coop?

 

[Rosaleen]

 

[Chemguy]

I'm going to estimate $600 here...I have all of the receipts but have not yet totalled them (it has been several months,maybe I'm just scared to do it). I do know that most of the cost came from purchasing posts and fencing for the run ($200), the three windows ($120) and the corrugated metal for the roof ($85). I did buy an awful lot of screws, which runs cost up pretty quickly. The rest of the materials were all scavenged, which took a lot of work and time.

 

[Chris Herzog]

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I'm glad I'm not the only one....Mine was in the 3-3500 range. When I'm finished with the addition I'll have room for a total of 35 Lg birds.

 

[silkiechicken]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/230_finished_front.jpg

Total cost:
1033.23

The only thing that was not new was the shingles. Those were left over from the house.

We did all the labor ourselves. The cost is materials only. Does not count the 4 weekend trips home, 300 miles each way, to build the coop.

 

[mauigirl]

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WOOWWWWW!! I like this one!!
I went the easiest route - not the cheap route for sure
Bought Chainlink dog kennels from craigslist - everyother kennel (sides from one are the sides for the next one) was just 2 gates (front and back) of the same size again from craigslist. Lowes has a great 10x10 for $315 which made 2 more 5x5 's . Each kennel has a teak slotted panel 4 x10 that was free from a cabana restaurant that wanted to get rid of them, between so roosters cant see each other.
Tops are greenhouse fabric panels, tied on with electric ties (so I dont have to clip many wings), bamboo was free from the forest for perches (used to buy closet dowels). Nest boxes were doghouses from craigslist but now use storage tubs with hole cut in front.

Theoretically - next time I move kennel panels around Id like to work off a central configuration the center will be comprised of the backs of all the kennels.

SOUNDS GREAT huh? till the young old english and tiny serama just walk right through the chainlink
not counting the regular raised chicken houses we built from 2x2-2x4 and plywood UHM ABOUT $4000 in cages
not including the playpens, stainless waterers, stainless feeders, brooders were first giant aquairums now use cheap clear giant storage bins shhhhh no one knows how much I've spent

 

[mauigirl]

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Coop? That's a house around here! LOL Beautiful!

HOLYBATSCHMOLY - my granddaughter says wow whose house is that?

 

[California_Redneck]

I built our main coop, and "freezer camp", out of scrap lumber I found around the ranch, so they were free

 

[georgiagail]

$1200 on the first one.

After that, we stopped counting.

Gail