Brooder/small coop for under 60 dollars

[Gatorjohn67]

The base is four pallets 3 walls and a floor

Started with 11 pallets free from work dismantled 3 pallets for filling in outside slats and floor slats

Repurposed sheet metal from old barn and left over tar paper and red rustolium pant and 2 pallets for the roof frame

Paint from Home Depot bought a can of weatherproof paint reg 58 dollars picked up for 9 dollars cause it was a return , I don't mind the brown color looks food with the red roof

Made the run for 19 dollars in lumber had the poultry wire

There is 12 foot of roost space and a total of 42 sq ft of run space for 15 to 20 chicks when used as brooder 10 full size hens

I have al large coop 6x12 and a 20x45 chicken run after the new babies are big enough I will move it to the main coop for acclamation of new chicks
Spent 20 dollars on wheels and bolts 4 dollars on lumber for wheels and roost for run (still have to install them and a door on the run
4 dollars for a latch
It took me a total of 12 hrs to build and a couple hrs to paint
This project was fun and to show all it takes is a little vision and a little ingenuity around fifty dollars

 

[mommyoftwo]

Love it. How did you cut apart the pallets?

 

[debbiegt]

Love it. How did you cut apart the pallets?

sawzall with a metal cutting blade us what I used, slip it between the slats to cut the nails.

 

[Gatorjohn67]

Correct dealt saws all and some that we're not broke I pulled with a cats claw and a hammer I used a saw, drill and a chainsaw as well whatever would work for the stuff I had left over I tried repurposing everything to keep it under 100 dollars and it was easy
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