Cheap coop ideas! We need some inspiration...

[Little Farm Girl]

My children have somewhere around 65 chickens, 20 younger chicks, 11 ducks and a turkey. They need some ideas of ways they can make, find, or buy some CHEAP chicken Coops/Pens/Houses. They would prefer ones that aren't in the ground, or fenced off, so that they(my husband) can move them around. They will need to be able to hold anywhere from 3 - 8 adult chickens. If you have any ideas/images of Inexpensive coops that would be great! They really need some inspiration. Since they are needing about 4 coops, they aren't wanting to spend more then about $50 per coop Is there any place in East Texas that they could buy some cheap damaged coops that need some fixing up? Any ideas would be great for them! They say Thank You so much Also, They have to buy the Housing, All supplies, and food for their animals...so some times they are tight, lol.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Oh. I see. Was wondering why the math wasn’t adding up in my head but ok. Could the put an extra door on and split the barn of to have that. Or if it’s big enough you could split it a couple ways without having to add many more new coops

 

[PirateGirl]

Use the search function within this site to look for cheap coop suggestions. There are numerous threads full of ideas for finding free/cheap materials and how to convert various other things into coops.

 

[Little Farm Girl]

Also, where is the cheapest place for them to buy chicken feeders and waterers?

 

[BorealRanch]

Are you in a warm weather? We will be using our chicken tractors that we grew our birds out in last year as breeding pens. You could do them very cheap but they are on the ground.

 

[Kris5902]

That’s basically what I’m building out now... it’s my first tractor build, so I’m using store bought lumber... aside from the 5- 12foot boards which run the length of my 6x12 run with a sleeping nesting box I think you could use pallet wood (free) for most of the other parts. I will grab a pic on my way down to the farm for you and give some details on my lunch break!

 

[Kris5902]

 

[clandavis]

What about a PVC chicken tractor?

 

[50-45-1]

I dont have any ideas for coop plans but as far as materials, i have scored big time by watching craigs list
Also take a look at listings for yard and garage sales and estate auctions. We went to one farm estate auction and got the winning bid on wood contents of a huge barn for $10.00. It was 3 truck and trailor loads of lumber!
also habitat for humanity resale has ALOT of good stuff.
Many places give away used pallets. Lots of good hardwood boards there.
Watch for your local town and county clean up days. I am amazed sometimes what people thow away and put out in the alley for pickup. Rolls of fensing and buckets of nails to name a couple things i have picked up.
I would love to see your final design for your moovable coops!

 

[ChickNanny13]

You should update your profile with your location, that way we get an idea as to your time zone & weather conditions.