Cheap pen ideas for a breeding pair please

[aldren90]

I need help my sebbies killed a chicken today i think they are over crowded what is something cheap i could do for them

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

if you have room and live somewhere close to farms, a calf hutch works great, and you can find them on craigslist pretty cheep, plus if you decide you don't want it any more they sell well

 

[aldren90]

True but mine are extremely good quality they dont have em like this anymore and plus im a little emontionally attached to them

 

[lilchick]

I found the smaller used dog kennel pens on craigslist for 50.00 ea. They are 4 ft. tall and pen is 6 ft by 8 ft. Placed 2 pens together and they have plenty of room. No way they can fly out and the pen looks very attractive too. I placed a dog house for their shelter in the pen also.

I also have bought the cattle and or hog panels which are 16 ft. long. You can usually get those for around 8.00 to 10.00 on Craigslist... Held together with metal fence posts and you have a temporary pen. Just wire one corner so you can open and go in and out easily.

I do lock mine up at night because they are easy pickings for predators.. Their dog house has a drop door on it that is a ramp during the day..

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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sorry, but when I said that if you don't want them anymore I was talking about the calf hutch, not your chickens, I'm attached to all mine too, just check my siggy below

 

[JordanFamily]

Just get some chicken wire and cheap posts... That's what I use... You can also use pig fencing... works for mine.

 

[rainplace]

You can oftentimes find free pallets. They make great pens.

 

[chickenzoo]

I make pens out of 6" X 16 ft corral boards from Home depot and 4, 4 x 4 X 8 posts cut in half, and wire. I take the 1/2 posts and put in the 4 corners of a 16 X 32 foot rectangle of the corral boards. this makes the bottom rails of the pen. then I come up 3 foot high and nail the top rails around..... making a 16 X 32 box. then in between the boards i nail wire. It is easy to put up, easy to disassemble and easy to catch the geese.

 

[StevenW.]

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I would love to see a picture of that if you have one

 

[aldren90]

Me as well