Coop Set Up And Cost?

[crash0330]

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Haha Oh believe me my version was gonna cost at the most $100 but my friend pushed for all this new materials, he even put shingles on the roof. Which is kind of crazy considering we only get rain like 3 time a year.

 

[jm93030]

There is people who likes to have their coop match their house color and design

I met this guy I sold some hens to , and he told me, he got his coop made and cost him $2000

for me it was crazy

but hey

Fo rme it will take a month to make 2000 dls
may be for him 1 week.... I guess

 

[Little_Bigfoot]

i know it sounds like a lot but you have to take into consideration that i live in the pacific north west where it is cold and rainy 10 months out of the year and i really want to raise gambles which i believe will do better with a dryer climate and also by inclosing it the cost to heat will be minimal in the winter.

 

[joe125]

A 2'x4'x1' pen cost me around $50, including 37" legs. They don't look pretty, but they are 2'x4'x1'. Change any of those dimensions, and you get wood/wire waste.

I go for simple. Sorry, it's just me

 

[aprophet]

Mine I build like GQF rollout egg pens I just build them a little larger I get 2 cages from a roll of wire a roll of wire at Lowes cost $16 the racks they sit in are built from 3/4" PVC . Mine are located under a lean to keeps the owls and hawks out . on my grow out pens the legs are 1" Pvc fastened to the cage with hose clamps LOL Except for the lean to part there is no wood in mine.

 

[jensen]

Hey Crash,

Bottom line, that is a pretty nice pen setup you have there regardless of cost. To each his own.

 

[crash0330]

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Yeah I like it a lot, plus my birds deserve it they are really cool, friendly and great egg laying machines lol

 

[MicroFarmMom]

Post an ad on your local Freecycle (to find yours, go to freecycle.org) asking for a rabbit hutch. Then when someone gives you one (hopefully SOMEONE will) then you can alter it like I did. That required a $7 roll of 1/2in hardware cloth, an $8 pair of tin snips), then you find someone with quail that will either give to you free - or will sell at a reasonable price. Around here you can get fertile eggs for $1 each, 3wks for $2 and 5wks for $3. The feed is anywhere from $15-18 for a 50lb bag. And you are done!

 

[Rainwolf]

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I don't know much about gambles....

but coturnix do not need heat in the PNW, They just need shelter from the wet and wind.

 

[Little_Bigfoot]

yeah i had cortnix and they did fine and the california quails are the ones i see in the wild which seem to be fairly simular but i dont want to take any chances.