Coops and runs as a side gig

[Willowspirit]

im thinking of having this young man that works for us build my run that I want to attach to my barn outside my coops. He hasn’t built one before but he did a great job on my barn stall. I’m curious to know that with some experience if this could be something he could do as a side gig. He wants to buy a home so he’s working full time and part time for us. I’d love to sort of help him on his way as our work tails off. What do you think?

 

[Celticdragonfly]

You asked on another thread about reasons I went with the company I did.

This is the family company I went with:
https://lccotp.wixsite.com/coops

I had posted about them on a thread I started in the coop building section of the forums, and another company that made prefabs and sent them to you as kits.

People on the forum were pointing out that the prefab company, even if they were a lot nicer than, say, the ones at the feed store, still was way overestimating the number of chickens that could live in their coops, but the local company was not, and that their examples looked sensible and well done. And it looked like something that with me adding a predator apron, would be good and secure against predators.

Gina was willing to trade emails with me, send me pictures and explain things, and listen to options I wanted in - like I sent in a link to the Show Me Your Poop Boards thread on here, and she added that in on mine. We also added in extra triangles of hardware cloth covered openings up under the eaves for more ventilation. When I was being confused about things, they were cool with me coming out to see some of their own coops, and a coop they were in the process of building. They did onsite building for ours - which with our fencing was a necessity - and they had all the equipment with them and put it together with speed and efficiency - I was impressed - it was almost finished the first day, finished the second.

I hope this helps.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

There is a guy on my way to work that builds tiny coop/ run combos (smaller than like TSC sells). He asks a couple hundred for them. Sounds crazy high to me, but I see them disappear from his yard pretty fast.

 

[Willowspirit]

You asked on another thread about reasons I went with the company I did.

This is the family company I went with:
https://lccotp.wixsite.com/coops

I had posted about them on a thread I started in the coop building section of the forums, and another company that made prefabs and sent them to you as kits.

People on the forum were pointing out that the prefab company, even if they were a lot nicer than, say, the ones at the feed store, still was way overestimating the number of chickens that could live in their coops, but the local company was not, and that their examples looked sensible and well done. And it looked like something that with me adding a predator apron, would be good and secure against predators.

Gina was willing to trade emails with me, send me pictures and explain things, and listen to options I wanted in - like I sent in a link to the Show Me Your Poop Boards thread on here, and she added that in on mine. We also added in extra triangles of hardware cloth covered openings up under the eaves for more ventilation. When I was being confused about things, they were cool with me coming out to see some of their own coops, and a coop they were in the process of building. They did onsite building for ours - which with our fencing was a necessity - and they had all the equipment with them and put it together with speed and efficiency - I was impressed - it was almost finished the first day, finished the second.

I hope this helps.

It does help a lot! Thank you so much!

 

[rosemarythyme]

If your general area has a lot of folks interested in chickens (and cities/towns ordinances that allow them), it certainly could become a good moneymaker. Helps if people in the area seem to have more money than time, and are more inclined to pay for convenience rather than DIY.

Obviously he'd need to educate himself on how to design coops and runs that would be appropriate for your climate and that would meet common restrictions in your area (like if the county says no more than 6 chickens for residential zones, no reason to design coops for a flock of 20).