Do affordable wood sheds exist?

[SnootyHen]

Where are you all finding affordable wood sheds to modify into a coop? Most of the wood sheds I can find are more expensive than just buying a coop.

 

[RojoMarz]

"Affordable" varies by person and maybe even by region. Look on Craigslist, could even post an ISO thread, and spread the word to contacts that you are looking for something.

 

[black_cat]

Where are you all finding affordable wood sheds to modify into a coop? Most of the wood sheds I can find are more expensive than just buying a coop.

I have a similar problem, the only sheds I can seem to find at a price that justifies turning them into a coop are things called EZ sheds that apparently are 'EZ' to put together. I'm not sure how much I trust them for making a coop with.

 

[SnootyHen]

I have a similar problem, the only sheds I can seem to find at a price that justifies turning them into a coop are things called EZ sheds that apparently are 'EZ' to put together. I'm not sure how much I trust them for making a coop with.

And I worry about some of those blowing over in a stiff breeze, too.

 

[black_cat]

Ideally, I could buy a 5x6x5 box on stilts with a door and a roof, but I don't think that that's a thing lol

 

[Tre3hugger]

Shedsdirectforless.com

Kitsuperstore.com

I'm planning on either the cypress or Meadowbrook for a co-op conversion.

 

[black_cat]

thanks!

 

[OlympicChick]

All chickens need in a coop is space, a roost to sleep, a place to lay eggs, ventilation and maybe food and water if you keep those in the coop. Everything else we design to make life easier for us, not the chickens. If there were absolutely no predators and no below freezing temps, all they would "need" would be a roof to keep off snow and rain. Even that is questionable though as I lived on Guam for 4 years and the chickens lived in the jungle just fine, even with tropical storms and typhoons.

Once that realization hit me, that is how I ended up building a hoop coop, which ended up being incredibly inexpensive too compared to sheds and such. And I kept the floor dirt which meant less money spent on building materials (no floor to build) and free compost over time.

 

[black_cat]

All chickens need in a coop is space, a roost to sleep, a place to lay eggs, ventilation and maybe food and water if you keep those in the coop. Everything else we design to make life easier for us, not the chickens. If there were absolutely no predators and no below freezing temps, all they would "need" would be a roof to keep off snow and rain. Even that is questionable though as I lived on Guam for 4 years and the chickens lived in the jungle just fine, even with tropical storms and typhoons.

Once that realization hit me, that is how I ended up building a hoop coop, which ended up being incredibly inexpensive too compared to sheds and such. And I kept the floor dirt which meant less money spent on building materials (no floor to build) and free compost over time.

I'd love to do something like that, but for space concerns I've been trying to figure out a way to have some run space underneath the coop.

 

[OlympicChick]

Aah.