Do you made your chicken coop manually?

[Cluckatar]

I made mine by throwing money at it. Over and over and over again ;( In fact, I'm planning another trip to the hardware store first thing in the morning. Has anyone actually "finished" a chicken coop?

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

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Nope, everyone goes broke before they get done... sad but true!!

 

[Suburban chick farmer 09]

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winner.

 

[CityChook]

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perfect. ditto here.

 

[pattyjean73]

I've made mine the freecycle way. Just about 70% done and so far all I've spend was $5. That was on a roll or fencing at a garage sales.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Mine was here when I bought the house, and is at least 80 years old. I just did a little "fixing up". and added the run:

 

[Mahonri]

Yup his name was Manuel Labor.

 

[KattyKillFish]

for free! well, for the most part. locals know to give me old doghouses etc. many of them are half rotten and falling apart. i simply take them a part a bit, put them back together with junk & old lumber i find in the yard, sometimes even good strong tree branches. add hinges to the top and VIOLA! chicken house. also add nest boxes & perches.

i use shipping pallets (free) and saining net (also free). the net is about 1/2 in mesh and we are a commercial fishing town. fishermen have a "trash & trade" pile at the harbor. you can leave old fishing gear there or pick it up. they also have other useful stuff like shipping crates, rope, hammers, you name it! lotsa cool stuff.

so people build them, give them to me and i repair and modify!

 

[lunkerchicken]

A lot of patience, a lot of time, a fair amount of money, a small amount of blood!

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

I dunno I had to crack the whip a few times to get mine where it is now. And it still needs to be worked on. But yes we did ours manualy. We used tools of course. Saw, power drill, etc. And the materials were bought from Lowes. As well as some that I got for free. As in the wood pallets my uncle brought me, and the peice of plywood my dad gave me that was left over from when he was putting in a new floor on my grandma's house.