Hardware Cloth-buying vs. building

[Jarrettmuzi]

Hi everyone, our family really wants to start with chickens. A local Amish company sells 6x8 coops for $725. When I investigated building my own (4x10) the price quickly got high (close to $700 because of the hardware cloth. I was looking at using about( 3) 25 foot rolls of 19 gauge from the box store. IS there anyway to get this cost down?I Am I missing something about hardware cloth??

Thank you for your help.

Jarrett

 

[paintedChix]

Amazon - 100' rolls. waiting for a link from my husband. He did state that it's gone up since he purchased our two rolls.

We got the 4' tall kind - it will be better for some of our applications, but I now need shorter, so we don't have to cut it in half...

 

[Folly's place]

I buy mine locally, but several people have mentioned Amazon as a good place to look and price compare.
Mary

 

[Jarrettmuzi]

Amazon - 100' rolls. waiting for a link from my husband. He did state that it's gone up since he purchased our two rolls.

We got the 4' tall kind - it will be better for some of our applications, but I now need shorter, so we don't have to cut it in half...

Awesome suggestion. They are the same price for double the amount.

 

[paintedChix]

4' tall by 100' tall - $135