$60 bucks for wire, $7 bucks for straw = 67 total
I have an 11 X 10 Coop with a 16 X 20 Run my coop is 90 percent made from recycled materials.
I live in a cold climate and we were working on the barn so we incorporated the coop inside the barn, I didn't want to spend a whole lot of money on the coop seeing that I am already sinking 2000 into new barn walls. I gathered free pallets that the store owners up here are very happy to get rid off, and took them home. My husband used the pallets to build the coop walls 4 feet high all the way around. when I bought the house there was a back shed on our land and there were a few left over tin roofing sheets I used to line the inside of the coop so Its easily washed. I visited the local dump several times a week until I found all the parts I might need. our local dump has several areas, one is strickly for garbage, there is one for steel / metal items and one for wood items. things are left in the pile for one week and then removed for recycling, this gives the towns people the ability to pick up anything they think they might use, pieces of lumber or wire, lawnmover parts etc...you get the idea. Anyhow, we literally got everything for free except the chicken wire and the straw bales for the inside.
the wire is stapled and then framed 3 feet above the existing 4 foot existing walls so the coop is 7 feet high. It has two windows, one that was already there and one that we got during local trash swap (not really trash, people put out things they no longer want and then other people take it. its another way my town recycles materials, I got 10 windows in great condition for my greenhouse)
the top of my coop is covered by bug mesh, again I didn't have to do anything elaborate because its inside the barn which stays cooler in the summer, draft free with proper ventilation, and in the winter it stays about 15 degrees warmer than outside.
for the run my husband got all the supplies form work, they do road construction and bridge repairs and this time around they are putting in new water lines for the town, so they use this super heavy duty mesh under the asphalt and his boss was throwing out a whole bunch of it, so he asked and his boss gave us a whole lot more, so our whole run is covered all the way around and on the top. His boss also gave us this super strong material for winterizing the run, the material is used for under the road as well, this will stop the snow from drifting into the coop. Anyhow it takes dedication and some patience. Yardsales and dump runs, browsing the local paper and so forth, but I am happy that I only spent 67 bucks. when I am completely done I will post pics... good luck with yours and remember ther eis nothing wrong with recycling :-D ooh I should mention I also build a 2 horse stall and a run shelter out back all with pallets, and they all look great!!!