How much did you spend on your DIY coop?

[chickencheeper]

I know our coop cost over $1000 but it was our first time, if we redid it we could bring the price down
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/diy-hobbit-house-chicken-coop.73359/

 

[Jammy Dodger]

Oh, if only crystal balls really worked . (originaly from Lowell)

 

[TheYLWFlock]

4x5 coop with 4x10 run cost about $500 using good quality lumber.

 

[Mattya]

Our 4x8 coop with 8x10 run cost us like $2000 for everything. If you can get it built under $500 you're doing real good imo.

 

[Rlmp817]

We are looking at $600 (we are able to get cost on most materials through hubby’s work, but he ALWAYS over engineers, so I know we could have done this for less )
It is a 4x4x4 coop, with a 8x12 run, plus the 4x4 section under the coop.
I figure if we bought it new, it would probably have cost upwards of $1500 (especially with the upgraded materials)

 

[Ursuline Chick]

We were lucky, our house is 5 feet off the ground. So we used a corner of the yard that had an 8 foot privacy fence on 2 sides. The nesting area is under the house and is 8 feet x 8 feet. Had to buy chicken wire and hardware cloth. also used some old wooden fencing that was being thrown away. Were able to put together 2 tiers of 3 nesting boxes each using scrap lumber from a house that was being built across the street and old milk crates filled with dried grass from the lot next door. (have since been using hay). Then we enclosed from the wooden privacy fence to the house, providing a 8 foot x 15 foot roosting area, roosting poles are proper size tree limbs from a giant oak tree in our front yard. this part is walk in for DH, I am short so can stand inside the coop to collect eggs. Top of the coop area is the sub floor of the house. Top of the roost area is chicken wire covered with a tarp. Door to roosting area is plywood with a raccoon proof latch. Our hens free range our yard all day. we also have 2 broody pens/ grow out pens/ hospital pens in the yard. all made the same way, scrap, re purposed and bought hardware. It's been a while since we did this so really don't remember the cost, but I can assure you It was cheep. Hens are happy and safe, we do set traps for possum and raccoons most every night. Use your imagination and check for homes being built and craigs list for old wooden fencing and you can keep your cost down. you will end up with a more rustic look as apposed to the pre fab look. Leaves you lots of money to purchase the chicken breeds that you want and a place to lock up your chickens in a storm, with plenty of room for them to move around. We have housed 17 or 18 hens in this set up comfortably. Good luck to all.

 

[Alaskan]

My duck coop was 8 or 9 dollars, my bantam coop was zero.

But my nice big coop lots more than 500.

 

[aliciaFarmer]

We just bought all the material to build our coop and my husband thought it would cost less, so I'm just curious if we overspent or if it was a normal amount($550ish). We didn't have any access to free/cheap lumber so we had to buy it all..

That's about exactly what we spent but we also had quite a bit of supplies in hand. We did a 8x16' chicken house (the bones already existed), an attached 8x16' covered but totally enclosed open air area, and a 20x30' run. We also managed a 4x8' brooder with the extras.

By "did" I mean we've just purchased the supplies and are in the process of completing it still.

 

[aliciaFarmer]

We just bought all the material to build our coop and my husband thought it would cost less, so I'm just curious if we overspent or if it was a normal amount($550ish). We didn't have any access to free/cheap lumber so we had to buy it all..

That's about exactly what we spent but we also had quite a bit of supplies in hand. We did a 8x16' chicken house (the bones already existed), an attached 8x16' covered but totally enclosed open air area, and a 20x30' run. We also managed a 4x8' brooder with the extras.

By "did" I mean we've just purchased the supplies and are in the process of completing it still.

 

[aliciaFarmer]

We just bought all the material to build our coop and my husband thought it would cost less, so I'm just curious if we overspent or if it was a normal amount($550ish). We didn't have any access to free/cheap lumber so we had to buy it all..

That's about exactly what we spent but we also had quite a bit of supplies in hand. We did a 8x16' chicken house (the bones already existed), an attached 8x16' covered but totally enclosed open air area, and a 20x30' run. We also managed a 4x8' brooder with the extras.

By "did" I mean we've just purchased the supplies and are in the process of completing it still.