Lets hear it for the LADIES who build their own coops!

[lil'chickies]

mrsbell

They are very hard to nail into. Wish I had a nail gun. They aren't easy to take apart either. I definitely get a work out!!

 

[BellLisamo]

lil'chickies :

mrsbell

They are very hard to nail into. Wish I had a nail gun. They aren't easy to take apart either. I definitely get a work out!!

oh my gawd thank you, i was about to cry. i got so mad 2 days ago i gave up and ripped a whole side down...... lol. terrible. my husband laughed it WAS NOT FUNNY.​

 

[MichiganWoods]

I put together my playhouse coop, and I built my runs... and my homemade incubator. And oh, I came up with this most awesome wall mounted feeder which I haven't yet unveiled to BYC, but the local feed store owner was extremely impressed with it and told me to keep coming up with things like that.

I forgot to add that I'm going to build an extension onto my big coop this spring/summer too. A storage closet and long hallway so the hens can have a darker area to go lay eggs.

 

[dixygirl]

Thanks I ended up covering the tar paper with sheet metal. Looks shiny and I think it helps deter flying predators a bit.

 

[mylilchix]

Well, I didn't build the coop itself, BUT... I built the door, added the window, replaced some paneling and insulated an interior wall, put in a floor, built the roost, and only had words with the table saw once! lol Here are pics.

My next project is putting together an insulated 8'x8' dog house which will be converted into a coop!!

Sonja

 

[lil'chickies]

mrsbell-

Do you have pics of the things you've made with pallets? I'd love some more inspiration. Hubby may not!!

I've got the floor laid out. Just waiting on the stuff hubby has to go pick up for me. I'll post some pics in a little while!!

 

[BellLisamo]

lil'chickies :

mrsbell-

Do you have pics of the things you've made with pallets? I'd love some more inspiration. Hubby may not!!

I've got the floor laid out. Just waiting on the stuff hubby has to go pick up for me. I'll post some pics in a little while!!

yes! hang on!​

 

[BellLisamo]

the start

the finish

AND MY OTHERS

heres a homemade feeder

temp. little pens

duck pen (pond is covered right now, my chicken fell in)

young chick pen (will build a coop on top, so they can climb in it)

 

[BellLisamo]

and the start of a coop that will be 2

chicken wiring that i stretched like mad

 

[BellLisamo]

some of my doors

trampoline spring

nest boxes