Lets see your Ugly Pallet Coop!!

[gmendoza]

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Very innovative use of pallets my friend.

Here is our "Poultry Pallet Pallace":

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/52004_sunp0085.jpg

Its 12'x20'x7' high with a coop inside thats 8'x8'x7'high. cost to build = 100.00 at best (screws,used vinyl billboard roof,hinges,etc).

The small coop in the front is a grow-out coop for chicks until they become ugly teens,then get thrown with the mix in the big coop.

The roof is sagging a bit now,so since we have some metal roofing company here that sells their "leftovers" at .99cents a linear foot,we are going to make a tin roof on plyboard.

Hey gmendoza, back in February of this year when you posted your pallet coop pics, what is your opinion on how your pallet coops have held up 7 months later. Is the wood still doing ok? Any signs of any problems with the pallet wood?

I was looking at my pallet coop/aviary for my peacocks and it's still holding up. I was just curious to how others' pallet coops are doing.

Peacock Aviary made from FREE pallets. Total cost to build was $38.00 (sand and 2 plants).
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_2.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_1.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_7.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_5.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_6.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_4.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_aviary_3.jpg

They are still holding up great. The only problem is the used vinyl billboard roof.Its sagging and some tears in it,and holes.The rest is great because its treated pallets. The only thing is since its from a laser company,my chickens have lasers.

 

[Evelle]

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Sometimes 'tis easeir to ask foregiveness than to ask permission...I'm just sayin'

HAHAHAHA!!!!

so funny!! and yet so true!!! ive came home with 2 goats (that multiplyed into 4 because one had twins) 3 hamsters millions of fish, ducks a dog and a cat.... LOL!!!!! all of which my husband was not to happy with but he grew to love every single one of them..... except the cat (he hates the cat box as do i)

ps i think you recycled coops are awsome!!! great job!!!! YAY!!! Recycling!!!!!
i think ill use this idea for my ducks and turkeys!! thanks for the posts

they are beautiful and Rustic

 

[kuntrygirl]

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This is good to know. I had a few things that were built but I didn't treat or paint it yet and I know that I need to get on that ASAP before it starts rotting out. Thanks for the input.

 

[Dirty Farmer]

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Here's mine. It's made out of old pallets and shipping skids.

Link, to the build- https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=517004

If you don't factor in the $40.00 cost of the 10" pneumatic casters, I have $87.00 into building the little hen house out of recycled pallets/skids.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

That's an awesome coop DirtyFarmer!! I get inspired by seeing these posts.

 

[Alethea]

Kuntry girl asked for pictures of the converted wood store. I'm out of the country so can't take pictures but have some indoor pictures of the girls which I will try to post. Unfortunately this is the second attempt. I've neve posted pictures before and it didn't work the first try. Here is a written description of the pictures ahead of time and I'll try sending the pictures separately.

two incoming: The pop door is cut three feet from the ground. The perch is a branch screwed in on the inside. Outside is a ramp which we remove when they go to bed in the evening. On the lower right is the top of the nesting box.

who laid it: The roost is another branch screwed in. We call the two perches their matching furniture. Behind the roost is a concrete shelf where we keep a water bottle, can of feed and a container for poop. The picture is of the girls looking inconspicuous after Flora (on the right) laid the first egg. Greta (in the middle) has since started to lay. Ruthie (on the left) scratches to a different drummer, as you can see.

hello: The floor is covered with straw which we change out monthly.

first egg: The nesting box is a sturdy old wooden box. We attached the board on the front to keep eggs from rolling out. The white item in the nest is not a mouse, it is a plastic egg. The pink item is the first egg. We have since removed the plastic one.

It's not pretty, but it's home and the foxes and raccoons can't get in.

 

[Alethea]

I've spent over an hour trying to figure out how to post the pictures. They're uploaded, but that's as far as I've been able to go. bok.

 

[the3ofus+oursixchicks]

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Sometimes 'tis easeir to ask foregiveness than to ask permission...I'm just sayin'

 

[clairabean]

Amazing! These are far from ugly pallet coops.

 

[Alethea]