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As for as supplies do what I do. Pay attention to peoples yard as you drive through town also on the road lol. People throw stuff away all the time. I save alot of money. I found a guy that use to raise chickens throwing about a bunch of stuff the other day, got me about 8 pair of hindges, evey little helps.
I agree.
I built a 28 feet long - 10 feet wide - 8 feet tall peafowl aviary with all FREE pallet lumber.
Check out post #4 on the link below where I posted pics of a few things that were built from free pallets, recycled wood and FREE craigslist supplies. Before you go out on a shopping spree, check out your options. You would be amazed at the endless possibilities.
POST #4
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=515079
I posted on a recycling thread here on BYC as far as how I get FREE things. Check out my list and link. Maybe that can give you some ideas during your building.
POST #13
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6576731#p6576731
I just wanted to list a few places that I get some of my free pallets/materials from (if anyone is interested).
1. Our local glass company gets daily shipments of large pieces of glass in and they HAVE TO get rid of the pallets. Just about ALL of the pallets are BRAND NEW wood.
2. Car dealerships or farm machinery/implement stores sometimes receive things in shipping crates. I have gotten shipping crates and made it into my goat and sheep "mini - houses".
3. Wal Mart's bakery gives away empty 5 gallon frosting buckets. I have used these as nesting boxes and feed buckets. I scoop feed in the buckets and take the feed out to the chicken yard and pour into the feeders.
4. Our local cooking oil food company has empty 55 gallon barrels that they are needing anyone to take. I make troughs out of the 55 gallon buckets.
5. ANY and ALL constructions sites (new homes being built, schools being remodeled, painters painting building, contractors tearing down buildings) will have material (lumber, PVC pipe, metal tin, nails, screws, hinges, etc) that can be recycled.
6. We make some of our feeders and waters from empty industrial size vegetable cans (#10). We cut them 3/4 of the way, flatten the front of the can to meet the back and then sand the part that was cut for a smooth surface. You can put feed or water in these cans. This saves on buying those expensive feeders and wateres from the feed stores. (I will try to post pics later.)
7. I pick up FREE rice sacks from the feed stores or feed mills. I use them to line my brooders so that the baby chicks and moms don't have to walk on the hard wire. Papertowels are too expensive. The rice sacks work perfect. And you can take them out and spray them off and clean them and let them dry and RE-USE them. The rice sack materials IS NOT slippery, so you don't have to worry about the baby chicks slipping and sliding and getting spraddle leg.
8. People on Craigslist and local FREE CYCLE YAHOO GROUPS are ALWAYS giving away something for FREE.
9. Driving around I may see what looks like a junk yard and it's actually a person's house. I stop by and ask them if they have this or that and 90% of the time, they will give me things. They just want some of what they think is JUNK gone.
All of the above have helped me get those items that I needed.
You should change your user name to THE QUEEN OF FREE
Great tips though... Thanks for posting!
As for as supplies do what I do. Pay attention to peoples yard as you drive through town also on the road lol. People throw stuff away all the time. I save alot of money. I found a guy that use to raise chickens throwing about a bunch of stuff the other day, got me about 8 pair of hindges, evey little helps.
I agree.
I built a 28 feet long - 10 feet wide - 8 feet tall peafowl aviary with all FREE pallet lumber.
Check out post #4 on the link below where I posted pics of a few things that were built from free pallets, recycled wood and FREE craigslist supplies. Before you go out on a shopping spree, check out your options. You would be amazed at the endless possibilities.
POST #4
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=515079
I posted on a recycling thread here on BYC as far as how I get FREE things. Check out my list and link. Maybe that can give you some ideas during your building.
POST #13
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6576731#p6576731
I just wanted to list a few places that I get some of my free pallets/materials from (if anyone is interested).
1. Our local glass company gets daily shipments of large pieces of glass in and they HAVE TO get rid of the pallets. Just about ALL of the pallets are BRAND NEW wood.
2. Car dealerships or farm machinery/implement stores sometimes receive things in shipping crates. I have gotten shipping crates and made it into my goat and sheep "mini - houses".
3. Wal Mart's bakery gives away empty 5 gallon frosting buckets. I have used these as nesting boxes and feed buckets. I scoop feed in the buckets and take the feed out to the chicken yard and pour into the feeders.
4. Our local cooking oil food company has empty 55 gallon barrels that they are needing anyone to take. I make troughs out of the 55 gallon buckets.
5. ANY and ALL constructions sites (new homes being built, schools being remodeled, painters painting building, contractors tearing down buildings) will have material (lumber, PVC pipe, metal tin, nails, screws, hinges, etc) that can be recycled.
6. We make some of our feeders and waters from empty industrial size vegetable cans (#10). We cut them 3/4 of the way, flatten the front of the can to meet the back and then sand the part that was cut for a smooth surface. You can put feed or water in these cans. This saves on buying those expensive feeders and wateres from the feed stores. (I will try to post pics later.)
7. I pick up FREE rice sacks from the feed stores or feed mills. I use them to line my brooders so that the baby chicks and moms don't have to walk on the hard wire. Papertowels are too expensive. The rice sacks work perfect. And you can take them out and spray them off and clean them and let them dry and RE-USE them. The rice sack materials IS NOT slippery, so you don't have to worry about the baby chicks slipping and sliding and getting spraddle leg.
8. People on Craigslist and local FREE CYCLE YAHOO GROUPS are ALWAYS giving away something for FREE.
9. Driving around I may see what looks like a junk yard and it's actually a person's house. I stop by and ask them if they have this or that and 90% of the time, they will give me things. They just want some of what they think is JUNK gone.
All of the above have helped me get those items that I needed.
You should change your user name to THE QUEEN OF FREE
