Official BYC Poll: Where Did You Get Your Coop & Run From?

[BYC Project Manager]

Amongst other things your flock needs a safe and comfortable home. You may have chosen to build your own coop, which probably required time, money, and labor. If you chose not to build your own coop, you may have decided to buy a coop, or re-purposed an existing structure. Whichever route you chose to take, we are interested in finding out: Where Did You Get Your Coop & Run?

Vote above, and elaborate in the comments section if you chose "Other".

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[3KillerBs]

Built 100% from scratch using a mix of new and salvaged materials.

 

[RobertaD1]

Coop came with the farm. Renovated that and added 2 runs 100% build by us from new material.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I also built from scratch using a mix of new and salvaged materials.

 

[DobieLover]

Converted shed into coop. Used salvaged windows, entry door and lots of scrap wood and left over materials from house flips.

Built entire run from scratch with all new lumber. I don't want to ever have to worry about building it again.

 

[Tre3hugger]

I have three coops. This one I built from scratch with new materials. It used to house my layers and is empty for the moment.

This next one I built entirely from scratch using 90% salvaged materials. The walls are pallets. the floors are scrap wood. The framing is mostly 2x4's taken off pallets. Just bought the roof new. This us how I built it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ild-8x4-coop-for-about-250-pic-heavy.1373989/ It houses guineas.

Lastly, my pride and joy. I built this 10x12 shed from a kit. Only the roof angles came pre cut. Everything else I cut and built myself. It houses 27 girls and 2 roos.

 

[SueT]

We turned an old 9X5 metal shed into a coop

then this year built another smaller coop from scratch for my new birds--It cost less than $200 and is much better than anything we could buy in that price range.

Runs are made with these interlocking cattle panels (which we already had a lot of) lined with welded wire mesh, topped w bird netting. There are several run areas which can be connected into various configurations.

 

[RevlisRemmah]

Had an Amish gentleman build it. Does that count as hiring a contractor?

 

[Sally PB]

About 75% reclaimed/repurposed material. We did buy new roofing and had to buy some 2x4 when we decided the ones we had weren't long enough. The run frame was an unused frame from a greenhouse that a neighbor donated. (Well, she said please get it out of here for me.)

That same neighbor just took an old wooden bedframe to the dump. I tried to talk her into using it to build her own coop... sigh... no go on that.

 

[Trisseh]

My ducks were treated to a mix of new and repurposed materials; their house was made with new framing lumber and old plywood (including really neat 3/4” stuff that was a billboard) and tin, and the run is made of pallets with mesh on the inside and electric wire on the outside.
the chickens got a prefab kids playhouse that I made some modifications to, and their run is also the same pallet set up.
the drakes have a repurposed dog house and dog pen panels for a run, and the quail have a rabbit hutch and a built from scraps house.