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

[Love-my-girls]

Built from new materials using a design we saw on-line. Then constructed a mobile pen so they can be moved around the property.

 

[Suzz]

I have 0% carpentry skills but we converted a tarp covered 12 by 25 shelter we used for hay storage into a run by covering it in chicken wire connected with metal zip ties on the north open end we have corrugated tin as a wall on the other open end my sister built a giant 7 foot high gate and their coop is made from their first run which was 6by8 just slapped some thin plywood on it to make walls the run is covered by varying sizes of tarps depending on summer or winter its not fancy but the chickens love it and I saved a lot of money by reusing lots of materials

 

[KnightsMist]

Bought plans online, modified them a bit and built with all new materials. Wow lumber is expensive! But I love the finished product.

Wow that is beautiful!! Very nicely done

 

[Tawanda84]

Searched marketplace and found nice used coop for $25, five miles away. Bought furniture crating and made a run 16 x 4 x 4, married coop to the run.
About $200, 25 hours unskilled labor.

 

[PopoMyers]

Hubby built from new materials, and some salvage.

 

[Carson213]

I had never built anything in my life until a chicken coop. However, I went to home depot and noticed that they sell lumber in increments of 4 feet. 2x4’s come in 8, 12, 16 feet as well as 2x6, 2x12, etc....and plywood is the same. So, between google and youtube, i just made up plans for a coop. I think it was the first time I’ve used geometry since high school. Also managed to shoot a nail through two fingers when a framing nail hit a knot and changed direction into my fingers!...but it was a great COVID project

 

[Carson213]

I had never built anything in my life until a chicken coop. However, I went to home depot and noticed that they sell lumber in increments of 4 feet. 2x4’s come in 8, 12, 16 feet as well as 2x6, 2x12, etc....and plywood is the same. So, between google and youtube, i just made up plans for a coop. I think it was the first time I’ve used geometry since high school. Also managed to shoot a nail through two fingers when a framing nail hit a knot and changed direction into my fingers!...but it was a great COVID project

 

[Aunt Tat]

Built from new materials using a design we saw on-line. Then constructed a mobile pen so they can be moved around the property.

I love the design! And I like the idea of keeping the coop/run small and having a mobile pen for them to help with yard work. Do you have the name of the Coop or the website you got the design from?

Is that cat "guarding" your girls? LOL

The part-time chicken who comes over to our house every morning from next door to leave an egg for us (see picture) just struts by our cat. (We have 2 Macaws and 2 African Grey parrots in the house, Tucker has learned to live with them.

 

[Carson213]

after a day into the project, i hired an 8th grader to help me. we worked on this 14 hours a day and took us 14 days. the siding was the worst...i’d never do that part again...

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Also managed to shoot a nail through two fingers when a framing nail hit a knot and changed direction into my fingers!...but it was a great COVID project

Ouch!

Oh that's gorgeous!