Pallet coop- tips and ideas needed!

[3KillerBs]

The best place to put your ventilation is all around the top.

This is for all silkies, right? So it would be easy to keep the ventilation above them since they don't go up high.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Well, do they have the tools and skills...and are they on board to help?
Did you see the link to the search I made for you?

Yes, they can do it! They built the chicken run as well. I'll check out the link

 

[PippinTheChicken]

The best place to put your ventilation is all around the top.

This is for all silkies, right? So it would be easy to keep the ventilation above them since they don't go up high.

Well it's gonna be a mix between flying and ground bantams, but mostly silkies.

 

[SpotTheCat]

How much space will you have left in your run after you add the coop?

 

[McChooky]

Good luck. I tried to rip apart two pallets a couple of weeks ago and the supports in the middle were the only three pieces that were salvageable. I pretty much destroyed the rest of the slats. :/

I built a pallet coop and run with an extension this summer using a lot of scrap wood, construction waste and old used 2 x 4's .It took a lot of pallets and framing. If you will take the time to watch videos on youtube you will find a lot of people have shared videos there with step by step instructions on how to make a chicken coop. Looks aren't as important as it being built good to protect your flock from predators and shelter them in bad weather .
It must have good ventilation or your chickens will have respiratory issues and get diseases and die. You want your chickens to be warm and dry without being crowded so aim higher and make it bigger is my suggestion. Chickens need 4 square foot per bird minimum but I would double that because they'll be happier and it will be easier to clean. If you want a coop for 12 or more chickens out of pallets I suggest you design it in such a way to make it easier. 2 pallets wide x 2 pallets long (8 x 8=64 divided by 4 sq ft per bird =16 chickens)

 

[PippinTheChicken]

How much space will you have left in your run after you add the coop?

So I have space on the back and sides of my prefab, which measure to around 6ft from the back of the run, to the front of the prefab, so the coop will go in that space

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Sry it's hard to understand so I'll draw a pic when I get home

 

[KingD]

Will you be using pallets in their current state? Or will you be using the wood from the pallets?

There's lots of people who say they've built a pallet coop but all it is is just the scrap wood from a broken up pallet.

Both ways are equally as good in my opinion but it's often really difficult to break up pallets without them splitting and just turning into useless bits of broken wood.

Because whole pallets are so strong, it might be a good idea to make the shape/frame from them.
I've used them to make firewood stores before. They're so useful!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Both ways are equally as good in my opinion but it's often really difficult to break up pallets without them splitting and just turning into useless bits of broken wood.

 

[KingD]

You had that problem?
Sledgehammer works good I've found.