pallet coops

[FlockOfGirls]

Follow along on my pallet coop build, I'm almost done!

I saw this of yours and read through the whole thing. Sweet deal. Our pallet coop is still being hammered together. Ill post our final coop soon

Here is our 100% completely reused baby coop as we call it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/792316/my-4x6-pallet-coop-build#post_11506146

 

[chickenlover45]

Thats cool i could never build a coop with out at least SOME new materials

 

[Mehjr10]

Here is a link to my build, https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/683809/harts-chick-shack/10#post_9250531

Build pictures in the link.. Pallet walls and salvaged wood on the decking, the floor frame and joist I bought some treated wood to do that.

 

[Xovan]

Here are a few pics of ours. I had to bite the bullet and get a sheet of plywood to finish it off with the weather we have had it was taking to long. I plan to cover it with pallet shingles because I love the look.

The door I found on the side of the road and the roof is parts of a shed that was crushed by snow a few years ago. I told my wife I would use them some day. lol

ps. kids are on a zombie kick if you cant tell

 

[bowen012]

Freecycled/Recycled Pallet Coop. Floor and walls are heat treated pallets gotten for free (minus gas money to pick them up) at a local concrete business. The roof was reclaimed from an old lean-to that was once previously sheltering and old rabbit hutch (a tree fell on the spot this lean-to was a week after reclaiming it). I was able to find a few sheets of 4x8 plywood from people who had left over building supplies at no charge. Same with the blocks used to elevate and level the coop. I had some paint and primer laying around from old building projects. Most of the nails and screws were either reclaimed or gotten for free. My only real expenses were for the carriage bolts to bolt the pallets together and for the hardware cloth (which is pricey).

For the run, I was able to get 8' 4x4 posts and some no climb fence. I'll add hardware cloth to the lower 24-36" of the no climb fence to help keep predators out. I have some old chicken wire that I'll put over the no climb fence on the top few feet. For a fence roof for the run I'll either use more no climb fence and as much chicken wire as I have left or some netting and may tarp the first few feet for some shade. The entire coop and run is under relatively full tree cover to protect from excessive heat and rain but won't do much in winter time as they aren't evergreen. I'll run some chicken wire or left over hardware cloth in front of the blocks as well and maybe pack some much between the gaps to harden. Inside is pretty basic with a sideways 2x4 perch. I'll add some sort of nesting boxes in the next week or so from either 5 gallon buckets or leftover building materials.

At the request of my 5 year old son, I added a cheesy fresh eggs sign and a few egg photos (blue; at the time we had only easter eggers but a mix of illness and raccoons have reduced my flock to a single hen - more are on the way but the attack is the reason for redoing the run); as well as the rooster/hen silhouettes. Certainly no grand palace, but it cost under $100 to make which isn't bad considering that similar dimension coops sell for $800-$1200 at roadside building retailers. If I were somewhere that I could free range completely I could have saved even more by not having to have the hardware cloth for the run.
All-in-all, I'm relatively satisfied for a first build considering I had very little building experience (high school shop class really) and a lack of resources outside of scavenging. The roof will need some work on it in a few years, but by then I may be willing to try a completely new building project so this one may get sent to salvage or a burn pile.