Pre-made coops.

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

Does anyone know a good website for
cheap pre-made coops?n or just pre-made
coops at all.

 

[CarriBrown]

Every coop I've seen online has been outrageous in price. Have you tried craigslist?

 

[1acrefarm]

Where are you located? Maybe someone in your area with carpentry skills will see this and build one.

 

[tiffanyh]

I am in CT and my father builds chicken coops. I can see if he will build a "kit" for you but it depends on where you are to see if it is worthwhile or not.

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

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That would be nice, uhm I live in Michigan.

 

[patandchickens]

The shipping is always a killer. Also, the price of new (as opposed to recycled) wood really adds up as you're building. Plus there isn't much of a market for premade coops, so not much 'economy of scale'. They just do cost a lot.

If you want prefab and inexpensive, why not look out for a deal on a new or used wooden garden shed - extremely easy to convert.


Pat

 

[Fancy Feather Poultry]

Bump

 

[LoneCowboy]

I noticed that Costco was having an online sale for a shed in March. It was fairly inexpensive with the rebate and a couple of hundred off. You might consider that, and then convert it into a coop.

Pre-made coops are pretty expensive. I started building ones that was very strong and well built for the same price as some of the really flimsy ones that you can buy online. There's a pretty good market here for them. I've sold 3 in the last few weeks, and it's not even Spring yet. But I'm in Colorado, and there are lots of farms or rich people with lots of land here.