Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[Hedgeland Farms]

The pallets I got have been more or less standard size, but I think you might have missed that I picked up a number of pallets with solid 5/8 inch plywood on top! That was a great find. Don't know what I'm going to make with that plywood, but it was in good shape. Maybe use the plywood for something like a workbench top.

What a FANTASTIC find!!! That's amazing! We get pallets in at work sometimes that have thin plywood-ish stuff on top. Abt 1/4in. I've used it on my roof of the Hen Hut as well as on the walls inside, it's holding up just fine after the "almost" 1st yr.

Maybe you could post some pics of the baby goats?

Here ya go!! these aren't my goats but they are my pictures from when we went and visited the farm we are getting our goats from.

Love chick pics. My backyard flock is only 10 hens. Do you sell excess eggs? 32 hens sounds like a small business plan to me....

My kids wanna sell eggs, me not so much. I kinda invision an egg ministry where I provide eggs to people who want them free of charge. Spreading kindness and love and hopefully a little light.

I was surprised to see baby chicks on your pallet ladder. With wide boards like that, do the chicks have a hard time climbing up the ladder? My coop ladder was a solid piece of 1X6 wood with thin slats every six inches and that has worked for my adult sized chickens. I guess maybe I did not give enough credit to the chicks ability to climb a ladder like your pallet ladder. That would be super easy to make - just cut it off the pallet - done! Great idea.

You wouldn't belive how perfect it was. The pallet was too big for where I wanted it. When I cut it down it left the perfect piece for a ladder. All I did was rip off the back slats and add a piece of 2x4 on the one side under the top slats.

That was the very first thing they did when I put them on the ground in the coop (1wk old) was climb that ladder. I, also didn't give them enough credit, they have no issues with it.

One last question, how long have you had that pitchfork with the plastic tines?

I have one in my first coop for almost a yr with no issues. The others were gifts and they've been a round for a while, but idk how long. She gave up her horses 8yrs ago and they've been in the barn since. Idk how long she used them prior to giving up the horses. I am sorry.

 

[gtaus]

My kids wanna sell eggs, me not so much. I kinda invision an egg ministry where I provide eggs to people who want them free of charge. Spreading kindness and love and hopefully a little light.

I gave away some eggs to friends and family when I first started getting some from my chickens. Never got a thank you. Dear Wife started selling our excess eggs to some of her friends. They love the eggs and thank us all the time - and they also paid $2.00 per dozen pre COVID-19 lockdown. We now get $2.50 per dozen, which is enough for me to buy feed. The big thing for me is that they appreciate the eggs.

So, we have all the fresh eggs we want to eat and the excess eggs pay for the feed. I'm OK with that.

We get pallets in at work sometimes that have thin plywood-ish stuff on top. Abt 1/4in.

I save all kinds of plywood. The thinner plywood is good for drawer bottoms and such.

Here ya go!! these aren't my goats but they are my pictures from when we went and visited the farm we are getting our goats from.

Thanks for the pics. I have heard some farmers just kill male baby goats. Is that true? It might be nice to save a few guys from an early demise. Although, if I did get any goats, it would probably be with the idea of meat later on. But they would have a good life until then.

Love the pics of the chicks on the ladder. I'm really surprised how well it worked for you. That was a good idea.

 

[gtaus]

Made my weekly trip to town this afternoon. On the way home, picked up a full load of pallets from a couple of sites. All average pallets, except one. One pallet I got had 2X4's instead of slats on the pallet. A complete pallet made out of 2X4's. Pretty heavy sucker to toss into the old Explorer, but I figure there will be a lot of good ~4-foot 2X4's in that pallet. I consider that a bonus find.

 

[ChicksnMore]

No winter hibernation here, just missed some notifications I guess lol. Idk how, but alas...I did.



Nice!!! I love getting pallets lol.
Did you get any big ones?? Or all standard 48x42??

Your raised beds always look nice!!! Excited to see your new ones!



I finished up the Chicken Chalet and refenced the goat pen with pallets as the original fencing just wouldn't be strong enough. My goats should be being born very soon!!
The chicken chalet is FULL of baby chicks. I have 32 in it that I am brooding, group named The Galaxies.

I've made their ladder to the roosts from the left over of the pallet I used to make my broom/mop holder.

Eta ..I am planning a 16x16 shed for my next project...last pic is the before

Looks wonderful!

 

[ChicksnMore]

Finished my rebuild from scraps from my old coop. All the pallets came from that old thing and are still strong. Cut out bottom rungs so chickens can't get caught inside the pallets if they get silly. Needs asphalt on the osb and some paint still. Might asphalt the poor old roof too. That's pallet wood on the bottom of the run too. Built that run over ten years ago though.

 

[gtaus]

Finished my rebuild from scraps from my old coop. All the pallets came from that old thing and are still strong. Cut out bottom rungs so chickens can't get caught inside the pallets if they get silly. Needs asphalt on the osb and some paint still. Might asphalt the poor old roof too. That's pallet wood on the bottom of the run too. Built that run over ten years ago though.

That OSB looks brand new. I know where I live, if you don't cover that OSB with something it will get water soaked and be no good in little time.

That run looks huge! Pallet wood on the bottom of the run still looks like it's solid. How big is your run? Love that high covered roof.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Finished my rebuild from scraps from my old coop. All the pallets came from that old thing and are still strong. Cut out bottom rungs so chickens can't get caught inside the pallets if they get silly. Needs asphalt on the osb and some paint still. Might asphalt the poor old roof too. That's pallet wood on the bottom of the run too. Built that run over ten years ago though.View attachment 3425043View attachment 3425044View attachment 3425042

This looks great!

 

[gtaus]

@Hedgeland Farms, just want to mention that I like the board-on-board usage of pallet wood to make your walls on your Chicken Chalet. How easy was that? I find that method super easy to make. And, when you get done, the pallet is even stronger.

For anyone wanting to try the board-on-board method, I find it really easy to use my reciprocating saw with a demolition blade and just cut off the nails in the planks from one pallet and then use the entire board to put on the pallet for the build. I don't usually use my reciprocating saw for pallet demolition, but if you want to save the full length of the pallet slats, that is about the best method.

 

[ChicksnMore]

That OSB looks brand new. I know where I live, if you don't cover that OSB with something it will get water soaked and be no good in little time.

That run looks huge! Pallet wood on the bottom of the run still looks like it's solid. How big is your run? Love that high covered roof.

Ya...the goats had eaten the siding off the old coop...lol. So used some of my stack of cheap osb. Still have 14 sheets of the stuff to find a use for. Thinking of trying it under the metal sheets on the roof like you would plywood. Might work with enough supports? And asphalt? Not sure on that but going to play with it and see if I think it'll hold.

The runs a cheap harbor freight carport/canopy frame. Can't remember what I payed for that one but last one I bought was $99. 10x20 and it's really easy to roof with metal sheeting and self tapping metal screws. That one I used pallets at the base so less wire... can't remember if I used tposts with it but probably did. But the posts fit inside the pallets and it fit together beautiful. Then I used torn apart pallets for siding. My newer one for my peafowl I just drove tposts in the ground next to the frame posts and used plumber ring clamps to tie them together to anchor it. Then wired the sides and metal sheeting for the roof.

 

[gtaus]

The runs a cheap harbor freight carport/canopy frame. Can't remember what I payed for that one but last one I bought was $99. 10x20 and it's really easy to roof with metal sheeting and self tapping metal screws.

I'll have to check into that. I have a neighbor that has a canopy like that for his pickup. But he takes down the roof in the winter. I don't imagine it is strong enough for our snow loads here in northern Minnesota. His canopy roof is too flat. But maybe there are other options with roofs that would shed snow.

As for the pallets on the bottom, I have been looking at a number of greenhouse builds where they use pallets for the bottom base wall and then use hog/cattle panels for the arch above.

With pallet wood shelves inside something like this...

I like a number of pallet greenhouse ideas in the following 30 mins YouTube video. Maybe too long for many, but that's the kind of programs I watch these days.