Show off your small or cheap made coop

[K9Dave]

This is my $20 set up. Coop was free from a friend. Picked up the chicken wire free as well. I bought some 2x4's and screws.

Since then I've taken it all apart and am going with a more open air run because it's just too hot here in Phoenix. Even at night it's still over 100 degrees. I didn't want to build a better looking set up because we're just renting.

 

[Irishhenman]

I built these two A frame tractors a couple of weeks ago to house growers and broodies. I got 4 pallets from an agri-store and a big 10' by 5' sheet of coriboard from a shop for free. I got two houses from them and the only cost was €7 for some screws.

This one is about 8' by 3.5' one the ground and about 3.5' tall at the top. I didn't bother put in a floor in the enclosed end. It is currently housing 8 cockerels for fattening. It has a swing up door on one of the open sides and a sliding door on the enclosed end.

This is slightly smaller, about 5' long and 3' wide on the ground and around 3.5' tall. This one doesn't have a door to the open run area, but I am going to ad one because they are very convenient. This one does have a taught 1" chicken wire floor and the enclosed end is more sheltered to give the broodies more security. It is currently housing a broody and her chicks.

Neither of them are what I would consider pretty but they are cheap and functional. Both of them take about 20 seconds to move to fresh grass every day.

 

[smcgill]

Half wood pallets, left over foam insulation!

That T-111 ain't cheep!

 

[ChookRanger]

Hello Everyone! new here.....I recently was left this dog house from the previous owners, I decided to re purpose it into a small coop. We live in a city with a very small fenced (picket fence) in back yard. I only have 2 hens for now due to the limited space. So they will be let out in the afternoons when I'm home and then put back up at night. I did not find out about hardware wire until after the construction of this, so I took what I had in chicken wire and doubled it up, down the road I plan on replacing it with stronger wire however since our yard is fenced in, I don't think its too urgent. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Old Dog House



New and updated w/run




inside of elevated coop.


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It looks very good. You might want to stick on some wheels and make it into a tractor, or maybe not because it looks light enough to slide it around as it is. Either way, good job!

 

[CliffB]

Here's mine. I have less than $100 invested. Used donated lumber for the bulk of it, donated shingles, donated plexiglass window. Most of the little things was scrap wood out of my garage. I was given the fencing to convert the run from chain link to 2x2 square field fencing. Total size is 4'x8'. Roosting bars are tree branches mounted inside the coop and the nesting boxes are made from a kitchen cabinet from my garage and 4 wooden boxes that candles are shipped in at work. Sand litter was all busted bags from Home Depot.

 

[SportTees]

This is a dog house I pulled out of the woods. I transformed it into a great outdoor brooder with very little money and some repurposed materials. Now the chicks are getting to big for it so I'm working on attaching a coop to the brooder to make it dual purpose. I'm hoping to have it finished before my next batch of chicks are due to hatch. I will post pics as I progress.

 

[TheHappyHen21]

I make these for about $50 each.

Do you sell theses and do u ship?

 

[reptileink]

So, I am sure the word "cheap" is different to everyone, but this coop was made with about 90% recycled materials. I've probably spent approx. $150 in total for paint, the wood shingles, screws, PVC (for the hoop roof this spring) and some studs/plywood. Roof is leftover shingles/paper/drip edge, lattice is from porch project, window was in my garage loft, and most of the base of it is my old neighbor's jungle gym.

Thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/919821/hooping-it-up/60

 

[Pattycat]

We are in the process of using an old shed we found for free on Craigslist. We have been building and changing it into a coop. I will post it when we are finished!