Show off your small or cheap made coop

[meganpearson]

meganpearson, please share how the posts are connected to the satellite dish. Did you drill holes through the metal for bolts? I have two of these dishes and would love to make coops out of them.

Yes, just drill through the metal to attach the dish to the posts. Ran an ad in the local wanted bulletin for free removal of BUD dishes, was hoping for a fiberglass dish but hey...this one was free so I won't complain. Finally got the other post for the door up today so hopefully soon I will be finished, will post a pic

 

[chickmom1304]

Our finished coop. Needs a little more paint work, lol. Mostly scraps, had to buy a few latches for doors.

 

[3forfree]

great idea! im still not good at using this website!

what is this heat you speak of tho?

I know that Alaska is a long ways away and your summer may only be the last weekend of August, but the heat I'm talking about is from that bright thing in the sky called the sun.

 

[ladyrsanti]

We recently moved into an old dairy farm that has been downsized, most of its land sold off for homes in the 90's. All that's left is the house, large barn and silo on 4 acres. I decided to section off a small portion of a lean-to that was attached to a wing of the barn for a chicken coop, primarily because it was inexpensive and half-built already. All of the supplies were scavenged from the barn! The siding was in a feeding trough, the doors were all over the place and the two windows were in the coop already (see first picture). The four original windows inside the coop needed scraping, gluing, glazing and about 8 panes of glass (also salvaged) but they were all successfully restored. The only money that went into the coop was for screws,latches and a pair of hinges. I still need to build the nesting boxes and add some roosts inside but the chickens are now at home here, still in their brooder box but at least not in the house!

The coop area before (cleaned):


The coop exterior after:

 

[woodsman23]

scrap wood from a old shed, 200 bucks later..................

 

[rotten97]

I build this from pallets and scrap lumber from a demolished building up the street .

 

[rotten97]

I working on this one for meat chickens .

 

[PoultryGirly]

Mine is pretty small...

 

[chestypuller]

how much venting do you need per bird? i want to make sure i have enough but not to much to let all the heat out in winter.

 

[rotten97]

how much venting do you need per bird? i want to make sure i have enough but not to much to let all the heat out in winter.

I leave alot of venting , and then cover the coop with greenhouse plastic in the winter . If you notice my walls are open on the ends along openings on 3 sides , but i left 1 wall completey solid so i can turn it into the wind in the event of cold night or severe weather .