do not get depressed! It took me forever here to get my last project habitable if not finished...but i was waiting around searching for recyclable and free things to use for it ( a personal project more than a necissity ) but first and foremost how many chicks do you have? If its not may I can tell you a quick simple way to slap a small coop and run together that will take you the weekend to do and shouldn't cost me here more than 100$.
for a short term solution for chickens 4-12 weeks and about 8 chickens...but long term for 3-4 large breeds.
If you dont have much carpentry skills go to lowes or home depot buy 2 sheets of 15/32 (or 1/2 inch) plyboard, get them to cut them exactly in half for you. (thats 4 ft pieces...) get you a few sets of heavy duty shelving brackets (they are 90 degrees) you'll need atleast 2 for each corner (3-4 is best) I got a pack of 4 for 2$ with the screws so if they run you the same your looking at tops 8$ on that and 15$ a sheet for the plyboard around here so your at 38$ for me in North Carolina. cut you a hole in one of the boards at the bottom, and in another board a higher but narrow long hole (this will be a ventilation window and you'll cover it with hardware cloth)
a piece of tin, a tarp, PVC roofing anything you can get (me i used a PVC roof panel like they use for kids play houses - 10$ bought new for a 8' piece) as for a run, you can do whatever you want, PVC hoop, PVC box, lumber, etc...I used a PVC hoop coop design for the run, but I'm having issues with the run access area....so I'm kinda beating myself over the head on why I didn't think that part through lol. I have a cut out piece of plyboard with industrial zipties attaching it to the end (which means i either cut the zipties at moment every time i need to get into the run or just access food and water in the coop) until i finish up and figure out for sure how I want to do that access.
good luck, and don't be depressed. theres no reason you can't get a coop up soon! the first one doesn't have to be pretty. as long as its functional! then after you get the 'raising coop' as I call the first coop, you can move on to taking the next couple months to building the bigger nicer one!
