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[Bunnylady]

Sorry about brains
Got my coop material And new brooder box material today 700 dollars later
These better be some thankful chickens

I've heard it said that the eggs from your home flock may be the most expensive eggs you've ever eaten . . .

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Sorry about brains
Got my coop material And new brooder box material today 700 dollars later
These better be some thankful chickens

So sad that construction materials cost so much. I can only imagine how many eggs I would have in my incubator right now if I had more room for chicks

 

[mickey328]

We're going to start making papercrete bricks. We found it on www.greenhomebuilding.com All it takes is paper, water and cement...and you can use any sort of paper...even the colored and glossy stuff. DH has used it in the past and says it's well nigh indestructible and very light weight. It would take a while to get enough bricks made to build, say...a coop, but it would sure save a LOT of $$ We plan on making it in a 5 gallon bucket; DH will build a form that will hold just that much. When it dries, it shrinks so they don't have to be wrestled out of the form. You can paint them or even add a concrete colorant to the mix if you want color. For mortar for them...just make up another batch and use it...when it dries, you have an all papercrete structure.

 

[DDNONIN2016]

We're going to start making papercrete bricks. We found it on www.greenhomebuilding.com All it takes is paper, water and cement...and you can use any sort of paper...even the colored and glossy stuff. DH has used it in the past and says it's well nigh indestructible and very light weight. It would take a while to get enough bricks made to build, say...a coop, but it would sure save a LOT of $$ We plan on making it in a 5 gallon bucket; DH will build a form that will hold just that much. When it dries, it shrinks so they don't have to be wrestled out of the form. You can paint them or even add a concrete colorant to the mix if you want color. For mortar for them...just make up another batch and use it...when it dries, you have an all papercrete structure.

That sounds neat! Going to go look it up now. Thanks

 

[tick22]

We're going to start making papercrete bricks. We found it on www.greenhomebuilding.com All it takes is paper, water and cement...and you can use any sort of paper...even the colored and glossy stuff. DH has used it in the past and says it's well nigh indestructible and very light weight. It would take a while to get enough bricks made to build, say...a coop, but it would sure save a LOT of $$ We plan on making it in a 5 gallon bucket; DH will build a form that will hold just that much. When it dries, it shrinks so they don't have to be wrestled out of the form. You can paint them or even add a concrete colorant to the mix if you want color. For mortar for them...just make up another batch and use it...when it dries, you have an all papercrete structure.

WOW!! I think I will try that. Never spent more than $50.00 on a coop. I use recycled wood and only buy the hardware and wire if I don't have any. It would be nice to be able to spend alot of money and build My chickens a palace but money here is tight... I guess as it is everywhere...

 

[bamachicks8]

Thats not including the free pallets all that is is the roof material the framing lumber fence and fence post this is what the coop is gonna look like

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/734710/our-newly-finished-pallet-coop

 

[bamachicks8]

Well gry turns out Elle and Gloria are not tiara wearing divas but I did find a willing participant

 

[Arielle]

We're going to start making papercrete bricks. We found it on www.greenhomebuilding.com All it takes is paper, water and cement...and you can use any sort of paper...even the colored and glossy stuff. DH has used it in the past and says it's well nigh indestructible and very light weight. It would take a while to get enough bricks made to build, say...a coop, but it would sure save a LOT of $$ We plan on making it in a 5 gallon bucket; DH will build a form that will hold just that much. When it dries, it shrinks so they don't have to be wrestled out of the form. You can paint them or even add a concrete colorant to the mix if you want color. For mortar for them...just make up another batch and use it...when it dries, you have an all papercrete structure.

Wonder if it can be made into sheets? Bricks are the strongest of course, but the engineer in me is wondering about sheets . . . .gotta go look!

 

[gryeyes]

Well gry turns out Elle and Gloria are not tiara wearing divas but I did find a willing participant

Oh, excellent! Thank you.

Plus it's one of a kind, hand-fashioned by THE bamachicks8!
One of our Designer Chicken Tiaras for the Diva in your hen!


Oh, this is gonna be delightful!!!!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I'm fortuante to have a "box company" near me that puts out its scraps regularly. Just never know what will be out to pick thru. We built all our coops from scrap. Sometimes we have been lucky and can get very large boxes. One is our 5 x 7 ish hay storage aka coop. Otherwise we use pallets and plywood. Just buy the screws and hardware.

I'm trying to get a list together of what to grow to keep the chickens happy. The cost of grain has come down a tad, but with so much corn getting shipped over seas, I don't think prices will drop for long time.If ever.

shell corn
sorghum
winter squash

other ideas?? I can't plant root crops.