The true cost of building your own coop -

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HappyHatch'en :

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$110,000 for my 3'rd and last back surgery w/titanium rods
$800 for lumber and stain
$12,000 John Deere Tractor to move it to this site.

ROFLMAO!​

 

[Preservation Acres]

I was so proud of myself for finding a used chicken tractor for only $50.

Then I decided it needed new, stronger, wire around it, and of course, I should extend it to a 2-story model, and the inside just wasn't large enough, and the laying boxes should be hanging on the outside...

Materials...$250

Then of course they needed a run, so I bought a used huge dog pen

Dog pen...$50

Then they needed netting to go over the run

Netting $10

So much for the $50 coop, but I'm happy with it now.

 

[gottalovemychickens]

dont know all my prices but total after todays last bill is

$2,054.29


Damn i spoil the crap out of my chickens HHEHE

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

We recycle everything we possibly can. My dh is a contractor and he will save scraps from jobs. We used scraps of lumber left over and some wire we already had along with a new roll of wire and I have 5 coops with just 50.00 in 'em.

 

[gottalovemychickens]

nice

 

[teach1rusl]

Quote:
Was that cheap beer or are you a fast builder????

 

[2txmedics]

Heck I wish I could spoil my girls...they are gonna have to settle for used lumbar and just what I can do for a coop...

 

[cmom]

My costs were about $1000.00 for my first coop, $650.00 for my second coop. Soon we will be building our third coop. We have some materials left over from a barn we just built so don't now what I'll have to get for the new coop yet.

 

[Hillbilly Rooster]

Well Mine cost $100.00 and it came with 2 full propane tanks, 2 brand new tires.

 

[ffachicken2012]

i beleive that the cost of the coop depends on how much stuff u have laying around your property and how much stuff u have to buy mine costed around $200 probaly but we already had a barn that we put it in the back of and some of the materials. but wow is chicken wire pricey.
Thanks,
ffachicken2012