Pennys Mama
🦃Jake~Jake's 👩🏽⚕️Nurse & 🐣Hatchaholic
Do you have any photos of yours? I'm needing to figure out a new/different coop for our ducks, hopefully before they start laying eggs.A cattle panel runs roughly $25. Each panel will yield about a 4'x8'x6' hoop. That means front to back 4' side to side 8' and 6' tall. I used 2 panels to get an 8x8 run on my small coop.
Base framing will depend on what you use. Mine has 2x6 pine boards. They are roughly $8 each.
The cattle panel will need wire attached over it. Again that will depend on what you choose. What you choose should be based on your predator load and what kind of predators.
Then there will need to be a dry section. A good tarp helps a lot with that.
I would say it can be done under $250 to get an 8x8 space secured.
Yes it is still a chunk of money especially when the budget is tight.
The nice thing is expanding later on is pretty easy.