What have you repurposed while building ?

[tacothechicken]

Hehe the goat shed is actually like a mini sky scraper ironically XD it's 3 levels and has a slide and ladder very pampered digs!

 

[Birdsong 82]

Great thread Rachel! I love the ones where we all get to see different approaches different folks in different areas have and share our Ms/Mr Cheap ideas in chicken keeping'

MR/MRS CHEAP ??? I certainly dont call these geniuses cheap. I would rather say thrifty, creative, imaginative reconstructive engineers!! These engineers see gold in those castoffs and are mining that gold. Sounds so much better!!!!

You could be both like me. I’ll admit to being cheap. I don’t mind. The word genius seems pretty nice too. LOL

 

[Cryss]

View attachment 1472872I used reclaimed cedar fence boards and an old farm window for my coop.

Thats beautiful!

 

[Birdsong 82]

Don't have pics of my chickens coop at the moment so I figure using old pallets and wood from previous goat shed as climbing structure the previous owners had a tree house they now live in(see back behind goat)and a cat hideaway for rescued squab will have to do XD

I love making play areas for my goats

 

[Birdsong 82]

I "remodeled" a two-seater outhouse. I took 2 feet off the bottom, put it on wheels, and built a nesting box off one side. It is also insulated and "wired" with a solar light and a solar powered, photo-sensor chicken door. I had nesting boxes mounted inside but the girls didn't seem to like them. The nesting box I built was a hit. View attachment 1478517

I was waiting. I knew somebody just somebody had to have converted an out house into a chicken coop! I love it. And I love the color too

 

[Nardo]

This isn't mine; I just saw it in a coop I was rating, but I am liking the shutters used as ventilation walls.
The builder's name is https://www.backyardchickens.com/members/ericbolstridge.92550/ Just to give credit where it's due.

 

[Birdsong 82]

This isn't mine; I just saw it in a coop I was rating, but I am liking the shutters used as ventilation walls. The builder's name is https://www.backyardchickens.com/members/ericbolstridge.92550/

Just to give credit where it's due.

Guess I know what I’m doing with my old shutters when they get replaced. I love that. My favorite part is that little door in the front. Looks like maybe piece of an old crib

 

[Nardo]

Guess I know what I’m doing with my old shutters when they get replaced. I love that. My favorite part is that little door in the front. Looks like maybe piece of an old crib

Right, I was thinking that too.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I’ve got a super easy day at work today. I’m training somebody and he’s doing great. I’m pretty much here to make sure he doesn’t screw up. So I’m able to check out my BYC a little bit more. I do see our crew taking down old guard rail A small section of that may go in my truck. I realize this W beams would make an excellent double chicken trough for grit or oyster shel. After a good scrub down

 

[Birdsong 82]

This is the chicken… Thing my neighbor made out of scrap wood. We put some roofing rubber we had around on the top to protect the wood. It’s got boards in the middle they like to rest in the shade on And lately it just has been a giant nesting box. But they love the little front porch on it. One day hopefully I’ll get a Broody chicken and will make a great Brody box