What price do you think???? Link with PIC added.

[happymom99]

Hello. I have been trying to figure out a way to build an inexpensive coop so I can get my first chickens. Well, my neighbor has offered me their coop! It is a walk-in coop/run that they housed 6 chickens in. It has the feeder and the waterer too. I think it is about two years old. I asked how much he wants for it and he said that the materials cost him about $300. Now I am expected to make him an offer.

What do you think? What would you offer if you were going to buy it? If you were the one that built it, what would you expect to get for it? On the one hand, you could look at it as used and think it should be less than $300. On the other hand you could look at it as he is saving you from having to do all the labor so it should be at least the cost of the materials.

Truth is, I had no intention of spending that much money on building a coop. I don't know if it is an insult to offer him a lower price though. He did a great job building it and I'd be happy to buy it, but I was looking at spending more in the area of $150 for a coop.

Any input or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

CJ

 

[dldolan]

Hello back,
So, why not just tell your neighbor that you had only planned to spend $150 buying/finding materials, but if he doesn't seel it on Craigslist, you'd be happy to give him the $150 you have budgeted for his lovely coop?

(Not important if she was actually going to put it on Craigslist or not!)

Good luck!
D-

 

[Rooneytune]

i think $300 is a very fair price... We are building our first coop by re-purposing an old wooden play structure. Even though we did not have to buy much lumber (a few sheet of plywood) we have still spent more that $300 with all the little items you don;t think about... hinges, screws, wire for the run, windows, etc.

 

[domino7]

It's hard to say without seeing it, or more info, but $300 seems pretty reasonable for a walk in coop, especially with a run included.

 

[Carols Clucks]

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I totally agree, if you explain you only planned on spending $150 but if they cant sell to let you know.


I know we spent more than $300 on our coop, but if you cant spend that much, just be honest

 

[Chick Charm]

If you posted a pic of his coop (if that is even possible) you may get some of us to give you an "educated" answer. But speaking from experience on building chicken coops, $300 seems reasonable. I usually spend more than $450 on materials for a "SMALL" coop alone. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/65954_dsc_0366.jpg

 

[Yay Chicks!]

$300 sounds totally reasonable to me as well. You could maybe scrap together some stuff and build your own for less...maybe...but to already have it built might be a sweet deal...

 

[Phage]

$300 sounds like a really great deal.

 

[Delmar]

I think it would take quite some time to collect $300 worth of eggs from 6 chickens! I'm in the make due with what you can scavenge camp!

 

[plucker]

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I'm in this same camp. While $300 sounds like a great price, I can't see recuping (reCOOPing?

)that cost any time soon so I'm making a truly "white trash" coop and run from stuff I have laying around. So far it's cost me little or nothing. For the coop I'm using an old food service cart and old ice cream stand I paid $3 each for years ago (as they have wheels) and just a pvc frame and wire for the run. This way it's mobile. I'm just using my farm dogs for predator protection (and hoping they do turn out to be predators instead.)

I'll post pics soon