Well this is the start of the year long project. Yes it was a year. With so many other thing happening, it is just how things like this worked out. So we brought these pallets. We bought 22 of them and we paid $2.25 a piece for them. They are 7'4" x 4'6". We used my shop's interior to set...
I created this pallet coop for my dad. He is raising 11 hens now. Just traveled around town and collected pallets one day. Created a box, cut them down and whala!
To make this coop we user over 20 pallets.
Last year, as part of a science project, my partner’s third grade class hatched a dozen eggs donated to the school from a local breeder. After seeing the little babies come out of the eggs, the children fell in love with their chicks and decided they wanted to keep them until adulthood.
To...
List of dimensions:
Floor – 8’x12’
Rear Deck – aprox 8’x2’
Cattle Panels – 3 at 12’ (purchased 16’, then cut them down to 12’)
Green-treat boards – 4 at 2x8x14’
Pallets - 9 at 40” wide
My coop is very special to me, and I am so thankful and proud of my family who persevered with me to...
Getting the pallets: $1 each at the local green recycling/compost place. Free found stacked down at our local lake and with permission of the county commissioner. Free from my work, our hospital gets from 2-5 per day. Pallets are more easily taken apart with a wrecking saw and a nails in wood...
My two chicks are getting really big and need to get out of their little brooder box, AKA plastic storage bin. SO here I am building a chicken tractor.
I have NO money. None, zip, zero, nada. I get my social security check on the third of the month, pay my bills on the fourth and on the...
Our First Chicken Coop!
Made from reclaimed materials, mostly pallets
Our chicken adventure started spring of 2010 when we got 10 pullets. We didn't have ANY chicken knowledge what-so-ever! We did a lot of research on BackYardChickens.com on every aspect of keeping chickens - and still do...
This is my second coop I turned a shed into a coop and this is the one I built from scratch. The coop is 5'x5'x6' tall it is made from shippng boxes 2 and pine wood pallets. All materials were free except the screws,less than $7 for them.First I built the frame from the shipping boxes and...
I just got the DH (Dear Honey) and dear brother to get materials and start building today, We have gotten many things for free from generous individuals. I will be thanking them at the completion of the coop!!! I am SO EXCITED!!!! I been wanting a coop since last summer!!!
All of this...
Building of Sheila's coop
It took a while to build. We used 2 palettes for the base one 8x4 and one 4x4. I used left over logs to attach the corners, then covered it with wood from other palettes. The building is roughly framed with 2x4's. My husband couldn't wait for more palettes.
When more...
Hen House: 99 square feet
We began with the hen house design. Large enough to accommodate 20-25 hens. Two banks of nest boxes and a very open design. A wire divider can be added to create a small area for brooding chicks and includes one of the nest boxes for broody hens.
Aviary: 63 square...