Building a Chicken Coop for Less Money
Have you thought that there must be a better way and a cheaper way for building a chicken coop in less time, for less money, and still get the benefits of having fresh eggs in the morning?
In the economy of today cost is always a concern. One of the reasons people want to raise chickens is for the benefit of fresh eggs. Low cost of your fresh eggs is a big motivating factor of raising your own chickens. If you add up the cost of buying your eggs at the market today compared to 20 years ago, the cost is outrageous. A family of 4 eating eggs for breakfast for 3 days per week is a dozen eggs at $4.00 dozen. Multiply that by 52, and your paying $208.00 a year for eggs. If you're a family who eat eggs everyday you can double the cost to $416.00 a year. If you're a family who likes to bake or use eggs in other dishes, your cost per year can be estimated at $500.00 per year for eggs. Now that's no chicken feed.
Building a chicken coop cheap is the first step in your quest for fresh eggs. Here are some tips on getting that done.
Materials needed for your chicken coop:
1. 2"x 2"x 8' lumber 8 pieces, These pieces will be for the frame of your coop. $10
2. 2 pieces 4'x 8' plywood for the roof and floors of the chicken coop. $10
3. 1 box galvanized 6d nails to fasten the frame and chicken wire. $2
4. Small roll chicken wire to enclose frame. $5
5. Small bag of straw for roosting boxes. $2
6. 25lb. bag of feed for 6 chickens last approx.2 months $8
7. 6 chicks $15
The total cost from start to finish complete with chicks and food under $100. When the beginning cost is paid, the cost per year will only be buying the chicken feed every 2 months. That's $48 a year for your fresh eggs compared to $500 per year! That's every year you save about $450 with the benefit of fresh eggs for your meals. There will be the cost of new chicks about every 3 years but if you rotate in 2 chicks per year that's only an additional $5 per year.
If you still want to cut the cost down you can use scrap materials for your frame? Wooden pallets are an option you can find thrown away in back of grocery stores or warehouse stores in your area they work well. Old fencing materials can work great too! They can either be wood or metal; both materials will keep the chickens in and the possible predators out.
By using scrap materials for building a chicken coop your cost can be reduced and you're helping the environment. The Win-Win strategy works in this situation for both you and our planet. When using the pallets for material, you can take the slats apart and reuse the nails and the lumber.
To build a small chicken coop out of pallets take apart the top of 5 pallets 1"x3" slats. Save the nails and the slats. Stand the demo pallets on edge. Nail the corners and nail one pallet on top for a roof. The slats that were saved can be used for dividing boxes and a door. This is building a chicken coop as cheap and quick as you can get.
In the economy of today cost is always a concern. One of the reasons people want to raise chickens is for the benefit of fresh eggs. Low cost of your fresh eggs is a big motivating factor of raising your own chickens. If you add up the cost of buying your eggs at the market today compared to 20 years ago, the cost is outrageous. A family of 4 eating eggs for breakfast for 3 days per week is a dozen eggs at $4.00 dozen. Multiply that by 52, and your paying $208.00 a year for eggs. If you're a family who eat eggs everyday you can double the cost to $416.00 a year. If you're a family who likes to bake or use eggs in other dishes, your cost per year can be estimated at $500.00 per year for eggs. Now that's no chicken feed.
Building a chicken coop cheap is the first step in your quest for fresh eggs. Here are some tips on getting that done.
Materials needed for your chicken coop:
1. 2"x 2"x 8' lumber 8 pieces, These pieces will be for the frame of your coop. $10
2. 2 pieces 4'x 8' plywood for the roof and floors of the chicken coop. $10
3. 1 box galvanized 6d nails to fasten the frame and chicken wire. $2
4. Small roll chicken wire to enclose frame. $5
5. Small bag of straw for roosting boxes. $2
6. 25lb. bag of feed for 6 chickens last approx.2 months $8
7. 6 chicks $15
The total cost from start to finish complete with chicks and food under $100. When the beginning cost is paid, the cost per year will only be buying the chicken feed every 2 months. That's $48 a year for your fresh eggs compared to $500 per year! That's every year you save about $450 with the benefit of fresh eggs for your meals. There will be the cost of new chicks about every 3 years but if you rotate in 2 chicks per year that's only an additional $5 per year.
If you still want to cut the cost down you can use scrap materials for your frame? Wooden pallets are an option you can find thrown away in back of grocery stores or warehouse stores in your area they work well. Old fencing materials can work great too! They can either be wood or metal; both materials will keep the chickens in and the possible predators out.
By using scrap materials for building a chicken coop your cost can be reduced and you're helping the environment. The Win-Win strategy works in this situation for both you and our planet. When using the pallets for material, you can take the slats apart and reuse the nails and the lumber.
To build a small chicken coop out of pallets take apart the top of 5 pallets 1"x3" slats. Save the nails and the slats. Stand the demo pallets on edge. Nail the corners and nail one pallet on top for a roof. The slats that were saved can be used for dividing boxes and a door. This is building a chicken coop as cheap and quick as you can get.
