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Check Out the Coop!

It took us several weeks to get this silly coop together with all the rain we've been having here in Oklahoma. It's been a crazy wet year. We've broken so many records that I can't even keep track of them all. Last I heard we've had about 26 inches of rain in our area just this season. All that rain meant many days of Hubby home from work unable to work on any projects. But will a friend of mine holding chickens for us we had to get the coop built quickly.

I keep telling Hubby that he can make the prettiest things out of junk. I'm serious! Look at our coop! Doesn't it look great? It was made our of mostly free junk we had laying around the property!


First we attached it to the side of the shed to save on materials. Then we used the shelf that was already there that we used for the boys outside toys for their nesting area. (Still needs a little work. We have to put dividers up so they will actually hatch eggs in their own boxes). We used scrap wood from around the yard and from pallets we've been collecting for the framing and base of the floor. We used pallet slats for the front and trim around the roof. And we had some metal laying around that we used for the roof. We had to purchase the plywood for the floor and the chicken wire for the sides. We even had this exterior door laying around.

It's great to hold onto things that aren't used during a remodel because you never know when you could use them again. My sister in law had these things laying around waiting to be put to a good use. So here is our almost free chicken coop! I love the old barn look it has!

Hubby and I are planning our coop now. Ours will have to be free standing and mobile to move around the property and much larger but we are going to try for a similar look.

  1. Because pallets are free! 
  2. Because we really love the look of this coop.
These are our practice chickens and coop. As we figure out what works and what doesn't we will know better what to build for us on our property so we can build up our large chicken flock.


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