whole mobile chicken coop made from recycled/found materials

[bibliophile birds]

just put my chicken wagon up on BYC and thought i'd share it over here since it's made of 99% recycled materials!

come check it out here!

- old hay wagon: free
- stacks and stacks of wood: free
- 25 sheets of 20 ft tin roofing: free
- 2 doors: free
- window: free
- nails and screws: free
- old shelves: free
- nest boxes made from old beehive boxes: free
- gate: free
- fencing: free
- roof turbine: free
- 55 gallon drum: free
- 1 bag metal roofing screws: $15

 

[savingdogs]

Ours is pieced together too! It works great though. Can we see a picture?

 

[noobiechickenlady]

LOVE IT! It looks great!
Mine is almost completely recycled I had to buy a few cinderblocks, some concrete mix & the screws. Oh, and the white paint, because the camper shell was black & it got too hot in our steamy summer.

Camper shell for the roof (built in windows with screen, woohoo), pallets for the walls, cinderblocks for the foundation, old 55g plastic barrel & milk crates for the nest box.

Too bad mine is sitting empty right now. My remaining 2 chickens are roosting inside the house at the moment. :/

 

[Blackbird]

What does it look like? Can you post a picture on here perhaps..? BYC doesn't work for me..

 

[savingdogs]

Awesome pictorial. Makes me wish we had an old wagon laying around, but we sure as heck don't!

 

[ksalvagno]

That is one great looking chicken wagon. Nice job!

 

[freemotion]

Nice work! Coop envy!

 

[Farmfresh]

Pretty slick! I love things built from scraps!

 

[Lady Henevere]

Love it! Nice work!

 

[deb4o]

Great idea and a wonderful job