Scrap Materials Chicken Coop

ImageWe built our Chicken Coop around March of 2012. I just used scrap pieces left over from putting up our house. Extra and end cuts of plywood, left over pieces of 2×4 and 2×6 from foundation forms, some old fence posts i had extra laying around, left over nails, etc. I also had some scrap tin left over from a wood shed i constructed, to i thought that would make a good roof. Inside the roosts are made from Maple branches i cut and and then screwed into place. Seems to work great. I think the only thing i had to buy was a small roll of chicken wire (approx $10). Keeps them plenty warm and out of the elements in the winter and rainy seasons, and vented enough to keep them cool in the summer. We had a few more at one time, but after a little culling and some chicken dinners, we are now down to 9 chickens. Americana’s, Naked necks, Coo-Coo Morans, Bardrock, and a few other breeds I recieved from a barter than I am unsure of the breed. Farm fresh Eggs all year round.