Making a chicken house by using recycled building materials is a handy and recommended technique. The workload isn’t very different from a conventional structure, but you will save plenty of money on the materials. Check out this project from Lone Grove, Oklahoma, which used 3 wood pallets together in order to make a 42 by 126 inches floor. Follow the instructions from the tutorial and you should have no problems building a similar structure. Now, your chickens have a brand new home with little money and you can focus on something else in your household.
3 wood pallets – a ‘floor’ 42 inches wide by 126 inches long (each pallet is exactly 42″ square)
This view is looking at the backside, you can see the 4 nests I’ve placed in the closest end. In the far end will be the roosting area.
“Bought 4 sheets of 1/2 inch CDX plywood from McCoy’s @ $10.99 sheet, working now to get the sides covered. I’m pretty much cutting the 4X8 sheets of plywood in half, making 4 ft by 4 ft squares. This view is of the nesting area.” By Butch Bridges
I love this design! Is there anyway to get more detailed instructions on how to put this together?
Love this idea ! Was trying to explain something along these lines to my son and husband. Would love the step by step instructions. Please
ok so that looks terribly unstable. The legs aren’t braced. It’s a great base for an idea but please don’t build this people. It WILL knock over very easily unless you brace those legs!!
If you can ,can you send me the instructions and what I need to built me a chicken house.my is old and about to fell in.Thank you! 80 DeepWoods Rd,McKenzie, Alabama 36456.
Can I get some detailed instructions on how to make this? It is perfect for our needs. Thanks!!
Any chance to have instructions posted along with these photos?? Thank you!
would love step by step instructions Please~ & Thanks
Details on oklahomahistory.net Chicken coop project was the title