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DIY Chicken Coop for Less Than $15

By Heidi 10 Comments ✓ This post may contain affiliate links*

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DIY Chicken Coop for Less Than $15If you’ve ever thought about getting chickens so you can have fresh eggs every day (thus saving any money that you spend on eggs), then you probably already know that you will need a chicken coop.

The problem is, most prebuilt coops cost several hundred dollars, thus erasing any money you’ll save on eggs. Even if you go through a couple dozen eggs a week, it would be well over a year before saving enough on eggs to offset the cost of a prebuilt chicken coop. Besides, not everyone has hundreds of dollars lying around.

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Fortunately, if you can gather some scrap wood and are willing to do a little work, you can build your own chicken coop for less than $15. If that sounds too good to be true, watch this video by DIY Homestead Muddy Acres.

Here’s what she used to build it:

  • Used pallets – Free on Craigslist
  • Screening for windows – $9.70
  • Hinges and latches for doors – $1.97

It took her three days to build the coop from these materials. It ended up being 7×10 feet and includes four nesting boxes, windows for light, roosting bars, and everything else a chicken needs. Watch the video below to check it out.

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  1. cadenaspe341 says

    April 13, 2018 at 7:56 am

    You can use woodprix, it has the best handbooks and ready instructions. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.

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  2. Evelyn Rogers says

    March 23, 2019 at 1:04 pm

    Hi. If you do need protection from critters chicken wire isn’t good . You have to use hard wire cloth. You gave some good ideas . Thanks

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    • Kathy Musick says

      April 3, 2019 at 6:39 pm

      You should use sand on the floor. It can be cleaned easier. Also, you probably will need dropping boards under the roost. This will also be easier to keep the coop clean. This reduces the smell and flies.

      Reply
  3. Lynne says

    September 16, 2019 at 9:46 pm

    Is that cardboard on the walls? If so, is it for insulation?

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  4. CSellers says

    September 14, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    How is it possible that that entire coop is made from pallets? I’m sorry but that access door isn’t, the front isn’t and that door isn’t. If you’re going to advertise something at least make it look like what you’re saying it is.

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    • [email protected] hotmail. Com says

      November 23, 2020 at 4:12 pm

      No diy throws anything away so the price is what you spend out of pocket. Let us see yours and evaluate the
      Work of a true engineering genius who is obviously as intelligent as he is critical.

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      • Lulu says

        November 23, 2020 at 9:36 pm

        Was thinking the same thing. Always someone not happy with what others offer for free. Always someone having a go and finding fault. Ugh.

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    • BC says

      January 19, 2021 at 6:11 pm

      The title is definitely misleading. You could just as easily go find some old windows and hinges for free on CL and then the cost is 0.00. They clearly used items other than pallets which is fine but you could just as easily keep your eye for a free coop.

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  5. Mike Hocanson says

    November 23, 2020 at 12:59 pm

    Do you have some kind of instructions to show how you put this altogether?

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  6. Tom Roach says

    November 24, 2020 at 1:33 pm

    Well done. Excellent design /engineering. My company occasionally receives product or machines that require large skids / pallets and have solid plywood larger than the size of the door you used. Unless we could find anyone who wanted the skids / pallets, they were discarded. Again, well done!

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