Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: Zak the Rabbit on March 03, 2007, 17:58
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Hi All,
as promised (long ago, i know) heres the plans that i followed for my chookhouse. I scaled the dimensions down to half the floor space for mine, as this design is for twice as many chooks as i intend to have
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w71/zaktherabbit/hen_house.gif)
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Very nice Zac, they sure will help.
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can i ask how much (approx) this would cost to make?
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well, mine was only half the floor area and built using wood salvaged from pallets, and a few spare fence posts, the pallets cost me £1.50 each and i needed about 10. Other wood i had spare.
The hardware is the most expensive - it uses a lot of nails! Use annular ring nails if you can.
Even buying everything new, it should be less than a ton (£100), but dont forget a run as well, and to account for the cost of feeders, feedstuffs etc!
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have you got any chooks in it yet zak?
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not yet, still a bit of finishing off to do, and the run to complete (nearly there!)
should be all done and everything bought and ready by end of the month, then i will get some chooks in april at the selby livestock auction.
Im only working normal office hours this week, so hopefully will get the run finished.
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can i ask how much (approx) this would cost to make?
Try your local salvage yard, any pallets at factorys etc, I built one out of MDF once and yes I know your not supposed to put MDF outside but I glossed mine, think the only thing I paid 4 was the bolt for the door and a couple of hinges. Out lived my hens 2+ yrs easily.
Basically scrounge :lol: