How to Build a Pallet Chicken House - Start to Finish
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2015
- My husband and I collaborated to make this video showing you how we built our chicken house utilizing free pallets, scrap materials, and new materials we purchased. Our total cost for this chicken house was less than $200.
Note: We had quite a bit of the materials already on hand, your cost may be higher!
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This is the smartest thing I've seen all day! The other vids are too complicated and out of my budget. I'm only 16 btw so I don't have much money
It is not a high end coop, but it could get you started. We all need a starting point!
This was the BEST example of a pallet coop I've seen in a while. You guys have great step-by-step instructions. I wish it was a bit lighter inside so we could see how you did the nest boxes and food/water stations. Overall, great vid.
The nest boxes were just some metal ones we were given that we modified to fit. We feed and water outside so there are no stations set up inside for that. To clean out we open both doors, remove the nest box and rake out everything into our wheel barrel to go to the compost pile. I do deep bedding so we clean out/replace shavings every 4-6 months.
This is by far the smartest and most efficient and cost-effective way to build a chicken coop and I really appreciate you guys making this video so that I can save money
I know this video is 7 years ago, but made my own this past January, I love the big door and egg shelf. Ours is so crowded and hard to get to, I'll have to modify what my parents did into something similar to yours. Love the eggplant color and scheme!
got 10 new babies from tsc. new chicken mom but I can totally do this. Thank you!
Very well done. I have been collecting pallets now for a few weeks time, watching craigslist and waiting for more, need to move my larger chicken pen and build a new house for them soon. This was very helpful thank you!
That is awesome. Been looking for a pallet made chicken coop. Thanks for sharing
AMAZING!!! NICE JOB FOLKS. GOD BLESS YOU
this is so awesome. im going to build this as soon as i can
Well done! I need to build a bigger coop and plan to do the same with my pallets. Your video shows what I need to do. (Damn chicken math! )🤪🐓🐔🐥
Thanks for posting! Cheers!
Pure Newfie Thanks! And I totally understand about chicken math lol. Blessings to you!
Nice job !!!!!!
Great video! I have to put the doors on tomorrow and I'll be done. I decided to shorten the legs to help the coop line up to my covered run better and I found some finished exterior paneling that was 70% off because the tongue/groove was damaged that makes the coop a bit more appealing to the eye and saved some money too.
Good job, glad our video was helpful!
Very nice, thank-you and best!
Very nice build and it is great that you showed the steps in building it.
How does your coop handle the winter months? Looks really good. Thank you for sharing.
This project is awesome. Yall did a great job. I might have to borrow your idea for my feathered friends. Thanks for this video.
drchefscott Thanks for watching! Feel free to use all or part of this idea to build your own!
looks great
Thank you!
Not sure if you’ll see this but I’m about to make a pallet coop for my chickens and I have two questions. Without any insulation does it stay warm enough in there in the winter? My winters can be freezing or below for short times so I wonder if I need to insulate. Second question, have you had any invaders in your coop (fox or raccoons)? Has it been pretty secure? I have the pallets in my yard ready and I’m super excited. It’s seems so much easier and cheaper than building from scratch. Thanks for your video.
claymonsterpottery we are in zone 7b so it can get at freezing or below for short times and my chickens do fine. We did a 5 year update on this coop if you want to go check that out, we talked about some things we would have done differently. As far as predators go, we’ve had snakes get in but we have dogs that keep other predators away, as long as you make a way to close them up at night you shouldn’t have any problems. My father in law has had some predator issues though and they put a couple of strands of electric fence (at the top and bottom) on their chicken run and that solved the problem. The coop itself is tough, a bear could probably break in but I don’t see anything smaller than that going through it. Hope that answers your questions.
great job
great vid, thank you!
You're welcome!
wow super awesome love your videos I hope mine was as good I have alot to learn thx for your help.🤠👍
Glad to help!
Love the name!!
Thank you!
your coop looks great... I have 2 question. now that your are done with the build and time has gone by, Is there anything you wish you had done different... and, about how much do you think you actually invested in your build...
Rick J There are a couple of things I wish we would have done. i wish we had put down a piece if linolium on the floor of the coop so it is easier to clean out and i wish we would have made external nest boxes with a flip up lid instead of opening that big door on the side. If cost wasn't a consideration i would probably have put actual siding of some sort on the outside instead of the painted plywood, we did have some slight swelling in places on the plywood after the first rain. Our total investment was less than $200 but I dont remember the actual amount and we had quite a bit of scrap materials on hand also. We have not had to invest anything else into the coop and 2 years later its still rock solid.
@@GrowingaJoyfulLife I wondered about the clean out part. The flooring would've been a nice touch.
Nice job
Screws and washers to hold the metal on the roof for height winds
I really like this design. You can make it out of pallets without having to break up the pallets...which we all know is horrendous! Good job. New sub here x
Mrs Hurried Mum thank you!
Hidden Hill Homestead I’ve just seen that you haven’t posted for 9 months. Are you not doing YT anymore?
Mrs Hurried Mum we had a lot going on in the last 9 months and was unable to put out any videos, and now with the changes to the youtube partner program im not sure. Ill decide this spring.
Very nice
I wish I had the know how to do this. This veteran doesn't though. Guess I'll be buying a pre fabbed coop and try to reinforce
Very nice 👍
Foxx Runner thank you 😊
Use Robertson screws, they are better for wood working!
Nice job! I need to figure out how to cut those holes in the wood.
We just drew an outline for the hole and used a drill to get started and cut it out with a jigsaw.
Thanks. I might give this a try if I can find enough pallets.
Not to pry to much but how did your chickens do in winter? I live in Maryland so our winters are some what mild at times but also down right brutal. Do you heat you coop or do they do ok? What are the dimensions?
My chickens have done fine in it for 2 winters now. I do not heat my coop at all and am in zone 7. I'm sorry but I don't remember the demensions off hand if I have time I'll try to remember to go out and measure it later. Thank you for watching!
Robert, research 'cold weather chickens' if you get them from a hatchery. Some chickens fair much better in cold weather than others. I'm in PA and my chickens always do fine inside a coop that's only insulated with ( can you believe it?) cardboard and empty paper feed and dog food bags. It's a solid wood structure and I put plastic over the wire on the walk in door to the coop to keep out floor drafts in cold weather.
Can you tell me how you secured your 2x6 to peak the roof? We used your plans and tweaked them a bit but I don't know how I'm going to secure that 2x6.
Jen C if you go to the 3:43 mark in the video. We screwed a 2x4 to the 2x6 before we put it up there, then used the 2x4 to attach it to the top of the pallets.
Very nice job...how about a big decal or paint it on of a rooster on one side and a hen on the other side below where it said "The Egg Plant" (which is a darling name).
Sandra Van Lankvelt thank you, that sounds like a really cute idea!
I love the coop.... You did a great job.
Thank you!
Looks great. How many chickens do you have?
Thank you, we have around 20 chickens.
Great job, guys! It looks awesome, and I bet the girls all love it! And the color and name are cute. ;)
I finally just caught up on your videos. You're doing great! I love the thumbnail on this one too. I have a series coming up that I think most off-grinders will enjoy, so watch for it soon! :)
+Hankerin' For The Homestead Thanks! I can't wait to see what you guys are doing!
+Hidden Hill Homestead Me either! Haha! I'm working on them, so hopefully in the next day or two! :)
@HalleluYah Homestead the greatest success that i've had was by following the coop magic tactic (just google it) definately the best course that I've tried.
I would close that gap across the back. Snakes love chicken eggs and will try to get in. And they love eating chicks
If you did extra nest box how would you attach them
If you wanted an external nest box I would probably just not make that big door where my nest box is and cut a hole there to attach it.
Ok thank you for the in put. I have already started with your design thank you
How man pallets did you use?
Bonnie Zelenka I think 9 but I don’t remember for sure. You can probably go back through the video and count them though to be sure.
I didnt read all 79 comments, but I am about to build one by myself. Would you by chance have a list of the materials you used? Nails, screws, plywood, pallets, etc.?
Dejanira Dorries I don’t, I’m sorry.
Thanks for sharing. I have seen squirrels and other small rodent animals come through those small openings,but good job.
They are just food for the chickens, though...
How many pallets total did you use?
Terri Perry I’m so sorry but I can’t remember, this was about 5 years ago. I know we used 3 for the bottom, and possibly 5 for the walls. You will have to go back and count them in the videotape be sure though.
we are looking to make a coop i like your chicken coop
thank you, and thanks for watching!
Nice job. Hope snakes aren't a problem with that gap.
lechatboote over 2 years now since we built this and so far no snakes ☺
Awesome video! I have been researching DYI pallet chicken coops and your video is hands down the best! Thank you much! I have plans to build a coop in the coming weeks. Take care!
Thank you so much for the comment! It’s been 5 years since we built this and I plan to post an update video soon showing how it’s held up!
@@GrowingaJoyfulLife that would be so helpful to see how it held up after five years. Thank you for your reply!
If you have black snakes they love eggs
it just registered that was a plastic egg BWAHA.
Amelia Kendrick yes, i have wooden ones now in each box. It encourages the hens to lay in the nest boxes instead of in the back corner (that was annoying!) or outside somewhere.
The price of plywood and 2x4 now in 2023 make this a $400 build at minimum.
Nice work!!!! Thank you so much