Building your own low cost
chicken coop, is a great
idea to save money, and a rewarding do it yourself
project. Purchasing a fully assembled chicken coop
will be much more expensive, as much as double the
cost, from your local supply store, and takes away
the self satisfaction of doing it yourself.
Here
are some valuable tips, that show you how to build a
low cost chicken coop,where the cost saving areas
are hiding, and at the same time, maintain a good
quality standard.
5 Valuable Tips
1. First thing to do is determine a design. Do
some research, find the design most suited for your
space, location, and style desired. A good chicken
coop design will include a set of plans and a bill
of materials to work with.
2. With the bill of materials, you can get cost
estimates, and establish a budget guideline to
follow. It is best to get the pricing on brand new
materials so you can compare and realize the cost
savings you are about to experience as we explain
the following methods below.
3. The most expensive area, when building a
chicken coop
are the materials. Look for second hand
materials is the first step to saving money over new
materials, when possible. Start by looking around
your own home, and you may be surprised on items
discarded long ago, but have actual value, and may
be applied for this project.
4 Another area most do not consider are the
second hand material stores. There are many out
there, just need to look around. They have many
items from building renovation projects, and you can
realize in many cases a savings of 50% or better,
compared to brand new material. Now you can compare
cost of second hand to brand new, and see the
savings for yourself.
5. Do it yourself, you can save quiet a bit of
money, instead of purchasing a completed one from
the store. Just consider this a fun project, or
hobby and do it yourself.
With these tips, you can save money, without
sacrificing quality. Many second hand materials are
older, and found to be stronger and in many cases,
more durable, for instance, old metal roofing can be
of a thicker gage metal material than brand new, but
you find at half the cost. That is just one example,
sometimes hardware, like hinges, are stronger, and
can save money, buying second hand.
I found there are quiet a few considerations to
make when building a
chicken coop
at low cost. In fact what really
surprised me were my neighbors, the experts, who all
have chicken coops. They are the experts as they
explained to me, in great detail, and almost lead me
into the same expensive mistakes they made, when
building a
chicken coop
themselves.
