Our goal is to make the coop in the least expensive way possible. We hugely support the reuse of materials and creative use of salvaged goods. We try to be as "green" as financially possible (although being green is often the less expensive way to live anyway- we like this!).
We were feeling discouraged with our attempts until (after a little prayer and patience) we had some success. I had been driving down to Claverack a few days a week to work on an archaeological dig for work and on my way would pass a forestry supply store with a HUGE pile of wood and sawdust at the end of their driveway. When I finally made the call to inquire about the wood and received the response that it was indeed free I was exstatic! I gathered wood from the pile for several days, a pretty dirty job but no more dirty than working in the dirt all day!
Adam also returned home one day with 4 pallets he had discovered and some plexiglass panels that had been salvaged from a local shop that was closing (these would become the floors and windows of the coop. Adam also made a craigslist discovery of a man who was tearing his deck down and we were able to get some 2"X4"s for free from him.
We continued our materials gathering with a trip to the ReStore in Menands where we took home 5 free closet door panels and we purchased 2 doors (one for the coop-$10 and one for the run-$8), some hinges and handles (total $5?), and a couple of vent covers($2 for both).
We found some materials in our garage that we'd use on the coop including roofing paper and some siding.
The only materials we purchased new were:
Chicken wire and hardware cloth for the coop and run.
2"X4"s and 4"X4"s for the run construction.
Linoleum sheet flooring for the floor of the coop.
Sheet roofing.
Below are some pictures of construction from the first weekend:
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