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Very nice I'm building a small one from a crate now. Thanks for the ideas.	"Le Grand Habitant"http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=100816Live with wife/partner, 2 shepherds, 1 new hampshire red, 2 black stars, 2 ameraucanas, several polish chicks to come, and pond full of Koi
post #72 of 86	4/4/12 at 1:12pm	3forfree
Originally Posted by canesisters Was near Knoxville a couple of weeks ago visiting some family. We went to a used books store (LOVED IT) and there was some sort of furnature store next door. I had a FIT when I saw the PILE of huge crates and crate parts laying all over the lot behind the stores. If I had had some way to haul them home - I'd have been ALL OVER it.
The feed store near me has a pile of old pallets the size of a barn (the pile - not the pallets) behind their back shed. He said they just toss them back there and let them rot and I can have them if I want them. I was hesitant during the cold months - wondering how much good that old wood could be... and now I'm afraid of the snakes and spiders..... What do yall think? Worth the risk? From what I can see of it, it's all pretty greyed out by weather. I don't care how it looks - but don't want to have to replace boards just a few months after putting them together.
If you can get pallets get the yellow ones, they are the newest, Look somewhere else if you can't find them at the feed store. I get pallets from a carpet outlet, not the store where they sell carpet, but from the place that gets the carpet from the mills. This place has some nice ones.
I got 3 trailer loads from them and they were happy to give them to me.
Reply	post #73 of 86	4/26/12 at 6:47pm	bluelucky
I wish I could find a small one about 36"x36"..
Reply	Reply	post #74 of 86	5/1/12 at 12:42pm	Jadnils
WOW ! Very nice coop ! I hope your chickens appreciate it !
Reply	post #75 of 86	5/3/12 at 4:45am	San
Reply	post #76 of 86	5/3/12 at 1:42pm	Mzkynd
Originally Posted by crossgirl Oh, I have coop envy! That is fabulous!! That is exactly what I was going to say ~ Mzkynd ~The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German ProverbKyndvalley.blogspot.com
Reply	post #77 of 86	7/17/12 at 8:13am	gisbert
Hi there. I enjoyed reading your "coop creation" a lot.
Reply	Reply	post #78 of 86	10/7/12 at 6:07pm	PamelaTX
I know this thread is a bit old but I wanted to chime in....very nice coop! Love it!
Reply	post #79 of 86	10/11/12 at 9:52am	walady944
I am bookmarking your coop pics; such wonderful resource for when we finally get some time to build something - hopeful in the next couple mos to prepare for getting a few "girls" in the late winter or early spring. Thanks for sharing this wonderful design.
retired RN, mother, grandmother, quilter, love travel; new to chickens, having fun with my mixed flock of babies, now 2 mos old & enjoying new coop; cream legbars are 2 weeks old now; excited to have 2 Brabanters also 2 weeks old. Reply	retired RN, mother, grandmother, quilter, love travel; new to chickens, having fun with my mixed flock of babies, now 2 mos old & enjoying new coop; cream legbars are 2 weeks old now; excited to have 2 Brabanters also 2 weeks old. Reply	post #80 of 86	1/5/13 at 4:27pm	chickencrazy989
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The Duck Thread	Last post on Yesterday at 4:45 am in Ducks
Lost I need help	Last post on 6/20/12 at 11:47am in Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
Coop Design Questions!!!!	Last post on 2/19/12 at 7:04am in Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
Edited on 5/11/13	Serenity Garden Coop (Witchita Cabin knockoff)
Edited on 3/18/13	Covered Wagon and Chik'n Hut Mobile Chicken Coops
Edited on 2/6/13	Recent Reviews
Full Review	New Posts All Forums:Forum Nav:HomeSubscriptionsPrivate MessagesWho's OnlineBYC ForumSocial Group Forums Forum Information and FAQs Frequently Asked Questions BYC Website & Forum Feedback & Announcements Mobile Feedback Sponsored Content, Contests, and Giveaways Raising BackYard Chickens Incubating & Hatching Eggs Hatch-A-Longs Raising Baby Chicks Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance Feeding & Watering Your Flock Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures Predators and Pests Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying Managing Your Flock Meat Birds ETC Local Chicken Laws & Ordinances (and how to change them) Pictures & Stories of My Chickens Chicken Breeds Breeds, Genetics, & Showing What Breed Or Gender is This? Online Poultry Show Chicken Breeders & Hatcheries Social New Member Introductions Family Life - Stories, Pictures & Updates Where am I? Where are you! Games, Jokes, and Fun! Chickenstocks, Shows, Meet-Ups Egg, Chicken, & Other Favorite Recipes Random Ramblings Other BackYard Poultry Ducks Geese Ornamental Fowl (Swans, etc.) Turkeys Quail Guinea Fowl Peafowl Pheasants and Partridge (Chukar) Pigeons and Doves Ostriches, Emu, Rheas Caged Birds - Finches, Canaries, Cockatiels, Parrots, etc. Miscellaneous Hobbies Gardening www.TheEasyGarden.com DIY / Self Sufficiency www.SufficientSelf.com Other Pets & Livestock www.BackYardHerds.com Buy ~ Sell ~ Trade Chicken Hatching Eggs Chicks 1 Day to 8 Weeks Old Chickens 8 Weeks & Older Other Poultry - Birds & Hatching Eggs Animals In Need of Free Re-Homing Everything Else Buy Sell Trade Rules - MUST READ & AGREE TO PARTICIPATE Buy Sell Auction - Archives	Our Shipping Crate Coop - finally finished!!! (pic heavy)	- Page 8 Subscribe	Search This Thread	« Previous123456789Next »	Start a New Thread	post #71 of 86	4/4/12 at 11:17am	msf
Very nice I'm building a small one from a crate now. Thanks for the ideas.	"Le Grand Habitant"http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=100816Live with wife/partner, 2 shepherds, 1 new hampshire red, 2 black stars, 2 ameraucanas, several polish chicks to come, and pond full of Koi
post #72 of 86	4/4/12 at 1:12pm	3forfree
Originally Posted by canesisters Was near Knoxville a couple of weeks ago visiting some family. We went to a used books store (LOVED IT) and there was some sort of furnature store next door. I had a FIT when I saw the PILE of huge crates and crate parts laying
 all over the lot behind the stores. If I had had some way to haul them home - I'd have been ALL OVER it.
The feed store near me has a pile of old pallets the size of a barn (the pile - not the pallets) behind their back shed. He said they just toss them back there and let them rot and I can have them if I want them. I was hesitant during the cold months - wondering how much good that old wood could be... and now I'm afraid of the snakes and spiders..... What do yall think? Worth the risk? From what I can see of it, it's all pretty greyed out by weather. I don't care how it looks - but don't want to have to replace boards just a few months after putting them together.
If you can get pallets get the yellow ones, they are the newest, Look somewhere else if you can't find them at the feed store. I get pallets from a carpet outlet, not the store where they sell carpet, but from the place that gets the carpet from the mills. This place has some nice ones.
I got 3 trailer loads from them and they were happy to give them to me.
Reply	post #73 of 86	4/26/12 at 6:47pm	bluelucky
I wish I could find a small one about 36"x36"..
Reply	Reply	post #74 of 86	5/1/12 at 12:42pm	Jadnils
WOW ! Very nice coop ! I hope your chickens appreciate it !
Reply	post #75 of 86	5/3/12 at 4:45am	San
Reply	post #76 of 86	5/3/12 at 1:42pm	Mzkynd
Originally Posted by crossgirl Oh, I have coop envy! That is fabulous!! That is exactly what I was going to say ~ Mzkynd ~The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German ProverbKyndvalley.blogspot.com
Reply	post #77 of 86	7/17/12 at 8:13am	gisbert
Hi there. I enjoyed reading your "coop creation" a lot.
Reply	Reply	post #78 of 86	10/7/12 at 6:07pm	PamelaTX
I know this thread is a bit old but I wanted to chime in....very nice coop! Love it!
Reply	post #79 of 86	10/11/12 at 9:52am	walady944
I am bookmarking your coop pics; such wonderful resource for when we finally get some time to build something - hopeful in the next couple mos to prepare for getting a few "girls" in the late winter or early spring. Thanks for sharing this wonderful design.
retired RN, mother, grandmother, quilter, love travel; new to chickens, having fun with my mixed flock of babies, now 2 mos old & enjoying new coop; cream legbars are 2 weeks old now; excited to have 2 Brabanters also 2 weeks old. Reply	retired RN, mother, grandmother, quilter, love travel; new to chickens, having fun with my mixed flock of babies, now 2 mos old & enjoying new coop; cream legbars are 2 weeks old now; excited to have 2 Brabanters also 2 weeks old. Reply	post #80 of 86	1/5/13 at 4:27pm	chickencrazy989
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