How to Build a Cheap Chicken Coop With a Limited Budget

Tens of thousands home owners from all around the world are looking to house chickens in their backyards. But the majority of these people all encounter the same problem, the cost of purchasing a coop to house their flock of chickens is too high. During this current recession, the majority of us can't afford to throw money away. We need to be looking at cheap options for everything, including housing chickens. The good news is that I've discovered a cheap way of building your chicken coop, so if you're on a limited budget you might want to build your own chicken coop instead of purchasing a pre-built coop.

I know what you're thinking, it's going to take a lot of work to build a chicken coop, and you'd be right. It does take a lot of work, but it is FUN work, and the rewards are worth it. You'll have your own coop customised to your needs, you'll be saving a lot of money too. In fact, building your own coop is around 50% cheaper than purchasing a pre-built one. So if you want to save money and you're up for a challenge then you need to consider building your own cheap chicken coop.

How can you get started? Well you need to decide how many chickens you're going to house in your coop, obviously. The more chickens, the bigger the coop is going to be. Then you want to pick up a resource book that will guide you through the WHOLE process of building your own coop. These guides are relatively inexpensive when you pick them up from the Internet.

Once you have a guide in your possession, it's just a matter of purchasing the building materials from a DIY store. The good news is that usually the good chicken coop guides will tell you exactly what you need. AND they'll tell you exactly how to go about building it... the whole process, from the first screw to the last. It doesn't get any better than that.

If you're still not sold on the idea of building your own coop, then here's something that might. The general cost. If you bought a medium sized coop that is pre-built then you could expect to pay anywhere from $800 to $2000, but if you built a medium sized coop instead, then you're looking at purchasing the required materials for $400! Plus the cost of the guide, $30. Total cost = $430. If that takes your fancy then pick up the required chicken coop guide, purchase the materials and build your own customised chicken coop.

These are just some pointers I have learned over my years of raising hens and building chicken coops and runs. For more information of what to do to make building your chicken coops as much fun as possible then drop by my site by clicking right here