I have one 2 month old chicken who needs a house. I don’t want to buy a 200 dollar one online. What do i do?
We’re into recycling old material for pens, coops and animal housing, and you may have some material right in your garage that could work.
Truck caps make great small, portable coops. You can also use CPVC pipes with connectors and wrap chicken wire around it. If you plan on housing your bird in another building, such as a garage or barn, you can use basic wooden 1x2s to frame it and use hardware mesh or chicken wire for the top and sides. Old screens screwed together at the corners work too (we use these for our chick pens).
You can build anything out of old pallets and chicken wire!
On a side note, get your chicken a couple of friends… they can get very stressed being by themselves, as they are a social animal. Being alone is very unnatural for them, and increases their risk of predation. Even two other pullets around the same age won’t take up much space, and you’ll have happier, healthier birds for it.
You can use anything you want to make one. The bottom line is to keep it secure from predators.
Google chicken coops and look at the plans to make them. Take those ideas and create you own with what you have available. Just down size it as you only have one chicken. Although I suggest getting atleast one more as they are social animals and enjoy the company.
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well i made a avery in two days for seven budgies so a coop for one chook to me sounds easy go to a hardware store you can get a 200m roll of chiken wire for about $20 the get a bit of tin for the roof about $10 {just the cheep stuf} then bild a frame to put it on and that i must admit is the most expencive part but build it your self it will cost about $50 at the most the find a stick so the chook can roost on it so at the most an $80 home wont look to bad but garented to keep out foxes cats and other dangers such as weather and rain.{the door can be siply cut and tied wire}
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If I only had one chicken I would build something like a rabbit hutch and close up the sides with some wood or siding.
I would make a ladder for the chicken to climb in and out of the cage with an 8ft 2×4 and use some 1×2 strips of firring to make the rungs on the ladder.
Once you build this cage "coop" you need to keep the bird in there for a minimum of 48hrs so it will know where to go when it gets dark.
If you end up with a hen,I would put a small box with straw in it so she would have a place to lay her eggs once she starts laying. . . don’t need a rooster for a hen to lay eggs,only need one if you want to get fertilzed eggs for hatching.
Always be sure to close the door to the "coop" at night so that nothing can get to it.
Good Luck
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Chicken Lady
We’re into recycling old material for pens, coops and animal housing, and you may have some material right in your garage that could work.
Truck caps make great small, portable coops. You can also use CPVC pipes with connectors and wrap chicken wire around it. If you plan on housing your bird in another building, such as a garage or barn, you can use basic wooden 1x2s to frame it and use hardware mesh or chicken wire for the top and sides. Old screens screwed together at the corners work too (we use these for our chick pens).
You can build anything out of old pallets and chicken wire!
On a side note, get your chicken a couple of friends… they can get very stressed being by themselves, as they are a social animal. Being alone is very unnatural for them, and increases their risk of predation. Even two other pullets around the same age won’t take up much space, and you’ll have happier, healthier birds for it.
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Stonefield Hill Farm, fancy poultry breeder
you can make one for even cheaper. i have chickens and i bulit the a coop, all you need is chicken wire, a water-proof cover, and a long stick(one thats long enough to stretch across you cage) and your set. you cut 6 even squares make a block and the front is going to be the door and you use cords to put the edges together. then you use the stick and stick it across the cage for the chicken to roost on. the cover is for harsh weather or rain and car covers work really well and don’t cost that much. hoped that helped.
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past experience
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