Pallet Chicken Coop Build | It's basically blast-proof!

Building our chicken coop out of pallets saved us big $$$! Alex custom designed and built our DIY chicken coop out of free shipping pallets! This thing is STURDY, weighing over 1,000 lbs.

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It was a little extra work to haul and process the recycled material, but it was all completely free to us. In fact, many businesses have to PAY to get rid of excess pallets. If you want tons of free lumber, just make a couple phone calls!

Virtually everything for the coop was recycled material or leftover from a past project, but here is what we (unfortunately) DID have to buy for this project:

Twelve 2x4x8s:$40
Four 2x6x10s:$38
Door hinges:$28
Metal roofing:$95
Roofing screws: $12
Pneumatic staple gun:$40
1/2" staples:$4
Three 2'x5' rolls of wire mesh: $25
Window hinges:$8

Total Build Cost:$290

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ABOUT US: We are Alex and Elaina, a couple in our 20s who are currently living on the 3-acre farm in southern Pennsylvania where Alex grew up. We have a garden, backyard chickens, and build or fix anything that we need to. We still work corporate day jobs, but are working to eventually leave the 9-5 lifestyle in favor of a self-built, debt-free, homestead on 6 acres nearby.

We upload a YouTube video every Saturday night at 7️⃣pm EST, and post daily on Instagram.

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[michaelanthony]

So my wife said to me last week that she is going to make a chicken coop from pallets and i looked at her like she was crazy....this is absolutely genius and i most certainly shared this video with her! Great Job!!

[SkullsAndSugar]

Thank you for this! I purchased some coop plans and after pricing the materials it was $800! I got a bunch of free pallets from a neighbor and I'm going to make this.

[adamwolf]

34:55 "We are gonna have some smooth glidin poop!" lol.... You did a very noice job and kudos to both of you for putting in the effort and perhaps most importantly enstilling the value of having chickens and being as self suficcient as possible.

[Road_Rash]

I'd love to find that big a pile of free lumber! I'd be making multiple trips with my big trailer...Lol!

[cldymond]

You should definitely put the linoleum 6-12 inches up the sides as well for easier cleaning, seal with exterior caulking.

[MariaGonzalez-yweh]

I love the coop. I love the groove on the panels. Don't worry about the letters on the inside. I love your project. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[effinericsloan]

this is actually the nicest pallet coop i've seen so far. hope it has last over the year.

[bradleach]

Grinder with a cut off wheel. Worked great for my garden boxes! Use a file to clean up and cold gal spray paint!

[fatheremmons]

The mother load of free wood! Coop turned out awesome.

[Foxiepawstotti]

The airgap between the pallet sides would insulate it pretty well too, I think. Great coop, I will probably try something similar myself.

[heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

New subscriber from Michigan, we are hoing to msking alot of skid builing next year for our homestead. Thank you for sharing till next time God Bless.

[YoungSirsDad]

Love your design. We did a smaller modified version. For our coop we selected a taller pallet for one of the side walls and then did a single shed roof from left to right. We didn't have access to free plywood so I bought 4X8 siding for the exterior. We designed our roof to be 8' long so that we didn't need to do any cuts and bought 2 8' long sheets. Instead of cutting the roofing we're just overlapping the material. We're in WI so we put insulation in the walls before attaching the interior walls. Our last coop was cheap and flimsy and cost us about $300 and was half the size of our new coop which we built for less and will last for years and years. I'm surprised at how sturdy it is! Thanks for the inspiration.

[scottc]

Very cool. This is going my my to-d0 list for this early spring. My wife and I are a generation older but just starting the same lifestyle. Keep up the good work!!!

[thehazelnutspread]

three tips: use a grinder with a cutting disk to cut through your corrugated metal & I've got free PLASTIC pallets that I think would make a great floor (solid base and easy to sweep out) & for the roosts I would have put them in the corner so that each end of the roost board would be fastened to a wall.

[amysherk]

Love it. Gives me hope attempting to build my own coop.

[baker.sebgaming]

Hello from the UK! I’m going to be attempting about half of this design. Thank you for the ideas!

[addieanderson]

I used old rubber floor tiles in the nest box, with pine shavings on top. It is easy to lift the carpet and dump any dirty nesting materials. I live in Fl. And I use construction sand over linoleum and it is a five minute cleanup. I love your design. Great job.

[nccountrygal]

Loved watching this build. Have looked at buying a nice coop but boy are they pricey! Know you’re proud and certainly should be! Great job! Love it! And I bout died when you made the comment about the starling (sp?) and then she says “ we saved a life!” 😆 Y’all are diamonds in the rough! 👏👏

[jameswinnett]

Love it! My coop is 99% recycled! Just the latch on the door was new. Love to recycle and repurpose lumber!

[fogwarning]

"Egging" you guys on! Nice work Alex. Liking your work, very creative.