27/09/2022
Last winter we started the chicken coop build!
The goal was to create the coop with minimal cost and as much free materials as possible. It was a huge success. The only things we purchased was the poly piping, steel mesh, used hardwood ply flooring and chicken water ni***es and a few fittings and fixings.
I estimate under $100 dollars was spent here.
The foundation is constructed from blue stone footings with a large freight pallet as the subfloor. The framing timber was picked up from a local furniture maker whom just rescued a bunch of old hard wood and from a family renovating there house in McCloud whom also had the sliding window. The roof sheets were a marketplace freebie and the beautiful door I had in storage from years ago when my friend gifted it with no immediate use for it. The other bits and bobs came from the community garden I used to volunteer at. Which I helped to vacate.
Money can be narrow sighted, in this instance the lack of funds initiated my urban foraging skill set. To reach out to the community and engage in the waste streams and create relationships is what has real value.
