How I built A Chicken Coop and Run With Pallets and Scraps

[@muddypawz9704]

Girl feel like my voice has been hijacked! LOL! You sound JUST like me. Crazzzzy Awesome! LOVE THE CHICKEN RUN!

[@smallfry1463]

Absolutely love your run and coop!!!! I agree with treating them how you want to be"so to speak” happy chickens are happy layers! I may have to take a page out of your book and add a "wing” to the run. Lol

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

And it's funny to watch them just run because they can 😂

[@hbfour2011]

I don’t even know if this would work for me, but you had me at Buffy, Cordelia, and Willow, so I’m listening. 😂

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Nerds unite! 😂 🤣

[@deecooper1567]

O M G !!!! Fernley Nevada??? I’m about 2 hrs up Hwy 80 from you … small world 😉 We are all about repurpose/reuse also👍 and my son is currently building me coop/run . I agree with you about having things for your animals like you would want…. Space ( important) and protection. You are my kind of Lady for sure! Get in & get it done ✅ I was like that in my younger years & it’s so refreshing to see a young woman use creativity & common sense😇 Love how you used pallets for the run also. Most terrific job of repurpose/reuse chicken 🐔 area!!! 👵🏻👩‍🌾

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Aww thank you! And thank you for all of your kind responses! I'm actually in North Reno, but Winnemucca isn't far! I miss being able to just get stuff done from time to time, but I love the reasons I can't run out and do stuff too.

[@LeonardFlanagan]

I'm 68. You just give me one great idea..

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Oh yah? What's that?

[@shanna2743]

Best chicken run ever!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Thank you!

[@TigOlBitties1985]

I'm getting ready to build tomorrow. This video is GREAT

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Thank you!

[@nightstand4319]

Very clever . Thank you

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

😁😉

[@daisygabutero7688]

I'm building our chicken coop and chicken run using free wood pallets from Meeks. I would say lucky me I get free wood pallets. By the way, I like your coop and run, it's practical.

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Yah, I paid 2 each for mine because they weren't standard pallets. But it's OK, I'm happy with the end result.

[@jessikareeve2024]

Hi there! We are located near you guys (Spanish springs). We are just getting started with our coop. So glad to see tips from someone who gets our climate!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

It's a tricky climate for sure!

[@deecooper1567]

I know there’s prob many towns named Spanish Springs… are you by any chance in Nevada? I’m in upper Northern Nevada so just asking 👵🏻👩‍🌾😃

[@Yeshuaschosen]

We already had 10 pallets and got another 28 yesterday to start a chicken run like yours!I love your run and coop! Good job!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

How did it turn out? Ours is still standing, 4 years later. :)

[@Yeshuaschosen]

​@@HomesteadingHijinks Thanks! I just finished my pallet coop so now its time to make this pallet run! Glad to hear yours held up so well!Hope mine does too!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

@@Yeshuaschosen actually they came that way. When I bought them (now they give them away for free 😂) the dude said he couldn't sell them to the recyclers because they weren't a standard size. I liked them and got them anyways.

[@Yeshuaschosen]

@@HomesteadingHijinks I finally got started making the pallet run but I have a lot more work to do on it.I've got them all connected together and adding posts to support it. It'll probably take me a month or two to finish it! I can't wait until it's done! I Wish I could have made it look more like yours but because I live in the city limits I can't make it as big.Mine is 8 wide x 18 long!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

@@Yeshuaschosen but it will be awesome when it's done! And the sense of accomplishment is always great.

[@TigOlBitties1985]

Awesome. Thank you for ideas! I'll be starting to build soon. So excited to own chickens

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Thanks for watching! They're fun for sure!!

[@homesteadingwithsadie]

We built our coop with pallets too ! But your run is AWESOME 👏

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Aww, thanks!

[@felishiadarling]

Next time, or when you need to do repairs, use outdoor wood screws and your drill or impact driver. 2” and 3”. Soo much easier.

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

I ended up switching it up about halfway through. 😂 🤣 The nails were frustrating and exhausting.

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Absolutely fantastic.

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Many thanks!

[@rosesmith6208]

okay that is it, now I have to have a palleted run, for my new chickens coming this spring, looks really nice long enough sholdnt watched this, lol, I am going to build my coop with pallets, wish I had enough to make a long run and side run like you did, I like how you did it, it is different and looks alot easier to cover it if the width is not that wide, I have shade cloth too, as soon as it is warm enough I can get working onmy run and coop. p.s. I hate winter

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

I'm not a fan of winter either! I love the pallets! They're still going strong almost 3 years later. We have some gnarly winds here and it does just fine. Plus I liked having something to staple the hardware cloth to.

[@rosesmith6208]

@@HomesteadingHijinks I found enough pallets to make a very nice run to extend the main one, I like the look and I painted themon the outside where you can see it and the neighbors can see it. I did not do all th etow by fours because I used a small mobile run I made that didnt work out, (I made it to big and flimsy) so I lifted it up and put it on the pallets/poles,I am pleased how it worked out.

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

@@rosesmith6208 that sounds great!

[@pierluigicolotto9570]

Woodglut comes with very useful plans with all the details you need.

[@lpmoron6258]

Woodglut?

[@jillshomesteadexperience6706]

Great job

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Thank you.

[@Yeshuaschosen]

Happy chickens lay more eggs!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

It's true

[@toddshane5967]

Very cool

[@jonesing4oils]

Thank you! They sure love it!

[@ashleyreeseliving]

Nice!

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Thanks!

[@rosesmith6208]

I got a hamburg too and I named her cookie/cocoa. she is so cute, I just love her white and black coloring her white feather looks almost like a thin plastic, does the snow push down between the poles and sag it? I found that I had to put 2 by 4s and 2 by 2 close together in the A frame roof on the run, to avoid the sag of snow and water accumulating

[@HomesteadingHijinks]

Out snow doesn't typically stick beyond a week. But I have not noticed enough sag to concern me. It has had a foot of snow on it and I can still wall in there.