Alright folks, I am a scrounger. A finder of treasures and a
keeper of assorted junk. Out on a walk one day, I had a friend slap a rusty
washer out of my hand because I “didn’t need any more crap”! Now, I’ve been
inside a hoarder’s home years ago, so I do my best to NOT get myself into that
state. But I’m also an art teacher and I appreciate a good find, recycled
objects, and anything with an old texture. It’s fun to make something from
nothing!
Here’s a brief ‘tutorial’ on how to make a (nearly) free
chicken coop…
My son had the bottom half of a wooden bunk bed upstairs AND
a wooden futon. Needing to get rid of one (in order to store 2 recently
acquired dressers!), I opted to take apart the twin wooden bed. Once apart, I
hauled the pieces to the back yard.
First, I decided to staple in some hail screen. I'd bought a couple items at a garage sale across the street and the nice lady threw in a partial roll of hardware cloth for free. I also had some window screen in the garage, but it wasn't as coon-proof or sturdy.
Thinking that the length of a twin bed might be too long for
my yard, 16” were cut off the side pieces and then I screwed it back together;
pre-drilling seems to work better for me, so I pre-drilled almost everything. I
had a box of long screws and a box of drywall screws from other projects. I then screwed the left-over pieces to
the ‘back’ of my envisioned chicken house, standing them on end to form a low
wall. 
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