Setting up a chicken coop sounds like an expensive headache, but it doesn’t have to be. You can make a chicken run and coop from very simple or even found materials. And feeding can be very easy too, if you produce your own feeder insects. All in, setting up chickens can cost as little as a few hundred dollars, or it can cost thousands. It all depends on how far you want to go with it. Check out our extended cost breakdown for all the details.