well, I had nothing when I started this project. It's really taken about 6 months to put it all together. Saving here and there. Since I had to buy everything, I wanted to save up and put the best I could in it. That way if I later decided to up to the 30-35% birds, I wouldn't have to reinvest. So far very happy with it!. A couple of more months and the wife will probably start talking to me again. Ha!