Building Old-fashioned Chicken Nests and Roosts - The FHC Show, ep 25
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2020
- In episode 25 of The Farm Hand's Companion Show, Pa Mac shows how to build and install old-fashioned nest boxes and a roost for his new log chicken house. Instead of buying lumber for the project, he uses discarded slabs from a sawmill. A good set of nest boxes help keep a supply of fresh eggs coming, and a well-built roost for chickens to sleep on can facilitate the collection of chicken manure for the garden or compost pile.
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Always pick up some good tips from Pa Mac , well explained 👍🏴
Idea is great and it is a wonderful application but where I live it’s a matter of black snakes. They come in and capture the eggs. So what I do is set a dozen eggs or more in the nesting boxes which I set in the hot sun to rot. No longer do the snakes visit but I do have an occasional young snake that tries the meal. No they don’t comeback either .just make sure you Mark the eggs, Thanks for the wonderful video. You are blessed .....Shalom my friend
Pa Mac tried to trick us. Two videos with in a week or so....Awesome trick!! You my homesteading HERO!
Thank you for bringing us some sanity during these crazy times!
Can't wait to see you move your chickens in.
It's refreshing to see a simple well thought design.
I must have died and gone to heaven! Two videos in one week. Great job on the coop!
Love the way you did everything the old way it's more work but it's more fun thank you
We love watching "Chicken TV" in our backyard.
So refreshing
You are the Man!! I think I got it-Thanks
looks great! I like those nest boxes! every board of that coop looks like we jumped back 150 years. Great job as usual
Great video!!👍👍 . Love seeing you tell it like it use to be, and how it’s still possible to be TODAY with just a little more work and a lot less cost. Thanks for sharing with us in such a clean moral way!! Your channel is so entertaining.
I love the look of slab siding especially when the slabs are thin and have some heart wood and pith wood and some bark left on them.
Thanks for sharing and teaching!
Please please NEVER EVER stop making videos!!!!
Hi Pa Mac!! Your videos are always informative and entertaining!! Keep up the great work and God Bless!!
Elizabeth said, Thoroughly enjoyed watching your work. I sure like your chicken house. I'm glad for the tips about why you built it a certain way. Never too old to learn. Looks like it's sturdy enough to keep varmints out. A bear in our area keeps getting into our coop and having dinner. I refuse to raise any more until it is bear-proof, here in far northern California. God Bless you.
JUST GREAT TO WATCH
PaMac I am building my boxes and roots this weekend. What a great idea for the roosts!!!
Glad to have found you! I clicked subscribe. Only downside to nest boxes like that I can see is that I’d have to crawl down there to get into the bottom row, and I’m not as young as I used to be! But I do love the looks of your coop!
Good point, Nooce.
But that's what grandkids are for, I s'pose.
Thank you for watchin' and commentin'!
Love this informative video. I could watch your videos all day long.
I like how you handled the gap between wall and roof..among other things. Also love how log buildings look like they just grew out of the ground (but appreciate your hard work).
Love the channel Pa mac. Doing it all by hand!
One piece of feedback: the black screen transition between edits/clips hurts my eyes. Just FYI!
I was just recently reading some Steinbeck, and there was a passage about how when a person moved, people would go to the old house to take down planks from the siding for themselves. It never occurred to me just how much of a commodity a plank of wood would have been back then.
I wish I could give you more than 1 thumbs up
Great work and use of what would usually be considered waste.
Again thank you Pa Mac for a great informational video! I enjoy watching all of them.
Another episode so quickly! My luck has come in !! Thank you for the wonderful content. Reminds me of my childhood.
Love your channel, learned a lot from watching you do things.
Ha, Chicken’s sleep ! I read too fast the first time and thought it said “for the love of eggs and chicken soup” what a relief! Lol
Actually, sounds like a good idea for a future show there, Daniel. Thanks for watchin' (and comin' up with good ideas for me).
Thank you 👍🏼
What a pleasant surprise to see another video so soon. It sure looks good. I found 12 inch plastic dish tubs at the dollar store and now use them in my nest boxes. I find it makes it easier to clean and seems to help control mites. Best videos on youtube. Thanks for sharing.
Love it!💗 I think I'll make a similar roost, but I've learned they roost wherever they want to, usually where you don't want them to.🙄 I can't wait for the apple pie episode...is the counter still counting down?🍎🍏
Nice job! Be sure to sneak some video of the chickens using the roost and nest boxes. (If you can get a release from them hens to film)!
We love the show and since I found it over 2 years ago we've always looked forward to another episode. Glad your hiatus is over and we look forward to more content!
Hi Pa Mac, fantastic that you put up new vids, well done.
Please, please show the fruit trees how are they progressing?
The kids heard the music and came running. I ended up with three hot lil taters in my lap fighting to see the phone screen so they could watch. 😅 Glad to see your ladies have a good nest. Take care, brother!
Red cedar has such a pretty color, wasn't aware it had rot resistant properties. Which i assume it does since you put into the ground.
That said, yet another awesome build for the house.
I learn an laugh more here than anywhere. Thank you from alabama
Good stuff! I'll be doing similar in the next few days. Right now my young hens are moving around in a mobile coop but winter is coming. I just had a red tail hawk risk serious injuries trying to bash his way through 2"x4" fencing to get at them. Food for thought
Hey Pa Mac, it's always a good day when one of your videos is in the feed. I subbed on Patreon, you give the best, most down-to-earth advice. I hope I'll be able to buy your book on building a barn; Last time I tried there was a problem. Greetings from France.
Enjoying the show
Holy smokes...ive mised out on some videos since I bought your pole barn book a few yrs ago!
I got some wachn to do. :)
My aunt and unckle own a sawmill right next to my land. I go down often and get truck loads of slabs, cuz they just burn em.
Even used em for shingles on my chicken coop.....
Thank you!
Another great Video, keep up the phenomenal work!
amazing how you craft everything from the land, surprised your not making your own wooden spikes/nails! haha
Woot!!!
That's awesome! Except my chickens won't use it! All of them prefer the lone nest on the ground!
Cluck old hen song
That is enough nest space for over fifty hens. I have 4 boxes here and about 20 hens that use them. They always efficiently take turns and prefer using the same nest. Even if they have a dozen to choose from.
Love your shows, how is the store going by the way?
We've had the best summer at the store yet. Thanks for askin', Kelly, and thanks for watchin' the show
I bought four bundles of hardwood slabs for firewood. I’ve used a bunch of it for building things and not one stick has been burned. YET!!! Lol ~Nanny~
How far apart are the branches for the chickens to roost? Doing research & hoping to get chickens soon, it will be (my husband & I) our first time @ raising chickens. I like the chicken house & the use of slabwood. Thanks for your videos.
The documentary I heard ya talk it was great like all your stuff.sorry can’t do the patron stuff
how ya doin,budd?I saw u on Voice of America and I wish u well
Great work. I appreciate the simplicity.
What nails were you using?
How are the apple trees doing. Any pies yet?
Nicee
Have you milled any sweet gum for "conventional" construction? What was you experience with it? We have some sizeable sweet gums we'd like to use for construction around the farm, but the little we can find on sweet gum says it's difficult to work with and cures out twisty and strange. We'd be grateful for any thoughts you might have on the matter. Thanks in advance!
Yes, I've milled sweet gum, and recommend it for lathing boards that tin or shakes are nailed to. It hardens as it cures and holds the nails real well. But make sure you allow it to cure in the shade of a shed or something. If it cures in the sun, it'll twist and just about meet itself comin' and goin'.
Like your work, just one question. Why did you not raise the roosting boxes? To me it looked like you had the space, it would be less bending and I seen the gaps between the bottom of the chicken house and the floor, my first thought was snakes. Still I enjoy your videos
With the slant on top, I raised it as high as it would go before it runs into the rafters. And there's plenty of room underneath to deal with the occasional chicken snake. Thanks for watchin', KY Cornbread!
Gettin any Apple's yet from those tree's you planted awhile back?
Pa Mac, once again thanks for the videos. They sure do inspire me to get out build some stuff. (The wife might not be to keen on that sometimes) but I built us a chicken tractor for our 1 acre homestead. Come this fall when the summer garden is done I'm gonna put the chicken tractor over the garden to eat the bugs and then fertilize it for me!
Other than the pole barn book do you have any more? Or suggestions for homestead books?
Hey Lance,
Yes, my second book is called "Common Trees for the Farm or Homestead". It takes over 30 varieties and describes their characteristics and use on the farm, as well as doubling as an identification book with color photos of leaves and bark. I also drew a coloring book for kids about old-time farming that depicts an 1850s pioneer family. We haven't offered these online yet, but carry them in our mercantile store. if you'll email me separately (through the www.farmhandscompanion.com website) I can give you more details on how to purchase 'em. Aside from these, you can see the recommendations for my favorite farm books by other authors within the description of this episode. Thanks for askin', Lance!
@@farmhandscompanion thanks Pa I appreciate it! Them coloring books would make a right nice stocking stuffer for my kids. I'll send you an email!
My wife is workin' on your order, Lance. Thanks so much!
@@farmhandscompanion your welcome!
This is the first time I’ve seen someone say “make them all the same height” and it makes sense to me.
Did they take to them well? Did they have any trouble getting up there?
Even the fat ones get up there just fine...and they're all spread out nicely with no shovin'. thanks for watchin', grannypantsification!
Lift with the legs Pa!
🐓🐓🤠
I loved watching you make your chickens all comfy. Those boxes looked great! I have a comment and a question.
There were fairly big gaps between the walls and the ground. Can't foxes get in a spot that big?
Also, the flashing thing the camera was doing kinda made me nauseous. Just thought you might want to know in case I'm not the only one. Thanks for the video😊
The gaps were closed in with more rocks and mortar. You'll see this if you look closely at the next episode (hopefully comin' soon).
I'm not sure what flashing you're talkin' about, but I sure am sorry you got kindly sick. Hopefully it won't happen again. (I'd hate for you to have to take a Dramamine ever' time you watched the show.)
@@farmhandscompanion oh that's good about the gaps. The flash was that camera thing that was jumping or flashing between shots, but I'm sure I can get used to it. I only mentioned it in case there were others who were bothered by it. It sure won't keep me away!😊 Thanks for answering my questions.
I think it's whats going on around the 3:45 mark, the black screen that flashes when you cut from scene to scene nailing on the slabs. It got me a little sidetracked, though it was a fine video, anyhow. And heck, it may happen on every video and I just never noticed till now. 😅 Either way, y'all be good up there. Thanks for the video.
What are the widths of those sweet gum perches?
As small as they can be without breakin' (when filled with hens)
Have you ever raised ducks??
Are you concerned something bad may happen when “ your chickens come home to roost”?
first
I thin' you' wordin' is kinda' silly' but interestin' non'-the-les'
Not from the south, are you John?
farmhandscompanion 😁