I built ours based on this video. Made a lot of changes such as a 6/12 pitch roof, enclosed soffits, hard wired and yes we used the same camera as in this video. This is a great video and I referred to it many times. I’m an mechanical engineer so everything is documented and could be used to duplicate exactly as I think this a great design! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to gets some great ideas. Thanks so much for sharing this!
I just built one using your design and it turned out great! I attached an old dog kennel to it for their run. So far everyone is happy including Mama. Lol
I'm cheap. I used my kids old playhouse for my chicken coop. Super easy conversion. Hardware cloth over the windows, a new door and nest boxes. Painted the outside the traditional Barn Red, inside had to be all Pink. Pink everything for the girls. No roosters aloud in the hens clubhouse.
We built our coop from this design! We love it just as much as my hens do!! There's no shade by our coop, so we fenced in the underside so that it became part of their run. Thank you for posting this tutorial!
Thank you so much for this! A definite non-architect here trying to draw up plans for a backyard coop. Shrink this down to a 4x4 and it's exactly what I had in my mind. Thank you for all the details!
Greetings from Wardner Idaho. Thanks for the Chicken Coop idea. I've been looking all over the Internet and your coop is my favorite. I live up Wardner Canyon on the east side of the mountain. There's nothing but wilderness between my property and Silver Mountain, so all kinds of critters lurking about. Another challenge I have is that I don't receive any sunlight for most of the winter. No Solar up here. God Bless Idaho!
Great video! BTW, sand with a little granular SweetPDZ makes a superior substrate to straw, wood shavings. The only change I think I'd make to this would be to notch out one side so that I could include a metal deep tray loaded with a layer of sand or/and sweet pdz granules. I like sand as a substrate because all I have to do is use a very long handled metal kitty scoop and scoop out the poop from a droppings tray. The other big advantage is that the sand with a little Sweet PDZ mixed in tends to dry up the droppings almost immediately which helps with the odors and the sweet PDZ mixed in the sand substrate absorbs the ammonia very effectively. Sweet PDZ for the uninitiated is a horse stall referesher made from the mineral zeolite (I think that is the mineral). In any case, there is no issue if the chickens eat it as it is non-toxic. Again, thank you for posting this excellent video and for including your lovely assistant, in the production! ;) Will be making use of this video for a coop I want to build.
looks like an awesome set up you have. we are going on a year since we got our chickens. The kids are still having a blast with it. Its nice to have videos here for new comers to learn from when they buy chicks.
My husband and I just built this coop for our chickens, thank you so much, we love it and if I can figure out how to download the video on here, I'll show you guys how it turned out. Thanks again for posting this
Great coop, we will be building one soon so I needed ideas. You wife is adorable, too I love how she smiles when she talks, you can tell she’s friendly 🙂
Great build. They sell a fitted foam to close the gap between the roof and framing. Even that small of a gap can be used by some pred. Hens need a certain number of daylight hours to lay eggs. A brooder lamp in fall will extend production levels. Nice details on the build especially like the nesting box lid fitting snug with the box.
I got my nest box top idea directly from you.. I added a counter weight so it stays up when opened any amount. Also used your lean to tin roof design. Good simple efficient design... good job.
Thank you for posting. My 4 hens and rooster are doing well but I am going to find a handy man to give them some warmth this winter. Thank you for the great ideas!
Nice work! We use a 100w solar panel, battery and all that. On the charge controller there is USB ports that we run our Wyze PTZ camera, a 12v light and automatic chicken door from the load side of the controller so we don't over draw the battery. the whole thing is autonomous from the house as it's about 50yrd away.
There are many components to creating an amazing design. One resource I found which succeeds in merging these is the coop magic tactic (google it if you're interested) definately the best course i've seen. look at this extraordinary resource.
There are several factors in doing a pro job. One resource I found that succeeds in merging these is the Coop Magic Tactic (check it out on google) definately the best course that I have ever heard of. Check out this interesting resource.
hey ,if anyone else wants to learn about design your own coop try Coop Magic Tactic (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
wow, thank you, just moved from the city to the countryside, and a have small backyard, ... hoping to have enough room for a few chickens. Building a home for them will be a fun project . thanks for the inspiration.
That’s awesome, we just built a chicken coop that’s very similar to yours. That 4x8 design really helps maximize the amount of materials you have to use.
Been looking for days and saw your video. Love it ! I’m looking to build this winter and get my chickens in the spring. Do you have a build plan? That is exactly what I was looking for
Hey Martin, I love your channel. I am 14 years old and me and my dad were inspired by your chicken coop so we build it off the video! I would love for u to see them, if u can send an email or something to show you
This looks great! Do you happen to have a parts/supply list with the length of boards? I want to use your design but this will be my first real wood project. Thanks in advance!
Seen heard a lady do her chicken run with 12 inch plus of natural mulch to keep it from turning into a mud hole. Also you get when it starts to break down in 3-4 months worms and bugs will increase giving the girls plenty of natural meals daily
Hi there, I'm getting my first chickens in the spring, doing all my research over the winter. Great video! My plan is to try water glassing when/if I have extra eggs, that way my husband and I have a supply in the winter if the hens stop laying as much, or all together given the area we live in. I am curious to hear how water glassing has worked out for you? Any feedback would be much appreciated!
Thanks for putting these videos up! I built your design in January and have 10 hens in it now. Easy even for me with minimal building skills. One question, how often are you changing out bedding? I'm using pine shavings and throw a few handfuls in when it starts to stink. Thanks!
You mentioned bees. I have been tending bees for years now. I would recommend horizontal hives as that is what I am transitioning too. You can build your own as well. Look at Off grid with Doug and Stacy and they have a few videos that show a guy that has a website with free plans. They are better suited for our climate. I am your neighbor by the way as I have property in Blanchard.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving There is an apiary in Deer Park WA that you can get nukes from if you order in the winter. They are really good to work with and I have bought bees from them before. I can help a bit when you get closer as its not easy these days. Best of luck!
This chicken coop looks smart and good. I think you could use shorter screws on the top of the nesting box or just cut off the ends of the screws. Otherwise I really like this project!
LOVE the video, definitely will be building a similar one. as an electrician though the romex on the ground outside gives me anxiety and is a fire hazard. hopefully nothing comes of it.
Cut their wings to prevent flying very easy and doesn’t hurt them. I Built a coop like this but only up one foot high. Yours is so much better raised up for easy access. Also my egg access is front.. much harder than yours. good job!
Martin, Terrific video! Great editing, smooth transitions, and very clear views and descriptions of your chicken coop, also very clean and elegantly simple plan!! Thanks for your effort! Your two legged chick is a real plus too!!
Martin Johnson - Off Grid Living We loved it, we have 2 property of land, one have 15 acre and the other 20 acre. We grow our own food also.. But the price of land here are over (Million) for land.
Well that you very much. I've been looking for super simple chicken coop ideas. And this one seems like the size would be perfect. I have great carpentry skills but everything online is so over built for chickens. And to purchase one they want almost $1500.
Love this design. Have you thought about spray insulation or foam insulation on the bottom of the coop and to plug the small gaps around the legs both to keep it warmer and to keep rodents from coming in?
Hi this is Robert Travis my brother-in-law used to raise chickens to have eggs they says best thing is do not disturb them from Sunrise till about 10 or 11 it gives them time to to lay their eggs so if you do not disturb between that. Between sunrise and 10:11 you should more eggs
Ok ,so I built it this weekend only a few modifications . Took me me about 18 hrs total and was totally free from left over roofing steel from the house and scrap 1x10 pine boards from work ( I build post and beam barns . . I built a drop down door for the vent under the front eve for winter....and a window
If you do that, you must first dry them out in the oven. Remove ANY chicken taste or smell, otherwise the chickens will become "cannibalized" and will start eating their own eggs, and other chickens. Please look into this, as we lost several chickens because of the eggshells. Crush them, spread out on a large cookie sheet wrapped in tin foil and bake them well!
Did you use 10 or 12ft pressure treated posts? And what’s the height to top of posts from dirt? Looks close to 8 or 10 ft Thanks great video I’m going to build something similar, really like the coop raised a few feet above the ground.
Coop came out great..just try to cut the screws on the nesting back door..also just a suggestion for your wife when cleaning the coop to use a mask because of the dry chicken poop...👍🙏🙏
Nice job thoughts Latches with carabiner holding secure from predators Roof siding. Screen 1/4 hardware cloth or block somehow from rodents Lid could be other way over nest boxes as chickens fear overhead movement You can grow mealworms I would use underneath as well for shelter as someone mentioned Cameras on nestboxes help to know eggs and wait til not occupied One suggested astroturf like nest box fill...straw gets wet and dirty...our chickens do not like coir grass stuff
Please answer! Thanks! Some dumb questions: What is the length x width of the outside fenced in area? Do chickens fly? I was thinking of putting a chicken wire fence roof b/c of owls. WHAT DO YOU THINK? So they all come in at night to the play pen den? For your 13, do they ever fight in the den? You have 1 rooster? Do you clean up the outside with a manure fork? When do you foresee the outside as being too disgusting and how to prevent this? If you can no longer get straw bedding, then WHAT would you use? Wondered if you could put Hardware cloth on the floor in place of the plywood so the poop would just drop through, or do Chickens need it to be warmer (they have feathers)? Is your garden fenced in b/c the chickens could go in there to eat the bugs? (OR wld they eat the leaves off the plants?) Could you put some (rolled up kind) linoleum over the floor so you could wash it out once in a while? I know deck paint wears off my deck and I have to paint 1x a year!
If you want to save money, you can raise your own mealworms and crickets to feed your chickens. Red worms are also not hard to raise, you can sell them as fishing bait as well. You should also enclose the bottom and add a door, as it will aid in insulating the floor of the coop keeping it warmer in the winter. If you put a door on both ends, you can open it for ventilation in the hot summer days.
What did you use for the walls, a hardiboard material and in all, how much did this cost you to build? Just trying to get an idea but I absolutely LoVE this design!
What about winter temperatures? I didn’t see any insulation or heater, what do y’all do when it’s below freezing? It gets in the teens and single digits Fahrenheit a lot at night where I live , what do you do about that?
🐓 Get Our Chicken Coop Plans Here: geni.us/ChickenCoopPans
I built ours based on this video. Made a lot of changes such as a 6/12 pitch roof, enclosed soffits, hard wired and yes we used the same camera as in this video.
This is a great video and I referred to it many times. I’m an mechanical engineer so everything is documented and could be used to duplicate exactly as I think this a great design!
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to gets some great ideas. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Do you have a material list?
can you send the material list?
Can you post / make a video with your documentation please? That would be very helpful for a lot of people!
I just built one using your design and it turned out great! I attached an old dog kennel to it for their run. So far everyone is happy including Mama. Lol
I'm cheap. I used my kids old playhouse for my chicken coop. Super easy conversion. Hardware cloth over the windows, a new door and nest boxes. Painted the outside the traditional Barn Red, inside had to be all Pink. Pink everything for the girls. No roosters aloud in the hens clubhouse.
We built our coop from this design! We love it just as much as my hens do!! There's no shade by our coop, so we fenced in the underside so that it became part of their run. Thank you for posting this tutorial!
How many chickens can you have in this size, plz?
Thank you so much for this! A definite non-architect here trying to draw up plans for a backyard coop. Shrink this down to a 4x4 and it's exactly what I had in my mind. Thank you for all the details!
Planning on the same here for 6 chickens.
Greetings from Wardner Idaho. Thanks for the Chicken Coop idea. I've been looking all over the Internet and your coop is my favorite. I live up Wardner Canyon on the east side of the mountain. There's nothing but wilderness between my property and Silver Mountain, so all kinds of critters lurking about. Another challenge I have is that I don't receive any sunlight for most of the winter. No Solar up here. God Bless Idaho!
I love this - I live in an apartment in London and now I want I live somewhere where a I can build a chicken coop ! 🤩👍🏻
Great video! BTW, sand with a little granular SweetPDZ makes a superior substrate to straw, wood shavings. The only change I think I'd make to this would be to notch out one side so that I could include a metal deep tray loaded with a layer of sand or/and sweet pdz granules. I like sand as a substrate because all I have to do is use a very long handled metal kitty scoop and scoop out the poop from a droppings tray. The other big advantage is that the sand with a little Sweet PDZ mixed in tends to dry up the droppings almost immediately which helps with the odors and the sweet PDZ mixed in the sand substrate absorbs the ammonia very effectively. Sweet PDZ for the uninitiated is a horse stall referesher made from the mineral zeolite (I think that is the mineral). In any case, there is no issue if the chickens eat it as it is non-toxic.
Again, thank you for posting this excellent video and for including your lovely assistant, in the production! ;) Will be making use of this video for a coop I want to build.
looks like an awesome set up you have. we are going on a year since we got our chickens. The kids are still having a blast with it. Its nice to have videos here for new comers to learn from when they buy chicks.
My husband and I just built this coop for our chickens, thank you so much, we love it and if I can figure out how to download the video on here, I'll show you guys how it turned out. Thanks again for posting this
I am still getting my homestead up and running. I enjoyed your video very much. Thank you for posting it. This is what I am hoping to build soon. 👍🏻
I like the height....and your reason why convinced me, and I'm sure it will convince my wife also. Thanks for sharing!
Great coop, we will be building one soon so I needed ideas. You wife is adorable, too I love how she smiles when she talks, you can tell she’s friendly 🙂
Great build. They sell a fitted foam to close the gap between the roof and framing. Even that small of a gap can be used by some pred. Hens need a certain number of daylight hours to lay eggs. A brooder lamp in fall will extend production levels. Nice details on the build especially like the nesting box lid fitting snug with the box.
Ultimate is right! You had me when you showed how easy it is to clean
I got my nest box top idea directly from you.. I added a counter weight so it stays up when opened any amount. Also used your lean to tin roof design. Good simple efficient design... good job.
dude u have been blessed with your family and way of life
This is one of the more simple and practice coops I’ve seen, nice job!
This door is so simple! I was making it way more complicated than it had to be. Thank you so much!
The chicken coop you build was quite neat and engineered. Thumbs up.
Thank you for posting. My 4 hens and rooster are doing well but I am going to find a handy man to give them some warmth this winter. Thank you for the great ideas!
Nice work!
We use a 100w solar panel, battery and all that. On the charge controller there is USB ports that we run our Wyze PTZ camera, a 12v light and automatic chicken door from the load side of the controller so we don't over draw the battery. the whole thing is autonomous from the house as it's about 50yrd away.
why does chicken coupe have 2 doors? coz if it had 4 doors, it's called chicken sedan
Good one. Hahaha
There are many components to creating an amazing design. One resource I found which succeeds in merging these is the coop magic tactic (google it if you're interested) definately the best course i've seen. look at this extraordinary resource.
There are several factors in doing a pro job. One resource I found that succeeds in merging these is the Coop Magic Tactic (check it out on google) definately the best course that I have ever heard of. Check out this interesting resource.
hey ,if anyone else wants to learn about design your own coop try Coop Magic Tactic (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
the best success that I have had was by using the Coop Magic Tactic (i found it on google) definately the most useful info that I have ever followed.
wow, thank you, just moved from the city to the countryside, and a have small backyard, ... hoping to have enough room for a few chickens. Building a home for them will be a fun project . thanks for the inspiration.
That’s awesome, we just built a chicken coop that’s very similar to yours. That 4x8 design really helps maximize the amount of materials you have to use.
Yes, yes, yes... this Saturday, that’s what I’ll be doing... building a coop for my Sis ... thanks for the inspiration.
Your sis or for her chickens. 😂😂
ssssssthat stuff you are pulling out of the coop in to the wheel barrow is gold. best compost dung around
This is awesome! I can't wait until my homestead is up and running
Just found the channel, I visit my friends in Newport once a year. Great videos!
Great video... I appreciate that you explained everything in great detail... Just what I needed.
I too would LOVE your length measurements... excited to try to recreate your coop! God Bless You :)
Been looking for days and saw your video. Love it ! I’m looking to build this winter and get my chickens in the spring. Do you have a build plan? That is exactly what I was looking for
Hey Martin, I love your channel. I am 14 years old and me and my dad were inspired by your chicken coop so we build it off the video! I would love for u to see them, if u can send an email or something to show you
This looks great! Do you happen to have a parts/supply list with the length of boards? I want to use your design but this will be my first real wood project. Thanks in advance!
would like this list also.
Pak Martin The Handyman ...from family's house till chicken's coop. 👏👏👏🏾💪💪💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍
Great video! The two of you make a great team!!!!
Seen heard a lady do her chicken run with 12 inch plus of natural mulch to keep it from turning into a mud hole. Also you get when it starts to break down in 3-4 months worms and bugs will increase giving the girls plenty of natural meals daily
Hi there, I'm getting my first chickens in the spring, doing all my research over the winter. Great video! My plan is to try water glassing when/if I have extra eggs, that way my husband and I have a supply in the winter if the hens stop laying as much, or all together given the area we live in. I am curious to hear how water glassing has worked out for you? Any feedback would be much appreciated!
Thanks for putting these videos up! I built your design in January and have 10 hens in it now. Easy even for me with minimal building skills.
One question, how often are you changing out bedding? I'm using pine shavings and throw a few handfuls in when it starts to stink.
Thanks!
You mentioned bees. I have been tending bees for years now. I would recommend horizontal hives as that is what I am transitioning too. You can build your own as well. Look at Off grid with Doug and Stacy and they have a few videos that show a guy that has a website with free plans. They are better suited for our climate. I am your neighbor by the way as I have property in Blanchard.
Cool. We hope to get them next spring.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving There is an apiary in Deer Park WA that you can get nukes from if you order in the winter. They are really good to work with and I have bought bees from them before. I can help a bit when you get closer as its not easy these days. Best of luck!
The hinge is so artistic.
Beautiful
Thanks for the video! I'm planning my coop and this was very helpful!
This chicken coop looks smart and good. I think you could use shorter screws on the top of the nesting box or just cut off the ends of the screws. Otherwise I really like this project!
Funny you said that, I am 60% complete with my coop (based off this video) and I'm tempted to send a Dremel with a few cut-off wheels to Martin.
Working on building a coop and this is similar to what I'm wanting, wish me luck. You did an incredible job and have great ideas
"Some really nice innovations to make it easier. Cleaning, water, food, security with that extended skirt, and such is really nice. Great job."
Good luck for everything respect you and your family this is real beautiful house!!!
Man I love your videos I was in the middle of watching someone else and got your notification and switched instantly. Lol
Thanks! I’m glad you like them.
"An egg a day or you get the axe" "We average about 8 eggs a day"
RIP whoever's slacking
LOVE the video, definitely will be building a similar one. as an electrician though the romex on the ground outside gives me anxiety and is a fire hazard. hopefully nothing comes of it.
What an amazing set up you have there! I’m so impressed. Thank you for sharing.
Minimalis detail terperinci penuh perhitungan dan bersih .
mengesankan . 🎉🎉🎉
Cut their wings to prevent flying very easy and doesn’t hurt them. I Built a coop like this but only up one foot high. Yours is so much better raised up for easy access. Also my egg access is front.. much harder than yours. good job!
Do you need that many nesting boxes. Chickens use the same nesting boxes.i have 2 double nesting boxes for 8 chickens. Works Awesome.
Martin, Terrific video! Great editing, smooth transitions, and very clear views and descriptions of your chicken coop, also very clean and elegantly simple plan!!
Thanks for your effort! Your two legged chick is a real plus too!!
Chicken coop looks amazing. My brother made the same coop for our chicken.
Cool. How does he like it?
Martin Johnson - Off Grid Living We loved it, we have 2 property of land, one have 15 acre and the other 20 acre. We grow our own food also.. But the price of land here are over (Million) for land.
Well that you very much. I've been looking for super simple chicken coop ideas. And this one seems like the size would be perfect. I have great carpentry skills but everything online is so over built for chickens. And to purchase one they want almost $1500.
Love this design. Have you thought about spray insulation or foam insulation on the bottom of the coop and to plug the small gaps around the legs both to keep it warmer and to keep rodents from coming in?
Hi this is Robert Travis my brother-in-law used to raise chickens to have eggs they says best thing is do not disturb them from Sunrise till about 10 or 11 it gives them time to to lay their eggs so if you do not disturb between that. Between sunrise and 10:11 you should more eggs
Ok ,so I built it this weekend only a few modifications . Took me me about 18 hrs total and was totally free from left over roofing steel from the house and scrap 1x10 pine boards from work ( I build post and beam barns . . I built a drop down door for the vent under the front eve for winter....and a window
ayee this is so so cute! perfect netrual simple chicken coop !
Pretty smart design. Keep em clean, no stink.
Hey i like it. You could put a small board across the bottom inside of the chicken coop door. That would keep the shavings from getting in the door.
that is a nice ultimate backyard chicken coop.
Did you fence in a yard for the birds through the trees and how did they do?
Great video
Looking to leave the crazy pack and stacks and get back to country living.
Love this coup! Looks great!!! ::Suggestion:: grind up the egg shells and add the grounds to their feed for calcium and to eliminate another expense.
If you do that, you must first dry them out in the oven. Remove ANY chicken taste or smell, otherwise the chickens will become "cannibalized" and will start eating their own eggs, and other chickens. Please look into this, as we lost several chickens because of the eggshells. Crush them, spread out on a large cookie sheet wrapped in tin foil and bake them well!
That was the best (simple) idea so far...thanks!
I’m in Idaho. Thank you! Getting chickens soon
Great coop - because it works. Stoney Ridge has a lot of good info.
"Just makin' some eggs...nothin' to see here...thanks for the condo, we love it." signed, "The Girls"
Very nice coop ....well thought out and sturdy....oh and your helper isn’t so bad either ...she is the Pied Piper of stray chickens 👍👍
Agree nice video. Try'n to get ideas on chickencoop and best way to do it. Thank you.
Did you use 10 or 12ft pressure treated posts? And what’s the height to top of posts from dirt? Looks close to 8 or 10 ft
Thanks great video I’m going to build something similar, really like the coop raised a few feet above the ground.
Coop came out great..just try to cut the screws on the nesting back door..also just a suggestion for your wife when cleaning the coop to use a mask because of the dry chicken poop...👍🙏🙏
This video is 👍 keep up the good work!! Now I'm on a mission to build one
That looks very good and simple. Is there anyway you can tell me how much material you used. I wanna budget it next
Really cool solutions in this chicken coop. And visually very nice 👏👍
Thanks for sharing, you 2 are easy to listen to. This is something we keep talking about but just havent taken the plunge just yet.
Just finished my chicken coop, thanks for video.
Well done. You guys are really coming along. Thanks for sharing.
would this need to have the posts cemented in the ground in windy areas like the plains?
Nice job
thoughts
Latches with carabiner holding secure from predators
Roof siding. Screen 1/4 hardware cloth or block somehow from rodents
Lid could be other way over nest boxes as chickens fear overhead movement
You can grow mealworms
I would use underneath as well for shelter as someone mentioned
Cameras on nestboxes help to know eggs and wait til not occupied
One suggested astroturf like nest box fill...straw gets wet and dirty...our chickens do not like coir grass stuff
I also read use a tray
Or have slotted litter area...save on buying litter material
If poop falls thru slots then less disease or bacteria spread
What a nice couple.
I love it. But I wouldn’t have their feed and water in the coop.
Food and water in the coop is ok, keeps birds out (sort of). Just don't have food n water under roosts!
Awsome , but how are you heating the coop in winter live in nh , and it gets into the single digits often .
Please answer! Thanks! Some dumb questions: What is the length x width of the outside fenced in area?
Do chickens fly?
I was thinking of putting a chicken wire fence roof b/c of owls. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
So they all come in at night to the play pen den?
For your 13, do they ever fight in the den?
You have 1 rooster?
Do you clean up the outside with a manure fork?
When do you foresee the outside as being too disgusting and how to prevent this?
If you can no longer get straw bedding, then WHAT would you use?
Wondered if you could put Hardware cloth on the floor in place of the plywood so the poop would just drop through, or do Chickens need it to be warmer (they have feathers)?
Is your garden fenced in b/c the chickens could go in there to eat the bugs? (OR wld they eat the leaves off the plants?)
Could you put some (rolled up kind) linoleum over the floor so you could wash it out once in a while? I know deck paint wears off my deck and I have to paint 1x a year!
Very good. Thank you.
Greetings from Portugal.
This is my dream coop, I will be using this. Thank you for such great tips and a great coop with great ideas!
How'd it go?
@@gigel99324 maybe next year haha it didn't happen this year
Would 1x4’s on the floor instead of the plywood allow small dust to fall through?
Wrap JUTE around the roost to prevent bumble foot on your chickens.
If you want to save money, you can raise your own mealworms and crickets to feed your chickens. Red worms are also not hard to raise, you can sell them as fishing bait as well. You should also enclose the bottom and add a door, as it will aid in insulating the floor of the coop keeping it warmer in the winter. If you put a door on both ends, you can open it for ventilation in the hot summer days.
How do you keep your chickens warm in the wintertime? Thank you.
Any heating for winter
Your place is a dream!
What did you use for the walls, a hardiboard material and in all, how much did this cost you to build? Just trying to get an idea but I absolutely LoVE this design!
That's a great job. And simple.
Just put a small piece of 2x2 board in front of the door on the plywood floor and that should keep alot of that stuff out of the door rails.
Fantastic work, sir! Thanks for sharing! Cheers from France!
What about winter temperatures? I didn’t see any insulation or heater, what do y’all do when it’s below freezing? It gets in the teens and single digits Fahrenheit a lot at night where I live , what do you do about that?