for people who have chickens as a hobby and homestead purpose, this is beautiful. Who cares if its overkill? this man put a lot of effort into creating a beautiful chicken run. And on top of that, it is going to last years! Great video!
When I was 12 a friend built a barn and he said my job was goffor, go for this go for that. Mainly it was just packing beer to him and his brothers. Made $20 a week, thought I was rich. He had me paint the entire barn with used motor oil because they had banned krisole. I’m 52 now and that barn is as good as the day the last nail was drove in it.
Pete B, Nice job... and I can see that those chickens are not just "chickens " You have valued them as living being, and you have earned my respect. To see someone with " heart", ....my hat off to you sir !!!!!!!!
Thank you, I really appreciate that. They are Gods creators and What I feed them will go into their eggs and then me. Keeping them clean and happy is all part of that too. Thanks again.
You did a fantastic job. Thank you for the video. I would suggest something: if you put cinderblocks all around the run and fill the holes with soil to plant flowers & vegetables for the chickens they will LOOOVEEE it. Plus the cinder blocks will prevent animals to try to dig under as well.
My coop is raised like yours. We added wire around the base of the coop so the hens can enjoy the shade and shelter the building provides. You have a wonderful setup!
I can see using the leaves in the chicken run. Keep the girls comfortable. I would have put the wire on the run before dumping the leaves, but to each his own. The run looks great. I can see using the manure on the garden. You may even want to let the chickens spread the leaves. Great video. Thank you for sharing. I think you really thought this project out. God bless America.
It really is I love it it's an excellent job the chickens will love it plus they have a lot of room with chickens the more room you can give them the better especially in the chicken yard
Such a gorgeous book - each shed is unique and inspiring, and I love all the tiny details Kotite features to help readers imagine how to create their own She Sheds ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxe9yi0sulKgsp0VJJCIrLWWkvVqcU7LFR . The feature on Dinah's Rustic Retreat is like something from a fairy tale. It's really inspiring to see how creative all these ordinary people are in making beautiful and useful spaces on a modest scale.
I love this so much! I am a college student at WPI and we are completing our Interactive Qualifying Project and we are building a predator proof chicken structure for Turn Back Time Farm. This video has been amazing for us and our project! The chickens at the farm will be so happy with a new safe home
Awesome build. I would say keep an eye on the gate for sagging as the diagonal support is in the opposite direction. I’ll definitely be using this as a reference for ours this spring. Thanks!
I like it! You had some really great ideas! Chicken swings- too cute! Love the design! Brilliant bedding! Can't wait to watch their first day out, I see it in my recommended side list! Wish you the best! And Thank You!
My Dad had me to watch your video several times. He likes the chicken wire that you added to the ground for extra protection from predators. Thanks for sharing this video ❤
This is beautiful! We are redoing ours to make it nicer, and this is great inspiration. We will have it taller, like yours, and are making it out of chain link fencing we were given. We have bears here, so it has to be sturdy. Thanks for putting this out!
Learned two new things...that those are tampering tools the previous owners left us in the barn and I am not crazy that there really are levels that "go around" posts like that :) Thanks much!
Thank you! I always begged for chickens as a girl but my parents didn't let me have any. My dad never taught me this type of stuff. Just yelled when I didn't hold the flash light angled correctly as he reached for his beer. I am almost thirty now and finally have my own chickens! I have the cash for a shed and run build and my partner says that he will be the do-er if I am the thinker but I've been on home depot and lots of websites feeling like I still don't know what I'm doing 😖 thanks for this gift of being... Dad ☺️
Looks great. We have about the same thing. We adding grass clipping and garden scraps all summer too. This year and 15 hens later we sifted with 1/4” hardware mesh and topped the Back To Eden garden. Asparagus looks lovely. So your design is a soil manufacturing plant. Feed them and they feed you. Nice.
Thank you, yes they are definitely going to be pumping out wonderful organic eggs for us and manure/compost for the garden. I just noticed today that my asparagus are coming up nicely too. 🙂
Yep, when we are talking a food source for family, nothing is too much as you feel it needs to be. However being slack is just a waist of time. Cuddos Pete for not being slack!
Reminds me of the run at my old house. About the only difference is that I installed double doors on the end, with a removable foot board, to clean the run. Looks real nice!
You did a great job. I love you said that "IT TOOK FOREVER!" lol... those are wise words for a Backyard Chicken person lol if it doesn't take time then it is not built correctly, if it's not built correctly then predators will penetrate the run or worse, the Coop. So use this video as a bible if you are watching. This man knows his stuff. Thanks for the video!
Awesome job on your chicken run! Those hens will be happy and safe. We are finishing ours will the base the same as yours. We live where we get lots of snow so we modified ours to have a sloped metal roof. We also enclosed the 2 sides where most of the rain and snow will blow in to keep the hens dry. No more shoveling snow inside the run this Winter.
My hat's off to you Pete! That is a heck of a lot of work. We had strong winds up here in Oregon last week and part of our fence blew over. My wife and I put up an 8 foot section and are looking toward fixing the rest of it in the Summer. We did an entire fence on our last house so we know what we are facing. Totally wore me out, but nothing compared to digging those post holes, etc. I thought you might use corrugated material for the roof, but it looks like they will be able to seek shelter under the coop. Nice job!
Stan the Man Thank you, yeah you never really know how much work is involved until you start doing it. It seemed like I was never going to get done. Sometimes I'd be out there all day and was moving at a snail's pace. 😦
Excellent video and obviously very well made. In the future would you please make a video on how you made the door and also go into more detail about the Simpson strong ties and it looked like you had some metal plates on there too. Thank you!
This is excellent!! The girls are gonna LOVE it!! Are you going to put any hardware cloth around the corners..could be a weak spot. Can't wait to see them swing!!
Thank you, I might put more hardware cloth or some type of galvanized fencing on the ground and the corners. I do have an update video you can see them swinging. ua-cam.com/video/lZfV-aYqXdc/v-deo.html
Not quite sure why it's necessary to bury posts 3ft into the ground? Level out the ground, use some pavers to elevate the boards off the ground and predator-proof the perimeter with hardware cloth. If you don't want it to move drill a couple holes and drive several 2-3ft pieces of rebar should hold it.
It looks amazing but you just need some environment in your run. Like small plants, some stone, a sandbox, a little hill, branches ect. Nice you have heating lamp for them😊 Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video. We are starting our coop / build today and I was thinking we needed to remove the grass area in order to lay down the wire mesh. So glad I watched your video. It has saved me time!
+ Excellent run you built there, I did the same. I even left the spot not fastened down under the window in the roof of the run. It only took the racoon 2 weeks to find the weakness and go in and kill every chicken I had. Just saying, you might want to rethink that.
Had a raccoon dump 50lbs of feed onto the ground our second year because we thought we had a cool hopper hanging on the wall, so did the raccoon. That's as much as we've had for predator action.
Your chickens are going to love that run. I love the Dobes. That's my breed. Great dogs. I have had 10 in my life so far. Don't have one right now. But hopefully will soon. Thanks for the video.
Are you in an area that gets very much snow? I am in an area that gets snow and the Avery netting would get too heavy with snow and break/bend. My brother built a pen using chain link fencing with supports. Poultry netting on the ground rusts and deteriorates here. I used the same hardware cloth for my walls of my pen enclosure. I am not sure how strong poultry netting will work for the roof. I like your structure u built with the strong gate. Good job! I am thinking of rebuilding my pen structure similar to how you did yours, but It is twice the size. Will probably use chain link fencing for the roof to keep out predators from the sky....
yw, just noticed that you do have a heavy gauge wire inside the window. Ive seen a few peoples chicken coops, and some have a pully system, possibly that would suffice, or a sliding window but for that youd most certainly Id think have to put some heavy gauge wire outside to, to protect against those critters. tc
Probably way too late to mention this since it was posted almost 4 years ago, but the chicken wire that you left loose so you could get to the latch on the chicken coup worries me. Raccoons would see that as an easy in and have their predatory way with your chickens some night. I love the design otherwise and really enjoyed watching you build it. Thank you.
REALLY NICE! However, you should have laid down galvanized and coated deer-fencing down on the ground to at least 2 feet outside the fence. That way predators wouldn’t be able to dig under the fence..... I see what you did with the hardware cloth. I supposed that would work, I would just feel more comfortable if it extended all the way across the interior under the run.... Regardless, Very Nice!
Thank you, yeah I might do that with some galvanized fencing on the ground. I'm also putting up some motion sensing security lights around the chicken coop.
I used to be horrible at building chicken coops. Now I'm really good at it! Here's a great resource that will teach you how to build high quality chicken coops: ChickCoop.club
Love the design. If it were me, no offense, I might would add hardware cloth on top just because I've heard of several stories of raccoons ripping through chicken wire. Have a blessed day. JESUS CHRIST loves you. 🙏❤
Damn this is great!!! I have really got inspiration. 5 star run for sure Have you got a video where you released the chickens? Any predator visits yet?
SCJ Johnson No snow here or if we do it's just a dusting once every couple of years. I had someone else say they've used chain link fence for the ceiling of the run.
If you is interested in coop plans the greatest success that I have ever had was with the Coop Magic Tactic (just google it) without a doubt the most helpful course that I have ever followed.
Just found your channel, one question: where you left that loose chicken wire on top to unlatch the window aren't you afraid of raccoons getting under it and eating your chickens. Larry
That's a descent one, when I was raising chickens before I moved I would let them out of the run and leave the door open. Then at dusk they would go back in and I would shut the door. Someday I will start chicken farming again. Nice job.
Here in south Louisiana, it gets so hot in the sun that I put some tin on the top of half of the run. I would had used that fiber glass sheets but had the tin on hand. I like your run but I will be replacing mine because we discovered termites. The.swings were a great idea but I might have trouble keeping the Grand Darlins off them. All in all, the run looks great and first class.
Those are the happiest chicks! and thats an amazing run. Please watch up top where its not secure. Raccoons are terrible at ripping thru things to get the chickens.
That is a really nice run. I am looking to get into raising chickens next year. Your video will help make that happen. You are right, digging post holes always sucks.
for people who have chickens as a hobby and homestead purpose, this is beautiful. Who cares if its overkill? this man put a lot of effort into creating a beautiful chicken run. And on top of that, it is going to last years! Great video!
Thank you👍
I love it..
And he gave them Swings. 😁
Someone said it was Overkill? Nonsense. Predators love chickens.
Who said it was overkill
When I was 12 a friend built a barn and he said my job was goffor, go for this go for that. Mainly it was just packing beer to him and his brothers. Made $20 a week, thought I was rich. He had me paint the entire barn with used motor oil because they had banned krisole. I’m 52 now and that barn is as good as the day the last nail was drove in it.
Amazing to read! Good memories I would imagine
Pete B,
Nice job... and I can see that those chickens are not just "chickens "
You have valued them as living being, and you have earned my respect. To see someone with " heart", ....my hat off to you sir !!!!!!!!
Thank you, I really appreciate that. They are Gods creators and What I feed them will go into their eggs and then me. Keeping them clean and happy is all part of that too. Thanks again.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading you have earned my respect and subscription too
You did a fantastic job. Thank you for the video. I would suggest something: if you put cinderblocks all around the run and fill the holes with soil to plant flowers & vegetables for the chickens they will LOOOVEEE it. Plus the cinder blocks will prevent animals to try to dig under as well.
Susy on inside or out side of run?
@@MA-vm6jl outside is better.
I love the Predator apron you're amazing Pete
They can still dig under a cinder block unless you put wire mess under it
@@susannemarieschuster3974 yes, agree , but I think the video says that a "predator apron" was also used.
My coop is raised like yours. We added wire around the base of the coop so the hens can enjoy the shade and shelter the building provides. You have a wonderful setup!
I can see using the leaves in the chicken run. Keep the girls comfortable. I would have put the wire on the run before dumping the leaves, but to each his own. The run looks great. I can see using the manure on the garden. You may even want to let the chickens spread the leaves.
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I think you really thought this project out.
God bless America.
Awesome thank you 👍
Excellent quality build! You treat your chickens with such care and kindness they are in very good hands!
This is the best chicken coop/run I ever saw! Genius!
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
I would agree
It really is I love it it's an excellent job the chickens will love it plus they have a lot of room with chickens the more room you can give them the better especially in the chicken yard
Such a gorgeous book - each shed is unique and inspiring, and I love all the tiny details Kotite features to help readers imagine how to create their own She Sheds ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxe9yi0sulKgsp0VJJCIrLWWkvVqcU7LFR . The feature on Dinah's Rustic Retreat is like something from a fairy tale. It's really inspiring to see how creative all these ordinary people are in making beautiful and useful spaces on a modest scale.
I built a coop and was looking for ideas for my run.
Thanks!
You gave me everything I need. Excellent 👌
This helped me start the process. Thank you so much for sharing!
I love this so much! I am a college student at WPI and we are completing our Interactive Qualifying Project and we are building a predator proof chicken structure for Turn Back Time Farm. This video has been amazing for us and our project! The chickens at the farm will be so happy with a new safe home
Awesome thank you 👍
You have a lot of great ideas with your construction. Thanks for posting for us to view.
Thank you and you're welcome 🙂
Awesome build. I would say keep an eye on the gate for sagging as the diagonal support is in the opposite direction. I’ll definitely be using this as a reference for ours this spring. Thanks!
I like it! You had some really great ideas! Chicken swings- too cute! Love the design! Brilliant bedding! Can't wait to watch their first day out, I see it in my recommended side list! Wish you the best! And Thank You!
Thank you 🙂
My Dad had me to watch your video several times. He likes the chicken wire that you added to the ground for extra protection from predators. Thanks for sharing this video ❤
This is beautiful! We are redoing ours to make it nicer, and this is great inspiration. We will have it taller, like yours, and are making it out of chain link fencing we were given. We have bears here, so it has to be sturdy. Thanks for putting this out!
Sounds great! thank you 👍
Learned so many things. My husband and I will be building a chicken run in the next few days, I am glad that I found your video, loved it.
Glad it was helpful! and thank you
Learned two new things...that those are tampering tools the previous owners left us in the barn and I am not crazy that there really are levels that "go around" posts like that :) Thanks much!
🙂👍
I believe they refer to them as TAMPING tools...for tamping or compressing.
Tampering tools are used by burglars....and governments.
Really like it...Great Job Love the swings ..So cute fabulous Idea.
Thank you
very nice video.. great chicken coop and run
Faraeq
Whomever invented the post levellers should be rewarded with many loads of chicken manure, ode to the inventors, you really helping this guy out
I love this project. You did an awesome job. Thank you for posting it.
Thank you
Thank you! I always begged for chickens as a girl but my parents didn't let me have any. My dad never taught me this type of stuff. Just yelled when I didn't hold the flash light angled correctly as he reached for his beer. I am almost thirty now and finally have my own chickens! I have the cash for a shed and run build and my partner says that he will be the do-er if I am the thinker but I've been on home depot and lots of websites feeling like I still don't know what I'm doing 😖 thanks for this gift of being... Dad ☺️
Great chicken run! I'm just finished my coop and put my chickens in it after 4 weeks as well. I'm gonna build my run as close to yours!
Awesome thank you 👍
You done a real good job. We had trouble with the cloth wire. Decided to do smaller sections.
That’s the Ritz Carlton of chicken coops. Sweet. Nice job.
Thank you
Looks great. We have about the same thing. We adding grass clipping and garden scraps all summer too. This year and 15 hens later we sifted with 1/4” hardware mesh and topped the Back To Eden garden. Asparagus looks lovely. So your design is a soil manufacturing plant. Feed them and they feed you. Nice.
Thank you, yes they are definitely going to be pumping out wonderful organic eggs for us and manure/compost for the garden. I just noticed today that my asparagus are coming up nicely too. 🙂
This is EXACTLY the type of chicken run I've been wanting to design and this video helps tremendously. Thanks!
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omg you have a couple Doberdorks! We do too! great video thank you!
Yep they are definitely Doberdorks 😂
Beautiful run and coop. Hope I can pull off something as fine here for my girls when I get them!
Really nice! Some thing that really stood out to me, and I think is a great idea, is having the latches towards the top and bottom of gates/doors!
Great video series, thank you for your help, job well done, God Bless!.
Thanks again 👍
Yay WHAT A GREAT JOB!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!
Pete, awesome job, man you do not do anything half essed. You are awesome, thanks for the videlo.
Thank you so much
Yep, when we are talking a food source for family, nothing is too much as you feel it needs to be. However being slack is just a waist of time. Cuddos Pete for not being slack!
Thanks again..we did a similar build with 95%of the materials left by previous owners...thanks again Pete
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Hey what's up Pete I got to tell you excellent job the chickens are going to love it
Thanks 👍
the best video to watch is when you see how well brought man makes his place livable for those he invites to share it with.
Thank you Sir for your caring attitude your sharing and your expertise. It is so very much appreciated!
I love your work.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind words
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You can also tarp the roof when required. Perfect job!
Thank you
Very nice, awesome build!!!
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you
Reminds me of the run at my old house. About the only difference is that I installed double doors on the end, with a removable foot board, to clean the run. Looks real nice!
Thank you
You did a great job. I love you said that "IT TOOK FOREVER!" lol... those are wise words for a Backyard Chicken person lol if it doesn't take time then it is not built correctly, if it's not built correctly then predators will penetrate the run or worse, the Coop. So use this video as a bible if you are watching. This man knows his stuff. Thanks for the video!
Thank you, very true, if you don't put enough time and work in something, then it won't come out right.
Awesome job on your chicken run! Those hens will be happy and safe. We are finishing ours will the base the same as yours. We live where we get lots of snow so we modified ours to have a sloped metal roof. We also enclosed the 2 sides where most of the rain and snow will blow in to keep the hens dry. No more shoveling snow inside the run this Winter.
Awesome 👍
Excellent run! I like the idea that you used the Simpson brackets verses just screwing or nailing the boards together
Thank you
Good morning great job,even four years later,pretty Dobbies
coopodoit offers great manuals for building a chicken cop. I build my coop with them. Leave a like if helped you :)
This was awesome!!!
Great series really enjoyed this one best wishes to you and your family.
Dobbo2958 Thank you and God bless you and your family too.
Man u r serious, I like your workmanship...excellent job!!
Thank you
Very well done, I loved it!
Good dogs.
Greetings from southern Brazil.
Ricardo Kliwood Climaco.
Thank you 👍
My hat's off to you Pete! That is a heck of a lot of work. We had strong winds up here in Oregon last week and part of our fence blew over. My wife and I put up an 8 foot section and are looking toward fixing the rest of it in the Summer. We did an entire fence on our last house so we know what we are facing. Totally wore me out, but nothing compared to digging those post holes, etc. I thought you might use corrugated material for the roof, but it looks like they will be able to seek shelter under the coop. Nice job!
Stan the Man Thank you, yeah you never really know how much work is involved until you start doing it. It seemed like I was never going to get done. Sometimes I'd be out there all day and was moving at a snail's pace. 😦
excellent build and thank you for taking us along and explaining everything, I enjoyed it tremendously! I'm now following you :)
Jasmine Cherie Thank you so much, I really appreciate that.😊
Excellent video and obviously very well made. In the future would you please make a video on how you made the door and also go into more detail about the Simpson strong ties and it looked like you had some metal plates on there too. Thank you!
This is excellent!! The girls are gonna LOVE it!! Are you going to put any hardware cloth around the corners..could be a weak spot. Can't wait to see them swing!!
Thank you, I might put more hardware cloth or some type of galvanized fencing on the ground and the corners. I do have an update video you can see them swinging. ua-cam.com/video/lZfV-aYqXdc/v-deo.html
Not quite sure why it's necessary to bury posts 3ft into the ground? Level out the ground, use some pavers to elevate the boards off the ground and predator-proof the perimeter with hardware cloth. If you don't want it to move drill a couple holes and drive several 2-3ft pieces of rebar should hold it.
@@jlcon99 cause that's the chicken doomsday bunker/ tornado shelter!
@@jlcon99 There's probably a million ways to do this. Not quite sure why this way isn't ok?
Very good chicken run excellent video
Thank you 👍
It looks amazing but you just need some environment in your run. Like small plants, some stone, a sandbox, a little hill, branches ect.
Nice you have heating lamp for them😊
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video. We are starting our coop / build today and I was thinking we needed to remove the grass area in order to lay down the wire mesh. So glad I watched your video. It has saved me time!
Awesome 👍
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Excellent run you built there, I did the same. I even left the spot not fastened down under the window in the roof of the run. It only took the racoon 2 weeks to find the weakness and go in and kill every chicken I had. Just saying, you might want to rethink that.
Ron G Yeah I might have to figure something else that will work. Thanks
That is so sad. I lost only one with a mistake in design, fixed it right away.
Had a raccoon dump 50lbs of feed onto the ground our second year because we thought we had a cool hopper hanging on the wall, so did the raccoon. That's as much as we've had for predator action.
Your chickens are going to love that run. I love the Dobes. That's my breed. Great dogs. I have had 10 in my life so far. Don't have one right now. But hopefully will soon. Thanks for the video.
this is the best chiken coop! run!!
Thank you
On my wat to lowes to get materials for this build. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Beautiful i like that kind of man can make anything like my husband❤️
I’m 12 so I don’t have a husband but I admire my dad for this too!
Great job!! Starting mines tomorrow, you're welcome to come help in Florida 🤣
Are you in an area that gets very much snow? I am in an area that gets snow and the Avery netting would get too heavy with snow and break/bend. My brother built a pen using chain link fencing with supports. Poultry netting on the ground rusts and deteriorates here. I used the same hardware cloth for my walls of my pen enclosure. I am not sure how strong poultry netting will work for the roof. I like your structure u built with the strong gate. Good job! I am thinking of rebuilding my pen structure similar to how you did yours, but It is twice the size. Will probably use chain link fencing for the roof to keep out predators from the sky....
Paul Dawes Thank you, we rarely get snow here in east Texas maybe a dusting now and then, but a Chain link fence would definitely work for the snow.
looks great man, chicken coop looks really well made as well
beautiful chicken coop, wish I had one. That window at the front, wont raccoons figure that one latch out though? Great video, thanks
Thank you, yeah I need to come up with a better system for that window.
yw, just noticed that you do have a heavy gauge wire inside the window. Ive seen a few peoples chicken coops, and some have a pully system, possibly that would suffice, or a sliding window but for that youd most certainly Id think have to put some heavy gauge wire outside to, to protect against those critters. tc
Thank you! I've been looking for something like this step by step instructions was nice.
Thank you
Probably way too late to mention this since it was posted almost 4 years ago, but the chicken wire that you left loose so you could get to the latch on the chicken coup worries me. Raccoons would see that as an easy in and have their predatory way with your chickens some night. I love the design otherwise and really enjoyed watching you build it. Thank you.
Post hole digging does suck, but sucks a little less with a digger! Great coop. Glad you made video 😁
Very true, I guess I shouldn't complain 🙂 Thank you.
Looks like a Taj Mahal for chickens. Complete with spa.
Donald Miller Thank you 😁
his tractor is also indian brand 11:00.
Excellent Job. Your building and imagination skills are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
REALLY NICE! However, you should have laid down galvanized and coated deer-fencing down on the ground to at least 2 feet outside the fence. That way predators wouldn’t be able to dig under the fence..... I see what you did with the hardware cloth. I supposed that would work, I would just feel more comfortable if it extended all the way across the interior under the run.... Regardless, Very Nice!
Thank you, yeah I might do that with some galvanized fencing on the ground. I'm also putting up some motion sensing security lights around the chicken coop.
Wouldn't that keep the chickens from scratching?
Nice coop and run Pete. Enjoyed seeing the build!
Happilyretiredmark Thanks, I really appreciate that.
Do they use the swings? Update video?
Wow nice scenery ....i wish i was living there..
Man I got to get me a grass catcher for my lawnmower
I used to be horrible at building chicken coops. Now I'm really good at it! Here's a great resource that will teach you how to build high quality chicken coops: ChickCoop.club
Congratulations, wow, awesome project! Very attractive finished job.
Love the design. If it were me, no offense, I might would add hardware cloth on top just because I've heard of several stories of raccoons ripping through chicken wire. Have a blessed day. JESUS CHRIST loves you. 🙏❤
True hardware cloth is stronger. If I see any signs of a predator, I'll definitely put the hardware cloth on the top. Thanks and God bless.
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AWESOME!!!!! Perfect ideas for building a run!!
Thanks!
Damn this is great!!! I have really got inspiration. 5 star run for sure
Have you got a video where you released the chickens? Any predator visits yet?
Thank you, no predators yet. Here's the video they go out for the first time. ua-cam.com/video/I1cgYYornDU/v-deo.html
Great video, I built 2 chicken house / runs and wanted to refresh my memory. Pete I`m sure you helped a lot of people.
Thank you, I hope I did.
Do you get snow? If so how to keep falling snow from building up on ceiling and thus pushing the screening down. Do you have a plan for that?
SCJ Johnson No snow here or if we do it's just a dusting once every couple of years. I had someone else say they've used chain link fence for the ceiling of the run.
If you is interested in coop plans the greatest success that I have ever had was with the Coop Magic Tactic (just google it) without a doubt the most helpful course that I have ever followed.
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That PTO post hole digger makes it possible! Trying to dig those post holes the old way would suck so bad!!!!!
Just found your channel, one question: where you left that loose chicken wire on top to unlatch the window aren't you afraid of raccoons getting under it and eating your chickens. Larry
Yes, I have to redesign that part for sure. 🙂
I really hope this guy's brood multiplies thousand fold
Why so deep? Seems 2' would be good.
tom mac I probably could have gotten away with two feet on the chicken run but not on a fence. I just don't want the posts to move.
That's a descent one, when I was raising chickens before I moved I would let them out of the run and leave the door open. Then at dusk they would go back in and I would shut the door. Someday I will start chicken farming again. Nice job.
Thank you, Unfortunately I can't let mine out to free range like that. Too many hawks here.
Here in south Louisiana, it gets so hot in the sun that I put some tin on the top of half of the run. I would had used that fiber glass sheets but had the tin on hand. I like your run but I will be replacing mine because we discovered termites. The.swings were a great idea but I might have trouble keeping the Grand Darlins off them. All in all, the run looks great and first class.
Thank you 👍
Those are the happiest chicks! and thats an amazing run. Please watch up top where its not secure. Raccoons are terrible at ripping thru things to get the chickens.
Thank you 🙏 for this video
Building the same design now
Nice job. Also nice looking pups you got.
Thanks 👍
A work of art and so much love went into this build as well. Thank you!
I used the same design for my run. Thanks Pete.
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Very nice work! Nicest one I've seen!
Good job I like how your children coop is coming out ..
It looks more like a Hilton Hotel for Chickens. Nice job.
Thank you
That is a really nice run. I am looking to get into raising chickens next year. Your video will help make that happen. You are right, digging post holes always sucks.
Thank you
You do everything first class!
Looks very nice,great job sir!
Thank you