Mobile Chicken Coop's Lightweight Design and Install of the Wire Mesh Floor
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- In this video, we work on the next step in our series on the mobile coop by adding the wire mesh floor and some new paint (yes, I changed the color). I also detail the design we settled on in order to make the coop as light as possible se we could navigate our steep terrain safely.
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I love the fact that kelly gave you her side of the garage! Awesome
Just temporarily
Just temporarily
@@RedToolHouse lol
You failed to mention the satellite dish on the mobile coop. Good video. Thanks
Can't wait to see the finished product.
Hi, Troy tell Kelly that this is Red tool house so the coop has to have red on it...lol
I know, right! That is my argument!
Gettin ready to expand our run a little bit from 5x6 to 11x6. Only have 3 birds currently, but wanting to get to 7 total. Got them originally for my grandson, but I'm enjoying caring for them and eggs of course.
Greens feed has a bunch of wire. We had that problem last year. I love the coop. I have been looking a solution like this. Glad I’m not the only one needing to haul my chicks up these mountains. 😂
I kept finding 25 foot rolls locally and I only needed 30 feet total. Hated to buy two rolls and have something else lying around.
Looks great! Well planned. Thanks for sharing.
I am enjoying this video series. My next chicken coop will be on a trailer similar to yours, so I am getting lots of ideas. My plan is to use light gage metal studs with metal siding instead of wood framing to reduce weight.
You're RED tool house, I agree with red highlights!
Nice build. Here’s an idea. Get some of that flex seal or bed liner type product and cover the beams that would be exposed to the chickens. It will keep them much better protected from the hot chicken droppings. Just a thought. Enjoying the progress.
Great review and update, this is going to be really nice for the chickens this year. I can’t believe how big the puppy is!
I'm really impressed with your editing work bringing in the SketchUp drawing at the end - awesome job, Troy. Must have been fun finding the exact viewpoint and direction in SketchUp to match the camera footage!
It took a couple tries to line up
Oh no. I used that same wire on the bottom of our coup in hoop (just a warm dry box inside our little cattle panel hoop house chicken house) for 12 hens. I have not had good luck with manure going through. I think my mobile coup floor will have some wood chips and make the opening wheelbarrow height. I could be talked out of it yet. I do like the open bottom idea.
We just use a Justin Rhodes Chick Shaw and we love it. It is small, and only holds 40 but it works right now. We are hoping to build one like that on the next year or so.
I actually started there with this design but needed bigger and something towable. I saw where he added that feature to his latest design.
I actually started there with this design but needed bigger and something towable. I saw where he added that feature to his latest design.
@@RedToolHouse cool. Even with his new addition, it still isn't great for super steep terrain
Thank you for sharing this! I've got an old trailer frame outside, and I would love to convert it to a mobile coop. Another thing on the never-ending project list! :)
Very nice
a great idea is cover the wood with just wide enough plastic vapor barrier 6 ml or strips of house wrap to protect it from the acid chicken poo, and easy to spray clean
It would add a tad bit of weight but possibly consider adding boards 12-inch on center the one-inch wire would hold up longer. I used the 24-inch spacing as that was the wire width and over time sagging developed, even with chickens. Overall I am a fan of this design and the overall size for the WV hills.
Good to see "most" of the family working on this project>>>>Where is that second boy? Like your mobile coop design!
College Biology is keeping him with his nose in the books!
cool idea ! love your video , Thanks
Might be too late but have you thought about using Galvanized studs vs wood to cut weight on the walls and roof? 4 lbs vs 13 lbs per 8' stud or so. The downside, you'd have to buy them and the screws but that thing would be lighter to the point you'd worry it might blow away. lol Also, I'd beef up that floor if you plan to get in there and walk because you're not going to be able to walk normal hunched over to step on those few cross members and will sink in your wire mesh. Like the design.
Dude I couldn’t find welded wire fence for my coop for 3 MONTHS last summer. Had to use chicken wire. Gotta replace it before this season luckily I bought some last September.
I like your design, but won't the rain catchment system in the back hinder your access to the nesting boxes for collecting the eggs? I think I'd put the nesting boxes on the side. Can't wait to see your mobile coop progress in the days ahead! Edit: Oops. I just went back and watched it again. I see that I missed the part about the tank being inside the coop. Interesting!
I believe the gutter and downspout drop will be less that 12 inches and the nesting box door should be no more than 28 inches. That should allow my plumbing to go inside and to the tank that will be on the floor. That is the idea at least. We will have to see how it turns out.
That's great. How many chickens will that reasonably hold.
This is based on 50 or less at recommended spacing.
Love watching you build things. What is the difference between 1x1 cage wire and 1x1 hardware cloth?
Not sure. I have yet to run into 1x1 hardware cloth. That was what I was looking for first.
I like the sketch up overlay within the video. Are you using Adobe?
I started one today but I am using a old cotton trailer
I am not familiar with that type of trailer. Is it unique for cotton?
@@RedToolHouse this one was set up as a cotton trailer. Not sure what they where manufacture to be to start with. It has 2 separate axles and the front one has an axles upfront where the wheels can move so you can pull it around in all directions. I did a short on it today and will be up loading a video about it tomorrow
I’m surprised that trailers are made out of cotton.
🤔 Wondering why you put plastic under coop this time while painting? I remember a long time ago in a forest far far away that someone sprayed red undercoating paint on a frame without any plastic on top of concrete. 🤔 Crazy thoughts I know.
Only a total idiot would do that on the driveway!
Only a total idiot would do that on the driveway!
@@RedToolHouse Hahaha 🤣🤣😂😂
Where did you get your axle from?
Is the build spec plan for sale?
I don’t have anything drawn up that would be conventional.
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