Simple Home-made Chicken Coop
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We have an old chicken coop on our property & my husband is fixing it up this spring. We've named it "Cluckingham Palace."
I have Peckingham Palace 😂😂
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Three Pines Farm & Garden hahahahaha 🤣🤣 excellent!!
I'm naming mine "Palace of VERSAILLES-ITY "!
Just love Moss patrolling in the background. He's adorable.
I love this coop. It's very basic and simple. Perfect starter coop for us. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Would love an update ! This looks better than anything on the market. You could dig a smooth bowl in the clay under the hut for a dry dust bathing bowl. Also the gutter could go into a water but which then automatically goes into a standard water dispenser.
good job Dan, When I used to keep chickens my coop was above ground enabling me to keep feed and water hoppers hung underneath. Not sure how you deal with waste when cleaning out coop but I used to sieve the wood shavings of droppings, as long as it was dry and reuse. My girls used to perch on my shoulder and have long conversations with me LOL GOOD LUCK.
It's a thing of veritable beauty! 😁. I designed one very similar donkeys years ago with long wheel barrow style handles one end and pram wheels t'other. I thought this would help me move it along in order to enrich the land. Yet, I've never been able to attain my dream of keeping chickens. I am so proud of you, I can see its hard work... But rather this kind of hard work then stuck in a job that robs you of your soul. Bloody well done. Sending everything good your way. Xx
Great looking chicken coop, easy maintenance/clean out. Good job! Poo
Nicely designed and built coop.
Thanks a million!
I couldn't help but giggle every time the dog went on his patrol around the chickens. To cute. Really nice coop.
Beautiful! And very practical ! Ventilation. Ladder. Back doors. Clean. Wonderful !!!! Very aesthetic
Chickens themselves are heat-producers :)
And their feathers are excellent insulation
I came to the comments to add this. I don't think insulation is necessary, but his reasoning for why is incorrect.
Their body heat is basically an internal heat source. I think insulation is better if you can do it, but your coop is cute too!
We have had birds that ate insulation, and died. So, I'm not sure I'd ever insulate. They found the insulation in the barn and ate it.
Irish lad in London watching this. Great video series, makes me long for home!
Jonathan Mc Guinness you never forget your roots.
@@Bursleygirl never :)
OMG how I love Moss! He thinks he is corralling the chickens who could care less. So adorable!
l love Moss so much too - he is always busy just in camera shot - twirling a baton or kissing a baby cow right beside Dan's ear (though Dan is unaware ; )
Great looking chicken house.Like the addition of guttering.Given the amount of water we get here have often thought of adding it to the sides of the compost heaps.Ha ha..
Thanks so much! You can never have too much guttering here in Ireland, haha! I hope your garden in Leitrim is doing well now the heatwave has passed!
great coop. chickens live in excessive cold, and do fine. So, the issue, with chickens, is likely keeping them cooler, and not warmer in some areas. I love the bar under the coop. In my high wind area I would attach to an outer wall.
As somthing of a Reginal Perrin myself, I admires anyone who has the guts to break away.and find an alternative lifestyle. I have no doubt that you have the ability to make it work. Thanks for sharing.
Chickens, hehe, I like them all. I'm going to have some chickens at my pet store.
Hi Daniel
In my chicken coop I used odd end piece of vinyl/lino for flooring in there easily pulled out a scrubbed and of course waterproof to save wood rotting.
Mobile coup, good idea, if you put your chicken coup on wheels you'll then have the ability to move it around more easily on your own. Reconditioning the ground for veggies, good for chickens, good for you.
Love too you and Mossy from Tipperary 💖
I found your channel today and kept on bing watching. I love other UA-cam channels about minimalism, tiny house living, nature etc. I have the same personality.
May i make a suggest to add in dried herbs into the nesting boxes. Wormwood is the best to use to help deter mites but I use all sorts and the chickens seem to like it.
Its simple and free and maybe chicken neutral! 😊
Oh, great tip! I will do that. Thanks a million! :)
And also food grade diatomaceous earth is good for mites and parasites. Give it to them I the food and on the coop floor. Same for ducks. We even put it on the bottom boards of our bee hives
I keep rescue hens and apple cider vinegar in their drinking water is a great way to improve and maintain health in a plethora of ways including boosting the immune system, controlling mites and parasites. Love your videos!
There are many factors in creating an amazing design. One place I discovered that successfully combines these is ChickCoop.club definately the most useful info that I've heard of. Check out this unbelievable website.
Smart to make it mobile! It’s beautifully done! They’re so cute! Great idea to make it a raised coup. It does look really cool!
Even though this was made a couple of years ago it has been a great help to me today. I am just about to make my chickens a new house and this is just what I am looking for. I shall be making a start on it tomorrow :-)
Me too. I build stuff, not design stuff, so this has helped me a lot. Just the kind of thing I was after.. I'll be making a walk in mesh enclosed area too, so the chooks have an inside/outside area for in bad weather. And I have to figure out a rainwater runoff water bowl design, so that the water automatically refills in rain but has an overflow that drains away from the coop.
Moss is great, always lightens up the background. I've basically watched all your videos the past couple of days, very entertaining and educational!
love your stye of living have been to waterford in the south what a lovely place.
Thanks so much.
Mossy Bottom: I love your videos. I love your accent. Mine’s pretty bland being from a Chicago origin. I want to add that you don’t need to be in view all the time. You put yourself in an inset in another vid. You’ve got a lot of good things to say. You could’ve have spent a lot of time having us just watch the chickens while you talk. Keep going I want to see more.
Looks great! watch out for those winter gales though that looks like it would go flying...
We finished the coop just before Christmas we used shiplap (still not painted), rigid corrugated felt sheets for the roof and nice thick doors at the back from wood that we had already. I just put 2 nest boxes in and that is fine for our 6 - copied the perches and shelf and they love it! They use the shelter underneath - we are in S France but in the mountains and it does rain! So, thanks for the lovely design. We have electric fencing surrounding the coop. I put a small tub of water inside with a lid and made holes in it, using those pecking cups.
Would have loved to see a tutorial on how to build this!
Would love to see a tutorial on how to build this
Yes please
Google “DIY Chicken Coops” there are a huge number of designs many with video instructions.
Hi Dear Friend! Great job! Thank you and have a beautiful day!🙏😊👍
We used to have chickens and they laid all through winter...and ate all the veggie stuff we gave them as well as their chicken food. They also scratched my mum's flowers out of the ground so they had to go. Love the design of the coop cause our part of Ireland is prone to gales so must get my brother to fit some skis.to our next coop.and make it high too.
Thank you for sharing your design! I really like the double door idea. Looks like it's a snap to clean. Also, the ski slope idea would be perfect where I live in the USA.
Thank you very much for this. We’ve had our first chickens and they are in the coop as I write. We made our coop based on a modified version of this....they seem really settled. Our doors are on either side because the back of the coop is against our garage. The advice about not having a lip on the cleaning door was invaluable. Thank you!
My chooks used to love a few bits of home grown garlic thrown into their water - it's supposed to be healthy - they'd rush to gobble it anyway. - Garlic is an easy WINTER planting crop that makes a simple man feed great. - That's a good design chook-house for sure
Thanks so much! Great tip. I'll try that. :)
We always keep an incandescent light in the cooper during the winter, it seems to provide enough heat and they will lay through the winter
Love the prowling dog in the background "on duty". These are so informative. Directions are clear, precise and well presented. Thank you!
I realized after watching your last introvert video that I am in fact an introvert! Or a big part of me is. I can't believe it never clicked before. I used to always say that I like being alone too much, and that that is unhealthy. I can't believe I used to say such a negative thing about myself. I'm glad I found your channel. It has been my goal for as long as I can remember to own and work land, keep animals and live in harmony with nature. It's so encouraging seeing you succeed at it.
Them not laying during the winter does not have to do with the cold. It is the hours of daylight going below 14.
Very well made chicken coop! I love all the features. My grandparents had chickens and would have liked the way you created a nice and safe home for your hens.
Moss is rounding up his lone shepherd. Great chicken coup. thank you.
I love the way Moss, the dog, just keeps going and going…..
Agree with no insulation,. Most chickens, according to breed, cope better with cooler weather rather than hot. I wouldn't expect them to lay through the winter--it's not normal and pushes them beyond normal. Loving your videos!
Nice design! I love the internal boxes and full dual access doors.
For the water collection/ chicken waterer, if you could find some form of small water butt which you could then attach a pipe with some nipple drinkers would be a way to you could utilise it and save some time hauling water down to them every day
Really helpful video...thanks for the upload...your coop looks just the job! Love the removable floor and nesting sites....very clever.
You are really talented, Daniel. That summer house looks amazing! That was another lovely video with really sound advice.
I like this one! Our chooks have been around 4 months and have been in a dome, going around my growing 'mandala'. Now it's raining a lot and they need up-space and a permanent house, but one I may choose to move sometime; also easy access to the coop! We had a horrid little coop at the beginning with outside access nesting boxes but enclosed underneath which you could not get to.
Love your channel. Did you ever consider making an entire vlog about your super clever and sweet dog Moss?
I am fascinated with looking at the chicken coop and the chickens I I love chickens but I had several in the past I wished I could make a chicken coop like this one at Mossy bottom I think about it and maybe I can do it and have more chicken some day
Old walnut tree leaves (dried) seem to deter a lot of pests such as mites in nesting boxes ,well wilted comfrey leaves are good for their general health as well ,apart from being a very good soil Fertiliser. But remember that comfrey need to be controlled .
I love this design, it is so much practical than the one I adapted from a kennel to house 3 hens some year ago. Thank you :)
Great video...appreciate the detail and insight
My pleasure! Thanks for the feedback. :)
nice coop and that dog is very cool patrolling the run no fox cat ect getting in there great video mate
I’ve always wanted my own chickens.Good job,looks like they’ll be safe and cosy in there.
Great channel, keep the content coming please.
Thanks. More coming soon! :)
Hi , would love to see inside cottage, no matter what it's like as would like to see it from begining and your progression, good video
Hello, nice content you have here :) in the matter of collecting the water from rooftop: you can place a bucket with a lid and make a hole in the lid to put a pipe in. This way chickens won't contaminate water.
Good job, wow - a great design. You make no mention of the ducks. Maybe they were for butcher? We keep our ducks and chickens together. The ducks use the bottom and the chickens use the roosting area. We prefer the duck eggs - they are larger and excellent. 2 thoughts ~ the chickens themselves are the heat source in winter. We have only 13 birds and you will be surprised how much heat they throw. And 2nd thought, the shelving for roosting ~ they poop all over it. Really good video, great coop. Just looking at the date, maybe this was before the ducks?
Still waiting to see your cottage!
Adorable Moss!
Please consider making a video with tips on buying property in Ireland (I live in Northampton UK). Very impressed with the coop, your experience in making furniture must help a little
daft.ie
It's like rightmove.
Nice coop and set up. I like your plans for moving it to set up a garden in that space. Moss would drive me crazy continually circling it though! Haha. Nice to see the Rhode Island Reds! I'm from RI
Love your birds and love the portable coop. I'm sure you're getting tons of "suggestions and tips" from people but there is one suggestion that may be imperative. Chickens need some sort of overhead cover. Where I live in the US, Hawks are a real threat. I have never lost a bird (thankfully) to a hawk but they have regularly been on patrol. It's not just Hawks to be concerned with, there are many other birds and animals that love to eat chicken as much as humans do. Because it is a portable coop you may want to use a sort of netting that lets the sun shine through and can easily be moved. There are burlap types and many other types to choose from. If you notice, some of your birds are staying under the coop. This is due to their feeling much more secure when they have overhead cover. Just a suggestion. You seem to be doing a great job. Best wishes and continued success.
Best and simplest coop I have ever seen!
I like the dog Moss, who's patrolling. Lost chickens to foxes. Need a dog to grow up with them. Great video
Put a piece of vinyl sheet ( linoleum) on the floor for easy cleanup but also keeps the moisture from damaging the wood floor. You can do the same for the ducks too. Easy to wash, nothing really sticks to it
Wow, lawyers and drs my family is no joke I’ve spent hours looking and yours is the best
I decided to get chicks this year..was planning on 10...picked out 12 at store ...somehow brought home 14 ..got 3 more. They need a temporary home until permanent large coop is made.
Hope that dog gets paid well for guarding them chickens
He is doing a good job!
Your coup appears very efficient and practical. Mossy is wearing himself out patrolling the hen house.
That dog is running laps around that coop! Its that herding instinct
I have watched many chicken coupe videos in the last week to acquire different ideas. The placement of your ventilation is definitely an idea I will hold on to. It is far from impossible to finish the gable triangle, but why waste time doing so when chickens need ventilation anyway. I don't know why others don't do it like that. Perhaps a longer soffit is in order is someone wants to get picky, but that's easy! Thank you for your video and the knowledge it has shared.
One way to keep the coop floor from rotting or soaking up moisture is to put down a layer of cheap vinyl flooring. I put a layer on my coop floor and its bone dry.
I love your videos and the outtakes.
My Father was a farmer and kept a drop light from the ceiling in his coop . Only when the temp. would drop very low he would put it on . Other then that I really like your idea of raising the shelter , having shelter from sun or prey coming in .
Thanks for showing us the coupe . Excellent job you have done. And a very good design also. Best wishes from County Antrim. 👍
Old beds had a heavy mesh bottom to them on which the mattress was placed. If cut to size it is the perfect floor for a hen house. It allows the hen poo to pass through, provides ventilation and is definitely predator proof including mink.
Very nice, well thought out chicken coop. Love it.
Those chickens are living in style I forgot about wild mink problem really nice chicken coop great video.
Just found your design and love it. We lost 3 chickens to a fox so had to build an enclosure, in which I want to put the coop in.
A garbage bin with a hole in the lid works well as a water bot. You can run a pipe into it or just put some wire mesh over the hole. It is very easy really. Love your channel. Watch “Steve’s Seaside Allotment “ he walks you through harvesting water.
Moss is on patrol
Always! ;)
@Stouffer You are spot on. He may need some training ^_^"
@@MossyBottom Wow! Love your dog, what breeds? And I wants two good dog.
I'm worried about the dog..
@@janohdegroot989 Why?
Love the coop design. If I build another I would like one that is easy to clean like this.
Thanks for sharing. My partner is now making one and looking forward to having a few chickens in our garden
Nice little setup, and it looks easy to build!
The chickens are the heat source you can prevent escaping via insulation :p They really warm a place up, especially a smaller coop like that with so many chickens. You're right about not needing it though with your breed and climate. Maybe just close those tiny gaps in your side panels to reduce drafts, that'll makem a lot more comfy on those windy winter nights.
I like your videos! Building my chicken coop out of scrap supplies I had. I insulated mine but it can get to -20F or -29C here.
Well built. And your observations at 4:37.
Moss is brilliant
I had some chicks, now they are grew up ; without there coop, and i was a little bit confused on which coop i should built and watched many videos of 25 min but they are not what I was looking for. Finally!!! you'r video helped me so much it's ideal for me. Thank you so much bro for sharing this with us, i will subscribe to know why you are there?
very clever design and fitting into the landscape too. well done.
Thank you very much for Your advise 🙂. Im gonna build similar one in my garden in Poland .
All the Best for you and Your chickens
Jacek
I love ur videos. I’m planning on moving my family from the city to a smallholding in (fingers crossed) 2 years. We live in Scotland, so not too dissimilar to Ireland lol I can’t wait to see ur next tour video, and see more with the Kunekune’s, they are just lovely 😍
A suggestion for a water catchment system would be pvc pipe to a bucket or barrel with a nipple waterer.
So glad to find your channel. Watching from North Mayo. Best of luck with your hens, you've created a great little place for them to live. It's great collecting the eggs every day. Hopefully you're not troubled by mink and foxes
Really nice coop and informative video! I just can not wait until I'm able to have chickens on my land as well. Thanks!
Great information. I have been thinking about getting chickens and your video helped me see how easy it is to do. Nice coop!
I love your chicken coop! Like a few other people have said herbs in nesting boxes are great--but they also enjoy eating them (if you give them feed.) Oregano is extremely healthy for them due to its antibiotic properties (you can even add it fresh or dry to their water like a nice oregano tea! lol!). If you wanted, you could even add 3 to 4 drops of oregano essential per 1 gallon of water! Thyme and oregano are wonderful to add in boxes!
grea idea and awesome plan. cant wait to start my coop in South Africa!