Cutest chicken coops ever and exactly what I think I need myself. I am going to be “stealing with my eyes” your ideas for my own coop here in Italy. Sure wish you were closer, you’ve done some excellent work and even esthetically pleasing. 💜
You saved me a lot of time I made my coop following your advice one year ago and its perfect. Its my first time to have chicks. Thank you. Greetings from Hungary
Excellent video with even more great ideas. 1st year with Brahma chickens in Maine. Made it through winter, but revamping for an easier next winter. Thanks for the improvements
Time Stamps, in case someone needs to jump to a certain part. 0:30 Ventilation 1:55 run size/space to hide from predators 2:17 Structurally safe and sound 2:38 Coop size 3:00 Accessibility 3:29 Roost bars 4:40 Nesting boxes 4:53 nearby utilities
You may have said this before but I can’t find it, but what angle or length should a ramp be? I’m building my coop now and it’s 2 feet off the ground. Have Delawares, Welsummers and just got 2 Tolbunt Polish chicks (1 is a frizzle). Does any of that matter when considering angle?
This and few other videos are very helpful. What would material would one use to build? I live in the east so wondering if I have to use PT wood? Also, need to paint them, too. Thanks
Also I do get nervous cuz I live Iowa . it drop down to -15 degrees and I was thinking about the wind. Also I did thought too much ventilation was bad. But seeing your video I think I'll add some vents
I live in an area where the wind comes from different directions when we get storms. Our vents are on all sides and have covers - some slide across, some latch on with bolt latches. Very useful seasonally, as well, since we can get over 100F in summer and around 10-15F in winter.
Thanks guys! Your videos are so helpful! I coverted a 10x16 shed into a coop. I wasnt sure in the beginning what way was best for their perch. So I put in 2x4's on their ends and flat. My kiddos chose on the ends over flat. So I made them all on end. AND they fly up into the rafters. I know now not good as my tiny vents on each end by the top doesn't sound correct.
We have 2x2 and 2x4 as roosts to sleep on and they love both equally, we also have play roosts and playgrounds for them made out of tree roots and branches in the yard and they are always on them 😊 our big girls don’t usually use the small roosts made out of bamboo and sunflower stalks but our bantams are always on them. In our large walk-in shed/barn coop for our free range flock our dominant hens fly up to the top as well and don’t sleep on the roosts lol they like to sleep on the roofing of our grow out/hospital pens.
You are so right about the chicken coops being flimsy. We have had to add additional chicken wire to keep the predators out and several other issues we have needed to repair. We need to move it soon and I’m not sure it will survive but we will see. I’ve learned this expensive and painful lesson from my TSC coop . We also found that although the chicken coop information said that six birds could be kept, it seems too small. I want my girls to live humanely and not be overcrowded. I can’t really let them free range without close supervision due to hawks and my dogs. I am hoping that I can eek out 1-2 years more out of my coop before it will need to be replaced which is why I am here today. Thank you for all your videos as they have been a great help to me and my two legged girls.
We got 10 chicks to start with and apart from being way too small, the prefab coop we bought wouldn’t withstand a Canadian winter! We will probably keep it as an isolation coop in case a bird gets injured. My husband made converted an existing potting shed into a coop. But how much room is TOO much room? Our shed is about 10’x15’ and it seems that might be too big/too cold in the winter. We can’t LEGALLY add chickens to keep each other warm because our local bylaws only allow up to 10 hens (no roosters.)
2 Questions: 1) Do chickens need a separate spot to sleep v lay eggs ? 2) what wood do u use ? I assume no treated timber is safest option ? But how to stop it rotting ?
Love your videos! If I was in your area I would seriously consider buying one of your coops. But I am in north Oregon! That’s a little bit too far away! 😂🐔
Do you offer consoling visits. I am building a coup here in Fontana and I want to build it right Please respond. I have built the chicken run but now I need to build a chicken coup. Thank you. James
OMG I just love this video! You have made my build a lot easier without all the fancy expensive stuff. Great presentation you two #Keepupthegreatwork Loving your swag young missy!
Thank you! They will roost on anything but we can tell they prefer those, especially the large chickens. Our bantams will roost on the playground we have made of bamboo and dried sunflower stalks, but our large girls prefer the roosts and perches that are 2x4s
Coop is ready. Now putting up the run. I’m putting hardware cloth up the sides and top. But I have lots of standard chicken wire. Can I bury the chicken wire in the run to try and keep snakes out? Or should I put down hardware cloth?
So impressed! Awesome all the way around. Wondering if you would change anything for a winter climate 7 months out of the year. Also, would you be open to designing one with me and building it so it can ship. Could be great!
I’m so happy I found you! I’m a new chicken mom and still learning! After watching this video, i now know why my girls aren’t using the roosting bars. They are large round dowels and too high. 😢 correcting that today! Thank you!!!
I got tired of trying to keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer! (I live in Texas where weather extremes are common!) I got a an 8 x 12 shed and converted it to a coop. It has skylight vents, two big windows and is climate controlled with heat and air! So what if my little fluffy butts are pampered. It's a lot less work for ME!
Im new at chickens. I bought hatchlings on Sept 7, I found eggs today! I was told I wouldnt get any eggs until April. I am flying at the seat of my pants with backyard chickenry. One of hens, was extra clucky this morning, like classic "bockGAAK!" sound over and over. So i looked behind a crawl space between a wall, and the roosting box and found 5 very small eggs (Bar Rock hens). Oh ya, metal has been a solid economical choice in building material, indeed. I have a metal cycler close by, and getting archetectual Aluminum Trim Coil, sometimes new, in 50ft x 2' wide, .019 thick rolls. Easy to cut with tin snips, already primed/painted, usually white or brown. I stretch it over 2 x 2 and/or 2x3 wood frames
Awww yes the egg song! They like to tell the world when they lay an egg, it’s cute lol. Some people say chickens will not begin to lay in winter but I have NEVER found that to be the case. Once at sexually maturity, at any time of year, they will lay. Some start as early as 4-6 months old. Marans and silkies I’ve had start at 9 months old and I’ve known them as very late bloomers for laying. But we had a few spring chicks this year start at just 4 month old. Metal will stand the test of time. We all have seen wooden sheds come to age weathered from rain and run. But our huge coop my stepfather made 30 years ago from pipe coral, cattle panels & metal siding has stood for 30 years now and is good as new
Thank you for all the "why you want to do this" and "why you want to do that" tips. Yes, the lumber is getting STOOOOPIDLY expensive! FJB right?! Anyhow, looking for some tips on perhaps fortifying a popular kit from say...Amazon/ Harbor Frieght/ D+B? A nice step by step video for an older lady with zero building skills would be fantastico in Idaho!
Welcome! Are you talking about a hen house or a chicken run? A lot of the hen houses sold do not have enough ventilation so cutting a panel and adding hardware cloth is a good idea. Depending where you live will depend what predators you need to protect your flock from. Having the chicken run with hardware cloth is the most safe, as chicken wire is too weak and not predator proof, skirting fencing on the ground as a predator apron will prevent digging in. We built this coop with no building experience or skills. We filmed it as a vlog, one of our first videos, I’ll link it below! ua-cam.com/video/SuzOl-ONfY4/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for all this valuable information. I see that you have different bedding in the nesting boxes. What is that? I live in a small rural town in Nor Cal and have a TSC sturdy chicken coop (metal cage area and sturdy wood). It has minimal ventilation with a small roosting bar. I have pine shavings on the metal tray, nesting boxes, and the ground below (which is cement with a couple rubber mats for easier cleaning in the area that the chickens are located). I change the pine shavings every 3 days. I also put down a thin layer of First Saturday Lime for mites and organic prevention. Next is a DE bathing area for them. Any suggestions for a 3 chickie momma?
Sounds like you’re doing a good job! There are many different methods and you can try different things and see what you like and what works best for you. The key thing is to enjoy it or else you won’t want to do it. Use use nesting pads in our nest boxes from myfavoritechicken.com and we have them linked in our video description, we also have a review video of them on our channel. We stopped using pine shavings and switched to hemp shavings from Eaton and they smell so good, last way longer and almost act like kitty litter as the poo seems to disappear. We use the deep litter method and just mix it and add more shavings on top when necessary. It’s low dust and super absorbing. We have them linked as well. I really recommend trying them, you will love them in comparison to pine just off how long they last and the smell alone. People come over and wonder why it doesn’t smell like we have chickens lol and hemp shavings is why
Fantastic video, a lot to take note of. My concern is that the area I live in has EXTREME heat during the summer (average is typically well over a 100F) and it can cool down during the winter (mostly in the 50’sF but sometimes it snows once a year that doesn’t last for too long). Because the summer tends to have more heat, I might think of building two different seasonal pens with different coops to serve the purpose needs of the weather. There’s a lot of good information to keep in mind.
Thank you! That’s actually very similar to our climate. All the ventilation is NECESSARY for summer for sure! We also run a fan. We have a video about keeping chickens cool in summer and warm in winter in our backyard chickens 101 playlist. We are in the high desert of Southern California. Our high in summer is around 115F, and low in the winter is in the 20’s.
Thank you! We listen to mostly punk rock at this homestead! Found myself singing blitzkrieg bop and suddenly thought of this shirt design! LOL It's available on our Etsy shop
Hmm, I just got an idea based on your coop set up that would allow me to be able to allow the girls to free range. I love the metal run! I thinks it may be just what I need!
Just found your channel and enjoyed this video very much. I really appreciate the great tips you provided and absolutely love your coop. I'm in Kansas, so there's no way I could purchase one from you but I sure have learned more about what to look for. I've subscribed and will be perusing your other videos. Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Thank you so much! We do have a vlog about how we built this coop from when we very first started our channel. We had no building experience and was actually our very first DIY! But we did it and it gave us the confidence to do more projects 😊
Hello that depends on how many chickens you have, the size of coop, what bedding you use, and what method you use( thin layer or deep litter ) you can do daily, to once a week, to some people do once a year if doing a composting deep litter method. Some scoop daily like kitty litter, some change out the shavings completely once a week. I would encourage you to try different methods and see what works for you and your flock and lifestyle. What someone likes, you may find out isn’t your favorite and not suiting your lifestyle. We have been doing deep litter with hemp shavings and find we like to change it out after a few months. We mix it around weekly and keep adding more shavings
New to your channel and love it. Wondering if you guys could do a video of how to start a new flock from scratch. And I mean scratch! I just bought property and have absolutely nothing established, but I would love to have just a handful of egg laying hens. I have never had any chickens before, so I would love to learn what mistakes to avoid and where to start from empty clear land to happy chicken home. What do I need to buy as a starter pack so my new girls will have everything they need/want? I have so many questions, but donʻt even know where to begin. Thank you!
Thank you! Welcome to our channel and the world of chickens ❤️🐔 We could do that thanks for the suggestion. For starters are you thinking of getting baby chicks or starting with adult hens? Are you curious which breeds to choose from? Starting with chicks gives you time to get everything set up while they grow up. If starting with adult hens make sure you get them from somewhere reputable and see their farm and make sure they are not diseased. Chicken respiratory illnesses are chronic and incurable. Not to scare you! Just wouldn’t want to start off with a headaches already. Raising chickens is very easy and rewarding they are easy to care for and give you love and affection and eggs! First tip of your choice of land you place the coop make sure it’s well draining and not muddy, not a low elevation that will hold water in the raining season. Dry flat land is good to prevent muddy conditions that can harbor pests and disease. Depending on your climate if it’s very hot in summer where you have some trees for shade would be lovely, you can also add shade cloth tarps or have a roofed run. But a tree sure helps with the hot temperatures! Also to situate your coop to be draft free in cold weather. If starting with adults laying hens they need layer feed, and water (most are gravity fed with resivour so you don’t have to refill daily) and a couple side dishes or bowls to offer grit and oyster shell not mixed into their main food. Chickens don’t have a stomach like us they eat grit (rocks and dirt) and store it in their crop to digest their feed. Without it they can get impacted crop and can’t digest. Oyster shell is a calcium supplement they pick on and eat as they need because they require a lot of calcium to make eggs 🥚. Those few things and a coop and run is the basics! Make sure they are locked up at night and their space is safe from predators. We give them lots of perches to jump, fly and play on. And besides that, let them chicken! They also like to dig holes and bury themselves to take dust bathes, so if you see your chickens doing that it’s perfectly normal and how they bathe and keep pests off of them like lice and mites. Feel free to ask any more questions and we are also on Instagram posting daily.
@@BockBockBouquet Thank you so much for your super detailed response. I am hoping to pick up pullets or young hens that just began laying. I donʻt want to bite off more than I can chew trying to raise chicks to start. I live in Hawaiʻi, so it doesnʻt get too cold, but it can be very wet where I am. I am planning to have my setup done before I bring any girls home, small raised coop and a fairly large run, so they wonʻt be stir crazy when I am at work, but they will have 2 acres of fenced area to free range when I am home. The area I have in mind on my property has a lot of shade (beside big rainbow eucalyptus trees) and some protection from wind and rain - the run will have a shade to keep at least part of the area dry. How do you keep an outdoor area dry enough when it could be rainy for weeks? Is inside the coop sufficient enough of a dry area during the rainy season, or do I need to also build an indoor dust bathing area that will always be dry? Ideally I would like to have only about 5 hens of varying egg laying type and good temperament that enjoy being handled so I can snuggle them a little; Olive Egger, Orpington, Rhode Island Red, Easter Egger, Plymouth Rock. Those are some of the breeds I have been researching. I just want enough eggs for my home consumption and to share with friends, I am not planning on selling unless I have more eggs than I know what to do with.
Thank you! Wow that’s cold! We don’t get below 0F here. We are in the high elevation desert so we do get extremes per say of cold and very hot summers. The most dangerous winter weather for chickens is a very cold and humid area. The enemy is moisture and it freezing and causing frostbite. That’s why we recommend chickens without large single combs and a rose or pea comb is extreme winter climates
Great job guys... I'm new to chickens.Is a 4x8 coop to big for 5 chickens? I plan on adding more next year, so didn't want it to small? I'm in the northeast with brahmas...Our winters dont get below 25 at the coldest point , cause we are near the coast...I'm in construction So I feel I have the ventilation good...thanks..
Oh yes, you can definitely fit like three times that amount of chickens in that size coop (not run, but coop). Most people would call that a large coop. Good luck on the build, let me know if I could be of any help!
I haven’t started building my coop and I appreciate the tips! I planned to build the biggest I could in the space I have in my yard. I didn’t realize it could be too big. Could you tell me the square footage per chicken that is ideal for the coop? And also for an attached run?
Bigger run the better for less poo buildup and cleaning. The coop size can vary on your climate. You want good ventilation if you get warm summers so it doesn’t get too hot in there. There are a lot of factors and ease of cleaning up the poo under the roost bars. If you do not have a walk in coop, a smaller hen house so you can reach all areas too rake it out. Coop can rarely be too big unless you live in extreme cold climates you want them to roost close together to huddle for warmth
Thank you! It depends on your setup. If you have an enclosed run you can lock them up for 2 weeks before you begin free ranging so they know that is their home. If you have just gotten a new hen house, that is too small and don’t lock them up in there. You’re going to need to manually pick them up every night and place them on the roost bars to sleep, usually takes them as fast as one night to get it. Stubborn chickens can take up to a week. Sometimes we’ll walk them up the ramp and let them walk through the chickens door so they know how they should get in. We have to go through this every time we add new pullets or chickens to our flock. Just keep placing them on the roost bars at night and they will eventually be trained. You can add fake wooden or ceramic eggs to the nest boxes so they know that’s where they should lay their eggs
Hi! Great video, thanks for sharing! May I ask you please about the measurements of this beautiful chicken coop? (height, length and width, apart from two feet off the ground and four by fours for the legs :-) We are definitely going to build one exactly like that on our little farm in the mountains of the Basque Country. Cheers and thanks a lot!!
Hi, thanks for reaching out. This coop is a 5x6 foot coop. The walls are 3 foot tall, but the pitched roof adds another foot. So that and the two foot legs, it stands at about 6' tall. Good luck with the coop build!!!
ok I have 11 chicks and there getting there feathers and want to fly out of the brooder how big of a coop do i need plus i have 2 piekin duckling I need help to fig out a coop I'm 64 soon be 65 on may 14th I'm in the show me state so I need to be shown how to do it I only have pallet wood and some old 2x4"s a roll of 6ft x 50 ft chicken wire and a 36in x 50 ft of heaver wire to make this happen been benge watching your videos
for 11 chickens, I would build one that is maybe 4x6 foot and 3 nesting boxes. We do have a step by step video on our channel on how we built this coop ourselves. You can view it here ua-cam.com/video/SuzOl-ONfY4/v-deo.html best of luck building your wood pallet coop! Thanks for tuning in!
We are in Quartz Hill, CA just an hour north of Los Angeles. That us a very popular size coop I build for 10-12 hens I go with a 3.5x6' coop. Feel free to email us at bockbouquet@gmail.com if you should decide. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this video. I have Two questions. Is it okay to place the Nesting box in ground? And what's the name of this chicken breed shown in this video. They are looking like wearing shocks, in my region I haven't seen that type of chicken.
Yes it’s okay to place the nesting boxes on the ground, the good thing about that is it discourages them to sleep in their boxes and roost on the bars at night because if the nest boxes are too high they may decide they want to sleep in them, which can cause poop to get on your eggs. The downside of nest boxes on the ground is having to bend down and lean over, all is a personal preference there’s not a wrong choice. If you’re talking about the small chicken with all the spots they are a Mille Fleur d’Uccles. If you meant the chickens that look like they almost have fur, those are Silkies. They both have feathered legs and feet. Thanks for tuning in! ❤️🐔
Do you vaccinated your chicks for Marek's disease? I am thinking about getting 5 chicks for my backyard, and the hatchery is asking if I want to vaccinate them against this. Please advise.
Do you have any advice on how to get my chickens to go in their new coop? They love their first one but it's very poorly built and is getting gross, and winter is coming fast this week. They aren't friendly enough to pick up
Do you have a chicken run? The chickens just know the old one is home and don’t understand their upgrade so they’ll have to be taught. Lock them in the run with the new coop for a minimum of 2 weeks. Then once you release to free range they’ll go to their new home. I don’t recommend locking them inside a small hen house for 2 weeks this is only if you have a run. You can lure them into the area you need with treats if you can’t pick them up. You can also grab them from the roost bar at night whilst they are sleeping and move them to their new coop. Or block off access to the old one
@@BockBockBouquet Thank you for your reply, they don't have a run, their house is in the middle of our paddock and there they are sleeping now doesn't have a roosting bar that's why we upgraded so quickly. They're beginning to trust me so this morning I will go in the coop and call them maybe 🤔 but they just walk underneath it haha. (It's an old family playhouse) I may have to try picking one up I'm scared it'll peck at my face haha 🤣
Hello for now we do pick up only. We don’t ship or deliver as I imagine shipping is too high cost to be feasible for most. We don’t have a website yet but we do have a portfolio of pics of our coops on our Instagram in our story highlights
In this blue hen house the ducks do not sleep, they do not go up ramps. If the coop wasn’t raised off the ground on legs they would go inside. Our ducks just sleep in the chicken run on the floor. In our other coop we showed that is a converted horse stall the waterfowl and chickens both sleep in there because it is a walk in style coop
Cutest chicken coops ever and exactly what I think I need myself. I am going to be “stealing with my eyes” your ideas for my own coop here in Italy. Sure wish you were closer, you’ve done some excellent work and even esthetically pleasing. 💜
You saved me a lot of time I made my coop following your advice one year ago and its perfect. Its my first time to have chicks. Thank you. Greetings from Hungary
Very good to hear!!!
Excellent video with even more great ideas. 1st year with Brahma chickens in Maine. Made it through winter, but revamping for an easier next winter. Thanks for the improvements
Straight to the point! THANK YOU!🙌
Thanks a lot, glad it was of any help
Time Stamps, in case someone needs to jump to a certain part.
0:30 Ventilation
1:55 run size/space to hide from predators
2:17 Structurally safe and sound
2:38 Coop size
3:00 Accessibility
3:29 Roost bars
4:40 Nesting boxes
4:53 nearby utilities
Thank you! Great idea, we will add to description
Thanks. Very helpful
Very comprehensive and illustrative. Right to the point. Thank you
"Been raising chickens for over 30 years" lord girl, you only look about 20!!!!!
Thank you, currently 32
Lol. ❤
Fresh eggs from loved hens are one small aspect I bet! :)
She started at 2 😂
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I've been watching chicken coop videos nonstop and this one is best yet on design!! Thanks
Thanks so much!! ❤️ We wanted to build our dream chicken coop and we’re so happy with it
You may have said this before but I can’t find it, but what angle or length should a ramp be? I’m building my coop now and it’s 2 feet off the ground. Have Delawares, Welsummers and just got 2 Tolbunt Polish chicks (1 is a frizzle). Does any of that matter when considering angle?
This and few other videos are very helpful. What would material would one use to build? I live in the east so wondering if I have to use PT wood? Also, need to paint them, too. Thanks
Good job on explaining the whole process and all of the considerations.
Very good. I'm getting closer and closer to starting my chicken family.
Some advice if you could on what kind of chicken are best for eggs.
Are Roosters needed in order for the chickens to lay eggs?
Thank you! Best and Most informative video I’ve seen on important things when building a chicken coop !
I find board and batten construction breaths very well! Also here in Canada I have windows that can open and close.
Good to know! Closing windows can be handy!
One of the best designs I've seen. Thanks
Nice, thanks so much!
Well done. I did not know about flat roosting bars
I LOVE your very informative videos!!! Thank you!!!
Sharp chicken lady! Good info folks… thanks!
Also I do get nervous cuz I live Iowa . it drop down to -15 degrees and I was thinking about the wind. Also I did thought too much ventilation was bad. But seeing your video I think I'll add some vents
I live in an area where the wind comes from different directions when we get storms. Our vents are on all sides and have covers - some slide across, some latch on with bolt latches. Very useful seasonally, as well, since we can get over 100F in summer and around 10-15F in winter.
Thanks guys! Your videos are so helpful!
I coverted a 10x16 shed into a coop. I wasnt sure in the beginning what way was best for their perch. So I put in 2x4's on their ends and flat. My kiddos chose on the ends over flat. So I made them all on end. AND they fly up into the rafters. I know now not good as my tiny vents on each end by the top doesn't sound correct.
We have 2x2 and 2x4 as roosts to sleep on and they love both equally, we also have play roosts and playgrounds for them made out of tree roots and branches in the yard and they are always on them 😊 our big girls don’t usually use the small roosts made out of bamboo and sunflower stalks but our bantams are always on them. In our large walk-in shed/barn coop for our free range flock our dominant hens fly up to the top as well and don’t sleep on the roosts lol they like to sleep on the roofing of our grow out/hospital pens.
You are so right about the chicken coops being flimsy. We have had to add additional chicken wire to keep the predators out and several other issues we have needed to repair. We need to move it soon and I’m not sure it will survive but we will see. I’ve learned this expensive and painful lesson from my TSC coop . We also found that although the chicken coop information said that six birds could be kept, it seems too small. I want my girls to live humanely and not be overcrowded. I can’t really let them free range without close supervision due to hawks and my dogs. I am hoping that I can eek out 1-2 years more out of my coop before it will need to be replaced which is why I am here today. Thank you for all your videos as they have been a great help to me and my two legged girls.
We also have had one of rose flimsy coops, they work good as a hospital or quarantine pen to isolate a bird when needed!
We got 10 chicks to start with and apart from being way too small, the prefab coop we bought wouldn’t withstand a Canadian winter! We will probably keep it as an isolation coop in case a bird gets injured.
My husband made converted an existing potting shed into a coop.
But how much room is TOO much room?
Our shed is about 10’x15’ and it seems that might be too big/too cold in the winter. We can’t LEGALLY add chickens to keep each other warm because our local bylaws only allow up to 10 hens (no roosters.)
Very nice, what color is that blue on the exterior??
Nice work!
So glad I found your channel!
Thanks so much for joining us!
How do u keep the run area safe from predators? Air and on the ground. Getting ducks and chickens next month
How many times a year fo you clean out your coop with the hemp shavings? Thanks
Best video I've seen yet!
Thanks so much!
Excellent video, thank you!
how cold does it get in your area and do you put heaters of any type in your coop?
Great video. Very helpful. God bless you!
Thank you!
I'm so excited to make a blue print for a chicken coop!
Thanks for the great videos you guys are awesome
Thanks so much!!
I really did enjoy that video
2 Questions: 1) Do chickens need a separate spot to sleep v lay eggs ?
2) what wood do u use ? I assume no treated timber is safest option ? But how to stop it rotting ?
Love your videos! If I was in your area I would seriously consider buying one of your coops. But I am in north Oregon! That’s a little bit too far away! 😂🐔
Thank you! ❤️😄 we are jealous it’s very beautiful where you live
Do you offer consoling visits. I am building a coup here in Fontana and I want to build it right Please respond. I have built the chicken run but now I need to build a chicken coup. Thank you. James
Omg that is awesome 😎 love ur 🏡
Thank you!
❤❤❤❤great info thanks
Thank You very, very much!! This helped so much for my performance task in Math 😁😁😊
I live in Utah, and we are only allowed about 4 hens. Any thoughts, or links for suggestions on a good coop?
Great info, thank you
Welcome thanks for watching
can u do a tutorial on how to build a coop identical to yours? i love your setup
Really appreciate this advice !!!
Thanks for tuning in!
How big of a coop would you recommend for 15 chickens normal size breeds?
OMG I just love this video! You have made my build a lot easier without all the fancy expensive stuff. Great presentation you two #Keepupthegreatwork Loving your swag young missy!
Thank you so much! So glad we can be of help! 😊
We switched to 2x4 roosting bars and the chickens love it. Great videos.
Thank you! They will roost on anything but we can tell they prefer those, especially the large chickens. Our bantams will roost on the playground we have made of bamboo and dried sunflower stalks, but our large girls prefer the roosts and perches that are 2x4s
Thanks guys 👍
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Coop is ready. Now putting up the run. I’m putting hardware cloth up the sides and top. But I have lots of standard chicken wire. Can I bury the chicken wire in the run to try and keep snakes out? Or should I put down hardware cloth?
Chicken wire may not keep snakes out, hardware cloth should. But play it by ear and use what ever resources you have =]
Thanks for sharing!
So impressed! Awesome all the way around. Wondering if you would change anything for a winter climate 7 months out of the year. Also, would you be open to designing one with me and building it so it can ship. Could be great!
Just found your channel. Do you sell your coop in the US only? I live in Canada.
I’m so happy I found you! I’m a new chicken mom and still learning! After watching this video, i now know why my girls aren’t using the roosting bars. They are large round dowels and too high. 😢 correcting that today! Thank you!!!
Great video!
@nogoodnecktie12 haha that’s awesome, no worries
How much does a chicken coop like this cost?
I got tired of trying to keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer! (I live in Texas where weather extremes are common!) I got a an 8 x 12 shed and converted it to a coop. It has skylight vents, two big windows and is climate controlled with heat and air! So what if my little fluffy butts are pampered. It's a lot less work for ME!
Im new at chickens. I bought hatchlings on Sept 7, I found eggs today! I was told I wouldnt get any eggs until April. I am flying at the seat of my pants with backyard chickenry. One of hens, was extra clucky this morning, like classic "bockGAAK!" sound over and over. So i looked behind a crawl space between a wall, and the roosting box and found 5 very small eggs (Bar Rock hens).
Oh ya, metal has been a solid economical choice in building material, indeed. I have a metal cycler close by, and getting archetectual Aluminum Trim Coil, sometimes new, in 50ft x 2' wide, .019 thick rolls. Easy to cut with tin snips, already primed/painted, usually white or brown. I stretch it over 2 x 2 and/or 2x3 wood frames
Awww yes the egg song! They like to tell the world when they lay an egg, it’s cute lol. Some people say chickens will not begin to lay in winter but I have NEVER found that to be the case. Once at sexually maturity, at any time of year, they will lay. Some start as early as 4-6 months old. Marans and silkies I’ve had start at 9 months old and I’ve known them as very late bloomers for laying. But we had a few spring chicks this year start at just 4 month old. Metal will stand the test of time. We all have seen wooden sheds come to age weathered from rain and run. But our huge coop my stepfather made 30 years ago from pipe coral, cattle panels & metal siding has stood for 30 years now and is good as new
@@BockBockBouquet My 6 month old kiddos starting laying 1/4/22. 😃🐓
@@kristinj8271 awesome congratulations! ❤️🐔😊
Thank you for all the "why you want to do this" and "why you want to do that" tips.
Yes, the lumber is getting STOOOOPIDLY expensive! FJB right?! Anyhow, looking for some tips on perhaps fortifying a popular kit from say...Amazon/ Harbor Frieght/ D+B? A nice step by step video for an older lady with zero building skills would be fantastico in Idaho!
Welcome! Are you talking about a hen house or a chicken run? A lot of the hen houses sold do not have enough ventilation so cutting a panel and adding hardware cloth is a good idea. Depending where you live will depend what predators you need to protect your flock from. Having the chicken run with hardware cloth is the most safe, as chicken wire is too weak and not predator proof, skirting fencing on the ground as a predator apron will prevent digging in. We built this coop with no building experience or skills. We filmed it as a vlog, one of our first videos, I’ll link it below!
ua-cam.com/video/SuzOl-ONfY4/v-deo.html
@@BockBockBouquet thank you so much!!
@@msmaj4895 😊😊
Years of good advice.
Thank you!
At wintertime, how can I have the coop ventilated and keep their water from freezing?
Love these coops! What type of cloth is on the side of the run?
Thank you! We use 90% shade cloth, we linked it in our description
Thank you so much for all this valuable information. I see that you have different bedding in the nesting boxes. What is that? I live in a small rural town in Nor Cal and have a TSC sturdy chicken coop (metal cage area and sturdy wood). It has minimal ventilation with a small roosting bar. I have pine shavings on the metal tray, nesting boxes, and the ground below (which is cement with a couple rubber mats for easier cleaning in the area that the chickens are located). I change the pine shavings every 3 days. I also put down a thin layer of First Saturday Lime for mites and organic prevention. Next is a DE bathing area for them. Any suggestions for a 3 chickie momma?
Sounds like you’re doing a good job! There are many different methods and you can try different things and see what you like and what works best for you. The key thing is to enjoy it or else you won’t want to do it. Use use nesting pads in our nest boxes from myfavoritechicken.com and we have them linked in our video description, we also have a review video of them on our channel. We stopped using pine shavings and switched to hemp shavings from Eaton and they smell so good, last way longer and almost act like kitty litter as the poo seems to disappear. We use the deep litter method and just mix it and add more shavings on top when necessary. It’s low dust and super absorbing. We have them linked as well. I really recommend trying them, you will love them in comparison to pine just off how long they last and the smell alone. People come over and wonder why it doesn’t smell like we have chickens lol and hemp shavings is why
Good information 👍
Thank you!
What about insulation for warmth
Fantastic video, a lot to take note of. My concern is that the area I live in has EXTREME heat during the summer (average is typically well over a 100F) and it can cool down during the winter (mostly in the 50’sF but sometimes it snows once a year that doesn’t last for too long). Because the summer tends to have more heat, I might think of building two different seasonal pens with different coops to serve the purpose needs of the weather. There’s a lot of good information to keep in mind.
Thank you! That’s actually very similar to our climate. All the ventilation is NECESSARY for summer for sure! We also run a fan. We have a video about keeping chickens cool in summer and warm in winter in our backyard chickens 101 playlist. We are in the high desert of Southern California. Our high in summer is around 115F, and low in the winter is in the 20’s.
Believe me its well in the higher heat where I live, my baby chickens are adults do beautiful in high temperatures, so I wouldn't worry.
@@BockBockBouquet NO WAY IM NEAR THE HUGH DESERT!! I really want to start raising chickens 🥺
Great vid !
Thank you!
Awsome video do you have a web site
Super informative.
Thanks! Glad we can help
Joey Ramone would have approved of that t-shirt. Nice nod to classic punk rock.
Thank you! We listen to mostly punk rock at this homestead! Found myself singing blitzkrieg bop and suddenly thought of this shirt design! LOL It's available on our Etsy shop
Hmm, I just got an idea based on your coop set up that would allow me to be able to allow the girls to free range. I love the metal run! I thinks it may be just what I need!
Just found your channel and enjoyed this video very much. I really appreciate the great tips you provided and absolutely love your coop. I'm in Kansas, so there's no way I could purchase one from you but I sure have learned more about what to look for. I've subscribed and will be perusing your other videos. Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Thank you so much! We do have a vlog about how we built this coop from when we very first started our channel. We had no building experience and was actually our very first DIY! But we did it and it gave us the confidence to do more projects 😊
Yes i enjoyed the video. And have one question.
Do you gift hens to your subscribers?
Yes through video and photos 😄😄 lol!
How often do you clean out the coop under the roosting bars? I’m new to this and looked through the comments so as to not ask twice hopefully.
Hello that depends on how many chickens you have, the size of coop, what bedding you use, and what method you use( thin layer or deep litter ) you can do daily, to once a week, to some people do once a year if doing a composting deep litter method. Some scoop daily like kitty litter, some change out the shavings completely once a week. I would encourage you to try different methods and see what works for you and your flock and lifestyle. What someone likes, you may find out isn’t your favorite and not suiting your lifestyle. We have been doing deep litter with hemp shavings and find we like to change it out after a few months. We mix it around weekly and keep adding more shavings
Love your videos! Great content. Keep posting more!
Thanks so much! ❤️
Interesting about the frostbite. I was told it was fowl pot wet or dry.
Fowl pox looks a bit different you will see the lumps on them besides just color change
New to your channel and love it. Wondering if you guys could do a video of how to start a new flock from scratch. And I mean scratch! I just bought property and have absolutely nothing established, but I would love to have just a handful of egg laying hens. I have never had any chickens before, so I would love to learn what mistakes to avoid and where to start from empty clear land to happy chicken home. What do I need to buy as a starter pack so my new girls will have everything they need/want? I have so many questions, but donʻt even know where to begin. Thank you!
Thank you! Welcome to our channel and the world of chickens ❤️🐔 We could do that thanks for the suggestion. For starters are you thinking of getting baby chicks or starting with adult hens? Are you curious which breeds to choose from? Starting with chicks gives you time to get everything set up while they grow up. If starting with adult hens make sure you get them from somewhere reputable and see their farm and make sure they are not diseased. Chicken respiratory illnesses are chronic and incurable. Not to scare you! Just wouldn’t want to start off with a headaches already. Raising chickens is very easy and rewarding they are easy to care for and give you love and affection and eggs! First tip of your choice of land you place the coop make sure it’s well draining and not muddy, not a low elevation that will hold water in the raining season. Dry flat land is good to prevent muddy conditions that can harbor pests and disease. Depending on your climate if it’s very hot in summer where you have some trees for shade would be lovely, you can also add shade cloth tarps or have a roofed run. But a tree sure helps with the hot temperatures! Also to situate your coop to be draft free in cold weather. If starting with adults laying hens they need layer feed, and water (most are gravity fed with resivour so you don’t have to refill daily) and a couple side dishes or bowls to offer grit and oyster shell not mixed into their main food. Chickens don’t have a stomach like us they eat grit (rocks and dirt) and store it in their crop to digest their feed. Without it they can get impacted crop and can’t digest. Oyster shell is a calcium supplement they pick on and eat as they need because they require a lot of calcium to make eggs 🥚. Those few things and a coop and run is the basics! Make sure they are locked up at night and their space is safe from predators. We give them lots of perches to jump, fly and play on. And besides that, let them chicken! They also like to dig holes and bury themselves to take dust bathes, so if you see your chickens doing that it’s perfectly normal and how they bathe and keep pests off of them like lice and mites. Feel free to ask any more questions and we are also on Instagram posting daily.
Also here’s a video we did on commonly asked question, chickens for beginners
ua-cam.com/video/WagCqM8xanI/v-deo.html
@@BockBockBouquet this was actually the first video of yours I watched 😊
@@kaiukaching oh haha, I hope the other reply we sent you helped 😊 we are always here if you have more questions
@@BockBockBouquet Thank you so much for your super detailed response. I am hoping to pick up pullets or young hens that just began laying. I donʻt want to bite off more than I can chew trying to raise chicks to start. I live in Hawaiʻi, so it doesnʻt get too cold, but it can be very wet where I am. I am planning to have my setup done before I bring any girls home, small raised coop and a fairly large run, so they wonʻt be stir crazy when I am at work, but they will have 2 acres of fenced area to free range when I am home. The area I have in mind on my property has a lot of shade (beside big rainbow eucalyptus trees) and some protection from wind and rain - the run will have a shade to keep at least part of the area dry. How do you keep an outdoor area dry enough when it could be rainy for weeks? Is inside the coop sufficient enough of a dry area during the rainy season, or do I need to also build an indoor dust bathing area that will always be dry?
Ideally I would like to have only about 5 hens of varying egg laying type and good temperament that enjoy being handled so I can snuggle them a little; Olive Egger, Orpington, Rhode Island Red, Easter Egger, Plymouth Rock. Those are some of the breeds I have been researching. I just want enough eggs for my home consumption and to share with friends, I am not planning on selling unless I have more eggs than I know what to do with.
Very good video! In my area it gets to -30 fahrenheit and we wrap our coop with blankets. How cold does it get in you part of the world?
Thank you! Wow that’s cold! We don’t get below 0F here. We are in the high elevation desert so we do get extremes per say of cold and very hot summers. The most dangerous winter weather for chickens is a very cold and humid area. The enemy is moisture and it freezing and causing frostbite. That’s why we recommend chickens without large single combs and a rose or pea comb is extreme winter climates
Do have plans to provide or sale?
Great job guys...
I'm new to chickens.Is a 4x8 coop to big for 5 chickens? I plan on adding more next year, so didn't want it to small? I'm in the northeast with brahmas...Our winters dont get below 25 at the coldest point , cause we are near the coast...I'm in construction So I feel I have the ventilation good...thanks..
Oh yes, you can definitely fit like three times that amount of chickens in that size coop (not run, but coop). Most people would call that a large coop. Good luck on the build, let me know if I could be of any help!
hello bock bock I have a question do you ship chicken coops and how much for example one that could hold about 10 chicken if so let me know thanks
You guys are great ty!
Thanks so much! 😊
Can you please help me find the link for the metal chicken run in this video? I can’t seem to find it. Thank you!
amzn.to/3r0UeAk here you go :)
I haven’t started building my coop and I appreciate the tips! I planned to build the biggest I could in the space I have in my yard. I didn’t realize it could be too big. Could you tell me the square footage per chicken that is ideal for the coop? And also for an attached run?
Bigger run the better for less poo buildup and cleaning. The coop size can vary on your climate. You want good ventilation if you get warm summers so it doesn’t get too hot in there. There are a lot of factors and ease of cleaning up the poo under the roost bars. If you do not have a walk in coop, a smaller hen house so you can reach all areas too rake it out. Coop can rarely be too big unless you live in extreme cold climates you want them to roost close together to huddle for warmth
@@BockBockBouquet, thank you! I live in Idaho. Does that count as extreme cold? It feels like it to me. Haha!
How much does this one go for? The one in this video.
Hi there! Loving your videos. Do you have any tips for transitioning adult hens to a new coop?
Thank you! It depends on your setup. If you have an enclosed run you can lock them up for 2 weeks before you begin free ranging so they know that is their home. If you have just gotten a new hen house, that is too small and don’t lock them up in there. You’re going to need to manually pick them up every night and place them on the roost bars to sleep, usually takes them as fast as one night to get it. Stubborn chickens can take up to a week. Sometimes we’ll walk them up the ramp and let them walk through the chickens door so they know how they should get in. We have to go through this every time we add new pullets or chickens to our flock. Just keep placing them on the roost bars at night and they will eventually be trained. You can add fake wooden or ceramic eggs to the nest boxes so they know that’s where they should lay their eggs
Thank you so much!
Hi! Great video, thanks for sharing! May I ask you please about the measurements of this beautiful chicken coop? (height, length and width, apart from two feet off the ground and four by fours for the legs :-) We are definitely going to build one exactly like that on our little farm in the mountains of the Basque Country. Cheers and thanks a lot!!
Hi, thanks for reaching out. This coop is a 5x6 foot coop. The walls are 3 foot tall, but the pitched roof adds another foot. So that and the two foot legs, it stands at about 6' tall. Good luck with the coop build!!!
ok I have 11 chicks and there getting there feathers and want to fly out of the brooder how big of a coop do i need plus i have 2 piekin duckling I need help to fig out a coop I'm 64 soon be 65 on may 14th I'm in the show me state so I need to be shown how to do it I only have pallet wood and some old 2x4"s a roll of 6ft x 50 ft chicken wire and a 36in x 50 ft of heaver wire to make this happen been benge watching your videos
for 11 chickens, I would build one that is maybe 4x6 foot and 3 nesting boxes. We do have a step by step video on our channel on how we built this coop ourselves. You can view it here ua-cam.com/video/SuzOl-ONfY4/v-deo.html best of luck building your wood pallet coop! Thanks for tuning in!
thank you
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Where are you in SoCal? I am considering buying a coop for my flock of 10? Thank you!
We are in Quartz Hill, CA just an hour north of Los Angeles. That us a very popular size coop I build for 10-12 hens I go with a 3.5x6' coop. Feel free to email us at bockbouquet@gmail.com if you should decide. Thanks!
Thanks for the advice and sharing the lessons you've learned, really appreciate it.
Thanks for tuning in, good luck on your coop!
That moment at 4:30 had me cracking up!
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I’d like to buy one 😊
What size of sanded plywood do you use I'm building me a coop and i was wondering
For the floor, I usually use 1/2 inch sanded plywood. The wall are sheeted with multi purpose shed panels from Lowe's. Good luck on your build!!
Thank you for sharing this video.
I have Two questions.
Is it okay to place the Nesting box in ground?
And what's the name of this chicken breed shown in this video. They are looking like wearing shocks, in my region I haven't seen that type of chicken.
Yes it’s okay to place the nesting boxes on the ground, the good thing about that is it discourages them to sleep in their boxes and roost on the bars at night because if the nest boxes are too high they may decide they want to sleep in them, which can cause poop to get on your eggs. The downside of nest boxes on the ground is having to bend down and lean over, all is a personal preference there’s not a wrong choice. If you’re talking about the small chicken with all the spots they are a Mille Fleur d’Uccles. If you meant the chickens that look like they almost have fur, those are Silkies. They both have feathered legs and feet. Thanks for tuning in! ❤️🐔
Do you vaccinated your chicks for Marek's disease? I am thinking about getting 5 chicks for my backyard, and the hatchery is asking if I want to vaccinate them against this. Please advise.
Hello, am requesting for your chicken coop design.
Do you have any advice on how to get my chickens to go in their new coop? They love their first one but it's very poorly built and is getting gross, and winter is coming fast this week. They aren't friendly enough to pick up
Do you have a chicken run? The chickens just know the old one is home and don’t understand their upgrade so they’ll have to be taught. Lock them in the run with the new coop for a minimum of 2 weeks. Then once you release to free range they’ll go to their new home. I don’t recommend locking them inside a small hen house for 2 weeks this is only if you have a run. You can lure them into the area you need with treats if you can’t pick them up. You can also grab them from the roost bar at night whilst they are sleeping and move them to their new coop. Or block off access to the old one
@@BockBockBouquet Thank you for your reply, they don't have a run, their house is in the middle of our paddock and there they are sleeping now doesn't have a roosting bar that's why we upgraded so quickly. They're beginning to trust me so this morning I will go in the coop and call them maybe 🤔 but they just walk underneath it haha. (It's an old family playhouse) I may have to try picking one up I'm scared it'll peck at my face haha 🤣
@@noliver95 oh no lol! Don’t be scared haha or wear some safety glasses 🤓
Do you have a web site that features your coops? It would help to show the variety you offer. Also, how about shipping? Do you have limits?
Hello for now we do pick up only. We don’t ship or deliver as I imagine shipping is too high cost to be feasible for most. We don’t have a website yet but we do have a portfolio of pics of our coops on our Instagram in our story highlights
@@BockBockBouquet Thanks for your response
Do your ducks sleep in the same coop as the chickens? If so, would you recommend this?
In this blue hen house the ducks do not sleep, they do not go up ramps. If the coop wasn’t raised off the ground on legs they would go inside. Our ducks just sleep in the chicken run on the floor. In our other coop we showed that is a converted horse stall the waterfowl and chickens both sleep in there because it is a walk in style coop