Great job for a starter coop! I do have one recommendation: take out the heat lamp. As long as your coop is draft free with ventilation, that is all they need. I’ve been raising chickens in New England for 30 years and they do not need heat. This is a MAJOR fire hazard.
I would love to get more info about how you raise your chicken here in New England. I live in Cumberland and want to get a chicken but I’m getting very stressed of the amount of things that every one si telling me from different states. Maybe you can help me get an idea of what I’m getting into? Lol I am building my own chicken coop I hope :) I am just scared of what will happen on the winter! :(
Maria Urena as long as your coop is built properly with some insulation, ventilated and draft free, there is nothing else really to do during winter. Dry coop, access to fresh water, extra treats. They produce tons of heat so they keep each other warm.
For electrical stuff, one thing to mitigate fire hazards is getting a surge protector. Most fires start from shorts/surges. A surge protector will help w/ that.
This guide is a good resource of videos, pictures and drawing. It does not have plans, so if that's what you're looking for don't bother with this book. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxLum--iPp9YKZ09j1BMdHaBMLkrGfIbcm What this book does have is a lot of great information on the building of sheds, design ideas, building options, etc. The author goes through the steps to build a foundation, framing, roof, even ideas on internal storage and external finishes. The text is easy to follow and understand. There are many sidebars that give tips and advice which most laymen probably wouldn't have considered. The photographs are great quality too. This is a great book and I'd recommend it highly for anyone needing or interested in building a shed.
Just wanted to let you know that I implemented nearly everything you covered in this coop walkthrough, with some slight variations. For nearly 2 years now, our chicken coop is essentially a hands off operation with some daily visits to collect eggs and to toss them the occasional food scraps and monthly cleanings. So, I just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration.
This is a year late but i had to comment. Im 71 and raised chickens most of my life. This is a FANTASTIC coop! On the old fashioned farm they had an old shed for chicken coops. Keep out the predators and drafts and your fine. All these other comments are a bit overkill for chickens. You did a Great job for your birds.
We started with pine shavings, but our avian vet advised that the pine can be bad for their respiratory health. We switched to straw and they love it. They can manipulate it with their beaks too and the layers make happy clucks building their “nest” with it. :)
You and I have very different definitions of the “deep litter method” - I learned it from the UA-cam channel Oak Abode and she only cleans it out twice a year. This allows the shavings to break down and compost in the coop.
We ended up with a free "coop" when we moved to our house in the country. The previous owner built a small room onto the outside of the house, connected to the central air system and power system. It was for keeping cats in. We took out the carpet, put hay and roosts in. 6 hens and 1 roo - the AC saved them from a severe heat wave in the summer before their combs came in, and the heat keeps their water from freezing in the winter. The storm door, siding and solid floor have kept out raccoons, possums, cats, hawks, owls, skunks and coyotes. The down side is that we can hear Mr. Wook, our rooster, crowing through the vents in the morning!
Cherna Gast I love this ! 💕 I think u would like to see one decoratated it , look at this one ! Cutest family and coop ever ! ua-cam.com/video/blnII-Gz1qM/v-deo.html
Amanda, you guys did an amazing job building your coop! I've seen so many different ones for sale and they are cheap. None of them have even half the smart features that yours has. Well done!
I used to be horrible at building chicken coops. I used to pay a fortune for them too! I no longer suffer from those problems anymore. Here's a great guide for building affordable chicken coops: ChickCoop.xyz
chickens have feathers; they are not afraid of cold. There is no need for a heat lamp. However, they need lots of ventilation, even in the winter time, to prevent moisture build-up.
Love it! I do not recommend using a heat lamp. We used to use them, but they are a fire hazard and we had 2 of them explode. I found the heat mats are much safer and the chickens have to option to be on them if they need and off if they don't. We put them on top of cinder blocks so they are not in the bedding. Of course, they are not put outside until they have feathers. For the pen we put down 2-3' of pea gravel and I hose it down every day to wash the poop down. I tried other methods and just had mud when it rained. Our chickens free range in our fenced yard during the day and they are shut in at dusk.
Love the video and the names of your lil babies! Unfortunately in Louisiana that coup would blow over on hurricane season. We gotta build it with 4x's the lumber.
Your coop is pretty good. I would do one further thing though. Add a sand box. Chickens like all birds bathe by rolling in the sand. It also cleans the mites and redistributes the oils on their feathers. No need for anything elaborate just dig 1" of soil from under the house and walkway and add sand. Keep your chickens happier and healthier. God Bless
I'm just conversing here....I too added a heat lamp when the temperature went down to 18% here in SC. My husband almost had a fit because he was worried about fire. I ignored him untill I read an article on The Chicken Chick website. I hadn't thought thru floating feathers, flying chickens, shavings, etc. The coops lost by fire freaked me out and I got rid of it. There is a flat screen heater for coops that I would consider.
This chicken coop is absolutely perfect!!!!!!! I just appreciate all your attention to details! Makes me wish I were a chicken in your garden (even though my husband calls me a Turkey, lol). 💗 Thank you for sharing!
For safety: make a hard wire cloth basket to enclose the heat lamp and secure to the ceiling with wire. For predator protection: use plywood strips to secure all hard wire cloth by pinching it in between two layers of wood that are screwed together (racoons can easily pry open the edges where you attached the hard wire cloth to the wood, given enough time for them to get to figure out your setup - they kill every bird in the coop as soon as they get a small opening to get in); cement and/or skirt all walls by laying hardwire cloth or stall mats around the edges. I ended up laying hardwire cloth on the floor and cementing the edges and all seams and putting soil on top, so nothing could get in from the floor.
I love that you made the coop large enough for the chickens to run around. Chickens love having room and places to exploring. Going to upgrade to your style of feeding system this spring!
Amanda, that is a fantastic set up. Thank you for caring for the birds. I’m very fond of mine too and always am looking to others idea to improve mine. This gave me lots of new ideas. Thank you from Roseville California
Very Well Done coop!! You covered all the basics really good! Only suggestion I offer? Open that nesting box for them even Before they are 'ready' to lay. It will help a Broody hen 'get the idea' on laying. Yes, it is more to clean, but worth it. If they get in the habit of laying eggs on the ground because you didn't have that nest box open soon enough, they are likely to continue that habit. Good Luck!!
If you want a great tip .. put a compost bin in your chicken run .. Use it for all your wood shavings from the coop and add in any green leaves, grass clippings etc from the garden or kitchen .. The hens will love it, it provides a natural extra food source .. and you will end up with outstanding compost and lower food bills, and healthier happier hens
Ask not what your chickens can do for you - ask what you can do for your chickens! Congratulations, and I can imagine that any children you and your husband might have will be extremely well cared for too
You don't have to clean the run. Put your compost pile in the chicken run. Chickens speed the process up and they love digging through the pile especially if you mix grain in it
We felt the same way about a bigger coop. We also made a swing. We have 8 hens and 6 box. They use 3. Also have the solar power light. Helps at night agenst predator. We also have the same rain barrel. I love your coop and we could probably have a lot in common. You're amazing. Thanks for sharing. Tick control. Thanks Amanda.
I just watched this vid and was amazed at how well this coop was built. When we get our chickens, I'm going to have my hubby watch this. Thank you Amanda for sharing. I am a subscriber now for sure. It was great! Anna Banana - big smile!
Nice job but notice 2 areas determined and smart predators will access your chickens. First the door of the coop sliding locks: I'm told raccoons human like hands can open anything other than the cantilever (sp?) Type lock. Second where you've cut the wiremesh for containers, be sure no tiny holes cuz some predators can make their bodies tiny or can they work off what you've hanged and get in thru the hole? Don't want anyone to get your gorgeous chics! Love your water system☺
Great video and great time saving, work saving ideas. I keep a few chickens as well. The naysayers don't know what they are talking about. You have incorporated a lot of good ideas that are well thought out. Any time you build something from scratch, plans always need a little tweaking, but that is to be expected. Great job. Thanks.
Nice coop Amanda. You and your husband did a good job. My husband and I just finished building an area around our coop, but it is difficult to clean. I like your idea. Best of all is the trough PVC system. Going to definitely back that too! Thanks for sharing.
Love how simple you kept this. I never seen feeders like that but love that idea.. Great job. Subscribed to your channel. You clearly put in alot of thought for your chickens comfort. :-)
Hi there! Thank you both for taking time to show us your flock and your wonderful chicken coop. I love it! I haven't raised chickens in over 20 years however now that I have moved and am a widow, I have learned that I should add several things from my old days, such as this, "raising chickens" for me it will be for the joy and the eggs! I have subscribed to your UA-cam, so I can continue to enjoy your adventure! God Bless! Laverna S.
Not a bad first effort, but I do have a couple of suggestions: You are defeating the purpose of the deep litter system inside the hen house by cleaning it so often. A deep litter system is almost like a compost or healthy soil, and I believe your chooks will get health benefits, when you actually let the fungi and bacteria develop in your litter and by removing it so completely and so often you are starting from scratch each time you clean the coop. Make sure that litter is at least 4 inches deep to start, then add light layers of litter as necessary. Continue to do this until it is to deep to accommodate within your coop. It should last at least a year. When you do finally clean out the coop, make sure to leave some of the old litter in the coop, so those microbes are retained to inoculate the new litter. It would have been good if you had built your coop to accommodate at good 10 to 12 inches depth of litter. You need to do more research on the health benefits of deep litter as you are missing the point. Now for the chicken run: You are concerned about moisture, so use woodchips to the depth of 8 to 12 inches. A cubic meter of woodchips can hold up to 700 litres of water, so they are ideal for preventing your run getting muddy. The carbon of the wood will use the nitrogen of the chicken poo to breakdown, keeping your run odor free and dry. No need to continuously clean out your run. It will eventually breakdown and be a huge bonus for your garden. You have the best free compost workers in those hens, so why on earth is your compost pile not in the chicken run. Chickens adore scratching through compost, turning it for free. It gives them something to do. Every now and then, pile it up for them again, sprinkling some grain in it for them to find, and it will keep them happy and busy. All your kitchen scraps, weeds, fall leaves, grass clippings should be going into that little run to make your chickens happy and give you a great compost. Less with the clean and tidy and more organic matter and your chickens will thank you.
Absolutely, and I hope she pays attention to sound advice. So many new chicken keepers go immediately to UA-cam to share what they do, without thinking that they could be way off of what they should be doing. it's cultural these days. So anxious to share, without doing thoughtful research. Thanks Kazzana, chickens everywhere appreciate you :)
lol, I love keeping chickens. They are so much more than most people think. For such timid birds, they can be so brave. I have seen mine face off a hawk to protect her chicks. That takes guts. My dog was late to the party. I forgot to tell her about insoluble grit, like granite, and can't bear to watch that video again, to see if she had it covered. All the best from New Zealand.
Good advice Kazzana! So much is wrong with this. Here is one for you, I don't ever clean my run, I wish I would have never built a stationary run and coop! I take my old deep liter and put it in the run. I have poo boards so my litter stays pretty clean. My run is on a hill so my litter ends up on one side of the run and I noticed it working it's way out of the run, and what is on the ground is the most beautiful compost and I didn't even move it all I have to do is dig it up and put it straight on my garden! I also spread fresh straw when the run gets to mucky from wet weather. Only because I don't like washing my eggs all the time. And I never spread the wood chips I just put them in a pile and the chickens take care of the rest. Let your chickens do the work! They don't mind, they love to scratch!
So glad to see that people can love chickens and make their lives so comfortable and safe. I subscribed and loved this informative video. Viva chickens!
Awesome! That was inspiring and so simple!!! Also, every little detail was thought out well. Thank you for making it a little less huge and scary seeming for us who just have eggs about to hatch, knowing I have to probably get started on a coop for the Summer. And I love the names! :)
I'm a young farmer who has just commenced keeping of broilers, incubating eggs, keeping free range chicks, Hans, ducks, domestic guinefouls, domestic rabbits and few goats. It's encouraging to learn from you who have long started with farming with the intension to feed the world. We thank God for such idea of releasing farming potential and close hanger and starvation gap. GOD BLESS YOU FARMERS.
Just a suggestion regarding critters esp raccoons. ....they are super smart. Add a latch with a hole you can hook a carbiner into to secure (where a padlock would normally go ) raccoons can undo and open barrel locks with the notch .... Great set up !!!
I am most certainly going to enjoy this. My wife and I are planning to move back to her country of origin and we will most certainly have chickens running around there along with other things. Those these chickens may not be able to stand the weather there, I will still learn loads so I'm not making dumb mistakes. Thanks so much.
My tips: Mind out with the lino in the coop, it’s a breeding ground for parasites like red mites, Northern fowl mites & whatever type of louse that finds its way in. Add a solid cap to the feed pipe (maybe you already have them?) to prevent rodents moving in. Be diligent and HAVE FUN!!
I built a coop on 2" x 8" skids. Every 4 to 6 months I would drag it to a new spot, leaving a great new gardening plot each time. And I have a dog named biggie-shortie, cause she's big and short-legged. No other reason...
Like your chicken coop, great ideas ! i just hope you have latches that lock, any kind of predator with hand like feet could very easily open that lid . When chickens start laying I would make sure you have a safe locking system !!
Thank you! This is the kind of coop I’m looking to build... ( or have my sons build for me 😉😊). I like the linoleum idea for the floor! So easy to clean!
I have 17 hens and 2 roo's i made a few different styles of nests i tried on the floor low level nest and a few 4 feet high. I found they like the higher nests not sure why but they picked 2 and thats where they lay. I used natural tree roosts as well they do like to cuddle i had to completely cover the coop with wire because of predators. They have been a true hassle. Thanks for sharing and Takecare and keep safe.
They will always roost and lay at the highest possible point. If they could access the roof they would probably go there. Throwback instinct from living in the wild.💕
Dagem Mengesha I love this ! 💕 I think u would like to see one decoratated it , look at this one ! Cutest family and coop ever ! @Weed ‘em & Reap is the best channel ever !!! I want everyone to know ! ua-cam.com/video/blnII-Gz1qM/v-deo.html
Thanks for sharing! Careful with that heat lamp. A good friend’s coop caught on fire when their chickens knocked down the heat lamp resulting in too much fried chicken for their family to eat...
As a liberal finding herself, she has no clue that things have natural tendencies. She probably spent as much time writing chicken laws as she did building this coop.😂
There are many interesting and more advanced things, even a chicken coop, in developed countries. I think we are in Indonesia more than 200 hundred years left behind. Beautiful.
Having seen a number of chicken coops over the years, I'm really impressed with the thought put into your design! This is something I'd like to copy when I get into a place of my own. Thanks for sharing!
Nice job, great suburban coop. I have the same restrictions in my community, 6 birds max. The automatic feeders and waterer are a great time saver when you have to commute to work. Smart! Not everyone can live the farm dream. You made owning chickens work in your context. Congrats!
i would never live in a community how can you deal with ppl saying what u can n cant do. i have a few dozen but i could have a few thousand and still nobody could say shit. i love my freedom too much. i can walk out, or open a window and shoot whatever, or whenever i want for example. grow a few dozen pot plants in my front yard..i guess when your used to living with no freedom youre immune to it
Thank you for the great video. Could you please tell me where you got the waterer assembly with the little yellow tab that the chickens peck to get water. I think that is a fabulous idea and have never seen one. Appreciate all the effort to bring this video to UA-cam and share with us. Thanks again!
Great job for a starter coop! I do have one recommendation: take out the heat lamp. As long as your coop is draft free with ventilation, that is all they need. I’ve been raising chickens in New England for 30 years and they do not need heat. This is a MAJOR fire hazard.
Instant fried chi....ah nevermind...
I would love to get more info about how you raise your chicken here in New England. I live in Cumberland and want to get a chicken but I’m getting very stressed of the amount of things that every one si telling me from different states. Maybe you can help me get an idea of what I’m getting into? Lol I am building my own chicken coop I hope :) I am just scared of what will happen on the winter! :(
Maria Urena as long as your coop is built properly with some insulation, ventilated and draft free, there is nothing else really to do during winter. Dry coop, access to fresh water, extra treats. They produce tons of heat so they keep each other warm.
I took the heat lamp out, but then the rooster started smoking, so the fire hazard remained.
For electrical stuff, one thing to mitigate fire hazards is getting a surge protector.
Most fires start from shorts/surges. A surge protector will help w/ that.
This guide is a good resource of videos, pictures and drawing. It does not have plans, so if that's what you're looking for don't bother with this book. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxLum--iPp9YKZ09j1BMdHaBMLkrGfIbcm What this book does have is a lot of great information on the building of sheds, design ideas, building options, etc. The author goes through the steps to build a foundation, framing, roof, even ideas on internal storage and external finishes. The text is easy to follow and understand. There are many sidebars that give tips and advice which most laymen probably wouldn't have considered. The photographs are great quality too. This is a great book and I'd recommend it highly for anyone needing or interested in building a shed.
Just wanted to let you know that I implemented nearly everything you covered in this coop walkthrough, with some slight variations. For nearly 2 years now, our chicken coop is essentially a hands off operation with some daily visits to collect eggs and to toss them the occasional food scraps and monthly cleanings. So, I just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration.
Glad to hear it's working for you! Since this video we've made some upgrades we'll be sharing soon!
Am I the only one speechless on the names? Alrighty, then. :) Excellent video.
Definitely not the only one.
@@s0mas91 facts lol
Def not
And then there’s just Lucy.
I thought the same thing 🤣🤣🤣
This is a year late but i had to comment. Im 71 and raised chickens most of my life. This is a FANTASTIC coop! On the old fashioned farm they had an old shed for chicken coops. Keep out the predators and drafts and your fine. All these other comments are a bit overkill for chickens. You did a Great job for your birds.
Agreed. When your chickens are a main protein source for your family you gotta keep them safe
We started with pine shavings, but our avian vet advised that the pine can be bad for their respiratory health. We switched to straw and they love it. They can manipulate it with their beaks too and the layers make happy clucks building their “nest” with it. :)
Nice Plants, I'm hoping to be legal soon here in Florida. Also, Great coop design. Thanks for the inspiration!
Like a legal citizen? If so, good luck man!
@@slugoo6474 😂😅 they were talking about her pot(weed) plants, n pots by the chicken coop
You and I have very different definitions of the “deep litter method” - I learned it from the UA-cam channel Oak Abode and she only cleans it out twice a year. This allows the shavings to break down and compost in the coop.
Prob stinks bad
@@truthseeker1364 doesn’t stink at all! I’ve been doing this all summer and my coop smells great :)
@@samanthaquant7411 cool
Thanks for replying
yeah i would think it would work much like a composting toilet.
We ended up with a free "coop" when we moved to our house in the country. The previous owner built a small room onto the outside of the house, connected to the central air system and power system. It was for keeping cats in. We took out the carpet, put hay and roosts in. 6 hens and 1 roo - the AC saved them from a severe heat wave in the summer before their combs came in, and the heat keeps their water from freezing in the winter. The storm door, siding and solid floor have kept out raccoons, possums, cats, hawks, owls, skunks and coyotes.
The down side is that we can hear Mr. Wook, our rooster, crowing through the vents in the morning!
Cherna Gast I love this ! 💕 I think u would like to see one decoratated it , look at this one ! Cutest family and coop ever ! ua-cam.com/video/blnII-Gz1qM/v-deo.html
Amanda, you guys did an amazing job building your coop! I've seen so many different ones for sale and they are cheap. None of them have even half the smart features that yours has. Well done!
I used to be horrible at building chicken coops. I used to pay a fortune for them too! I no longer suffer from those problems anymore. Here's a great guide for building affordable chicken coops: ChickCoop.xyz
It's one thing to name your chickens "chicken head" names; it's another to boldly tell the world that you did.
What’s a chicken head name?
Lmaoo I see what you did there
Seriously. She could and should have kept those names to herself.
chickens have feathers; they are not afraid of cold. There is no need for a heat lamp. However, they need lots of ventilation, even in the winter time, to prevent moisture build-up.
I love the casual marijuana growing in the background.
me too
U caught that too
Can/do N.England Hens can eat the fan leaves?
It's not weed
Michael Lahr there’s a vegetable that looks similar to it
Like the plants growing in the pots in background 🌴
Yeah nice looking plants
06:40 OMG!
Didn't look too healthy though..
@@karperman14 i thought that too lol. I only grow the typical plants aka food herbs and tomatoes, but those plants didn't look densely leafy and bushy
Love it! I do not recommend using a heat lamp. We used to use them, but they are a fire hazard and we had 2 of them explode. I found the heat mats are much safer and the chickens have to option to be on them if they need and off if they don't. We put them on top of cinder blocks so they are not in the bedding. Of course, they are not put outside until they have feathers.
For the pen we put down 2-3' of pea gravel and I hose it down every day to wash the poop down. I tried other methods and just had mud when it rained. Our chickens free range in our fenced yard during the day and they are shut in at dusk.
Exactly. If the chickens are fully feathered they don’t need the heat lamp anyway.
Chickens can withstand cold. It’s heat that hurts them.
Love the video and the names of your lil babies! Unfortunately in Louisiana that coup would blow over on hurricane season. We gotta build it with 4x's the lumber.
Your coop is pretty good. I would do one further thing though. Add a sand box. Chickens like all birds bathe by rolling in the sand. It also cleans the mites and redistributes the oils on their feathers. No need for anything elaborate just dig 1" of soil from under the house and walkway and add sand. Keep your chickens happier and healthier.
God Bless
good point. chickens love their dust baths. if you find anything dig around your coop trying to get in - place large stones around it on the outside.
What type of sand do you use?
I'm just conversing here....I too added a heat lamp when the temperature went down to 18% here in SC. My husband almost had a fit because he was worried about fire. I ignored him untill I read an article on The Chicken Chick website. I hadn't thought thru floating feathers, flying chickens, shavings, etc. The coops lost by fire freaked me out and I got rid of it. There is a flat screen heater for coops that I would consider.
Lisa, You only have to attach it with more than the clamp provided. Like she said they have nails securing it from falling.
@@PrinceCbass again, the concern I read about is not the lamp falling. It's something getting up to the lamp and igniting.
This chicken coop is absolutely perfect!!!!!!! I just appreciate all your attention to details! Makes me wish I were a chicken in your garden (even though my husband calls me a Turkey, lol). 💗 Thank you for sharing!
Why does he call u a turky
The bud in the background is what got me!! 🤣 🤣 🤣
For safety: make a hard wire cloth basket to enclose the heat lamp and secure to the ceiling with wire. For predator protection: use plywood strips to secure all hard wire cloth by pinching it in between two layers of wood that are screwed together (racoons can easily pry open the edges where you attached the hard wire cloth to the wood, given enough time for them to get to figure out your setup - they kill every bird in the coop as soon as they get a small opening to get in); cement and/or skirt all walls by laying hardwire cloth or stall mats around the edges. I ended up laying hardwire cloth on the floor and cementing the edges and all seams and putting soil on top, so nothing could get in from the floor.
I love that you made the coop large enough for the chickens to run around. Chickens love having room and places to exploring. Going to upgrade to your style of feeding system this spring!
Chickens only like a coop for sleeping and (if that's where their nests are) laying eggs. If they are awake they will be outside, even in bad weather.
Amanda, that is a fantastic set up. Thank you for caring for the birds. I’m very fond of mine too and always am looking to others idea to improve mine. This gave me lots of new ideas. Thank you from Roseville California
I love to see chickens roaming around outside where there is grass and bushes.
Thank you for sharing this lovely coop and all your great innovations!! Happy birds!! xx
Very Well Done coop!! You covered all the basics really good! Only suggestion I offer? Open that nesting box for them even Before they are 'ready' to lay. It will help a Broody hen 'get the idea' on laying. Yes, it is more to clean, but worth it. If they get in the habit of laying eggs on the ground because you didn't have that nest box open soon enough, they are likely to continue that habit. Good Luck!!
If you want a great tip .. put a compost bin in your chicken run .. Use it for all your wood shavings from the coop and add in any green leaves, grass clippings etc from the garden or kitchen .. The hens will love it, it provides a natural extra food source .. and you will end up with outstanding compost and lower food bills, and healthier happier hens
even the chicken poop?
Cool!! Appreciate your detailed sharing of your coop, run, watering and feed trays.
This is exactly the coop setup I was looking for - thank you so much for taking the time to share!
Ask not what your chickens can do for you - ask what you can do for your chickens! Congratulations, and I can imagine that any children you and your husband might have will be extremely well cared for too
Very nice. They might like a little dusting area and some grit/tiny gravel. I love the space they have and simplicity of cleaning it.
Loving all the green foliage in the background!! 😂
The penthouse of all chicken coupes.... 😍😊👍🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing! Simple and well planned with the basics covered. Continued success to you💫
You don't have to clean the run. Put your compost pile in the chicken run. Chickens speed the process up and they love digging through the pile especially if you mix grain in it
Taylor, have you ever heard of fly strike?????
I just love how fast you talk...and straight to the point without needless yammering!
She's an English professor.
We felt the same way about a bigger coop. We also made a swing. We have 8 hens and 6 box. They use 3. Also have the solar power light. Helps at night agenst predator. We also have the same rain barrel. I love your coop and we could probably have a lot in common. You're amazing. Thanks for sharing. Tick control. Thanks Amanda.
I just watched this vid and was amazed at how well this coop was built. When we get our chickens, I'm going to have my hubby watch this. Thank you Amanda for sharing. I am a subscriber now for sure. It was great! Anna Banana - big smile!
Nice job but notice 2 areas determined and smart predators will access your chickens. First the door of the coop sliding locks: I'm told raccoons human like hands can open anything other than the cantilever (sp?) Type lock. Second where you've cut the wiremesh for containers, be sure no tiny holes cuz some predators can make their bodies tiny or can they work off what you've hanged and get in thru the hole? Don't want anyone to get your gorgeous chics! Love your water system☺
Great video and great time saving, work saving ideas. I keep a few chickens as well. The naysayers don't know what they are talking about. You have incorporated a lot of good ideas that are well thought out. Any time you build something from scratch, plans always need a little tweaking, but that is to be expected. Great job. Thanks.
Linda Barnes check out the-chicken-chick.com for better coop recommendations.
Thanks so much for the tour Amanda! Really enjoyed seeing your feeding system!
My favorite part of the video. Oh and the over- sized rain barrel is very clever too.
Rained all night, what a blessing for Western Colorado! Maybe we’ll get spring soon. Can’t wait to see all your babies!
Cool ideas, good coop there. Add linoleum and a door to the back of your nest box to make cleaning out that as easy as the main floor of the coop.
Hey Amanda and husband. You did an excellent job on the coop. Also a really good video presentation.!
Nice coop Amanda. You and your husband did a good job. My husband and I just finished building an area around our coop, but it is difficult to clean. I like your idea. Best of all is the trough PVC system. Going to definitely back that too! Thanks for sharing.
All our chickens had the same name - HOUDINI - because they were always escaping.
Love how simple you kept this. I never seen feeders like that but love that idea.. Great job. Subscribed to your channel. You clearly put in alot of thought for your chickens comfort. :-)
Great job! My neighbor is building us one similar to yours and he loved you feeding pvc pipe idea so he’s making that for us as well
feeder holes in the PVC should not be wide enough for the beak to swish wildly left and right. Terrible feed waste.
Hi there! Thank you both for taking time to show us your flock and your wonderful chicken coop. I love it! I haven't raised chickens in over 20 years however now that I have moved and am a widow, I have learned that I should add several things from my old days, such as this, "raising chickens" for me it will be for the joy and the eggs! I have subscribed to your UA-cam, so I can continue to enjoy your adventure! God Bless! Laverna S.
Thanks for your kind words and good luck with your flock!
Great job Amanda, thanks for the tour. Some great ideas!
Not a bad first effort, but I do have a couple of suggestions: You are defeating the purpose of the deep litter system inside the hen house by cleaning it so often. A deep litter system is almost like a compost or healthy soil, and I believe your chooks will get health benefits, when you actually let the fungi and bacteria develop in your litter and by removing it so completely and so often you are starting from scratch each time you clean the coop. Make sure that litter is at least 4 inches deep to start, then add light layers of litter as necessary. Continue to do this until it is to deep to accommodate within your coop. It should last at least a year. When you do finally clean out the coop, make sure to leave some of the old litter in the coop, so those microbes are retained to inoculate the new litter. It would have been good if you had built your coop to accommodate at good 10 to 12 inches depth of litter. You need to do more research on the health benefits of deep litter as you are missing the point.
Now for the chicken run: You are concerned about moisture, so use woodchips to the depth of 8 to 12 inches. A cubic meter of woodchips can hold up to 700 litres of water, so they are ideal for preventing your run getting muddy. The carbon of the wood will use the nitrogen of the chicken poo to breakdown, keeping your run odor free and dry. No need to continuously clean out your run. It will eventually breakdown and be a huge bonus for your garden.
You have the best free compost workers in those hens, so why on earth is your compost pile not in the chicken run. Chickens adore scratching through compost, turning it for free. It gives them something to do. Every now and then, pile it up for them again, sprinkling some grain in it for them to find, and it will keep them happy and busy. All your kitchen scraps, weeds, fall leaves, grass clippings should be going into that little run to make your chickens happy and give you a great compost.
Less with the clean and tidy and more organic matter and your chickens will thank you.
Thank you! A voice of reason in a world if ignorance. Terrible poultry conditions here, so sad
Thanks, I was hoping I wasn't too harsh, but a lady that takes the time to find those names, lol, might also take the time to consider my input.
Absolutely, and I hope she pays attention to sound advice. So many new chicken keepers go immediately to UA-cam to share what they do, without thinking that they could be way off of what they should be doing. it's cultural these days. So anxious to share, without doing thoughtful research. Thanks Kazzana, chickens everywhere appreciate you :)
lol, I love keeping chickens. They are so much more than most people think. For such timid birds, they can be so brave. I have seen mine face off a hawk to protect her chicks. That takes guts. My dog was late to the party.
I forgot to tell her about insoluble grit, like granite, and can't bear to watch that video again, to see if she had it covered. All the best from New Zealand.
Good advice Kazzana! So much is wrong with this. Here is one for you, I don't ever clean my run, I wish I would have never built a stationary run and coop! I take my old deep liter and put it in the run. I have poo boards so my litter stays pretty clean. My run is on a hill so my litter ends up on one side of the run and I noticed it working it's way out of the run, and what is on the ground is the most beautiful compost and I didn't even move it all I have to do is dig it up and put it straight on my garden! I also spread fresh straw when the run gets to mucky from wet weather. Only because I don't like washing my eggs all the time. And I never spread the wood chips I just put them in a pile and the chickens take care of the rest. Let your chickens do the work! They don't mind, they love to scratch!
i love it when shaggy is doing something other then begging for the Scooby Snacks.
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Great idea building redundancy water and feeding systems. The rain catcher is brilliant too.
Nice coop. Thank you Amanda for the lovely video!
So glad to see that people can love chickens and make their lives so comfortable and safe. I subscribed and loved this informative video. Viva chickens!
Awesome! That was inspiring and so simple!!! Also, every little detail was thought out well. Thank you for making it a little less huge and scary seeming for us who just have eggs about to hatch, knowing I have to probably get started on a coop for the Summer. And I love the names! :)
Great content! Love the ideas for the coop. We will need to update ours soon and we are going to go back to this to reference! Thanks a ton!
Catchy names - really short and sweet!
You are so chilled for the amount of weed in the background.
came for the chicken coop, sub'd for the nice "landscaping"!
This is my dream chicken coop! Thank you for sharing it!
I'm a young farmer who has just commenced keeping of broilers, incubating eggs, keeping free range chicks, Hans, ducks, domestic guinefouls, domestic rabbits and few goats.
It's encouraging to learn from you who have long started with farming with the intension to feed the world. We thank God for such idea of releasing farming potential and close hanger and starvation gap. GOD BLESS YOU FARMERS.
All the sudden I became more interested in her plants
Just a suggestion regarding critters esp raccoons. ....they are super smart. Add a latch with a hole you can hook a carbiner into to secure (where a padlock would normally go ) raccoons can undo and open barrel locks with the notch ....
Great set up !!!
OMG beautiful Amandaaaaaaa! I have been watching chicken coop videos for weeks. YOURS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! THANK YOU!
I am most certainly going to enjoy this. My wife and I are planning to move back to her country of origin and we will most certainly have chickens running around there along with other things. Those these chickens may not be able to stand the weather there, I will still learn loads so I'm not making dumb mistakes. Thanks so much.
My tips: Mind out with the lino in the coop, it’s a breeding ground for parasites like red mites, Northern fowl mites & whatever type of louse that finds its way in.
Add a solid cap to the feed pipe (maybe you already have them?) to prevent rodents moving in.
Be diligent and HAVE FUN!!
That was AMAZING!!! SO VERY CLEVER BUILDING!!!
Hi hope you're having a good time today
Terrific job! Your chickens are well taken care of. 🐓❤️
❤ It's not a wheel barrel. It's a wheelbarrow. Terrific coop! Love your ideas.
I built a coop on 2" x 8" skids. Every 4 to 6 months I would drag it to a new spot, leaving a great new gardening plot each time. And I have a dog named biggie-shortie, cause she's big and short-legged. No other reason...
Can you tell me how to do skids?
"The names MaryJane"
"THATS LIKE MY FAVORITE NAME"
Raggy is that you?
What a great commentary you gave. Love your chicken and coop Amanda!
@Sharon beautiful video, i enjoyed every bit
I don’t even own chickens but I love watching this video, how fun and inventive 😂 and these comments are just as entertaining thank you all! 🙌
The most unique names I’ve ever heard... lmaooo “and Lucy”
Like your chicken coop, great ideas ! i just hope you have latches that lock, any kind of predator with hand like feet could very easily open that lid . When chickens start laying I would make sure you have a safe locking system !!
Thank you! This is the kind of coop I’m looking to build... ( or have my sons build for me 😉😊). I like the linoleum idea for the floor! So easy to clean!
ua-cam.com/video/ascf2AL-EeY/v-deo.html you can also subscribe to this channel and learn more about poultry and piggery farming
Nice work, Amanda!
I have 17 hens and 2 roo's i made a few different styles of nests i tried on the floor low level nest and a few 4 feet high. I found they like the higher nests not sure why but they picked 2 and thats where they lay. I used natural tree roosts as well they do like to cuddle i had to completely cover the coop with wire because of predators. They have been a true hassle. Thanks for sharing and Takecare and keep safe.
Higher egg boxes are better they feel safer
They will always roost and lay at the highest possible point. If they could access the roof they would probably go there. Throwback instinct from living in the wild.💕
Great video, and like how you built your coop. Amazing how many know it alls that are on you tube.
I love it! Great design, and so simple! It will work perfectly for us. Thanks so much for taking the time to share this.
Nice job Amanda. Everything folks need to know delivered by a pleasent friendly face.
Wait, What happened to tyquasia 1.0?
Dagem Mengesha I love this ! 💕 I think u would like to see one decoratated it , look at this one ! Cutest family and coop ever ! @Weed ‘em & Reap is the best channel ever !!! I want everyone to know !
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@@ramosnash7922 Yes! They are the best!
Tyquisia 1.0 got roasted.
I've seen a lot of coops, and I think that your systems excellent
Love this simple, yet well thought out coop!
Excellent, informative video. Very well done. Yall did great on the coop & run...great size. Looks like you have some happy chickens 😊🐓
Thanks for sharing! Careful with that heat lamp. A good friend’s coop caught on fire when their chickens knocked down the heat lamp resulting in too much fried chicken for their family to eat...
Mine too, three years ago, bbq'd 12 birds.. burned the whole coop to the ground
@7:45 Just pour the hay out in one big pile and the chicks do the spreading.
As a liberal finding herself, she has no clue that things have natural tendencies. She probably spent as much time writing chicken laws as she did building this coop.😂
This is so cool. You guys thought of everything, very convenient and safe and healthy for the group.
Amazing Coop!!! Thank for sharing. Great Ideas!!!
Make sure to surround your chicken coop with weed. We do this because stoned foxes will be to lazy to dig under the fence.
they use to have 10 chickens,,,the fox got a contact hi and got the munchies,,,,so there went 4 chickens
Idiot, weeds gotta be carboxilated to be psychoactive
LMAO!!! Nice one.
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Weeeeyyyyy to under rated comment ..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
AWESOME SET UP
There are many interesting and more advanced things, even a chicken coop, in developed countries. I think we are in Indonesia more than 200 hundred years left behind. Beautiful.
First time to your channel but wow, you got some beautiful plants there! Love the chickens too😉
Good build and well done video. New sub
Having seen a number of chicken coops over the years, I'm really impressed with the thought put into your design! This is something I'd like to copy when I get into a place of my own. Thanks for sharing!
Great work, my wife and I have been contemplating getting chickens and building a chicken coup.
Thanks for sharing. I am watching as many chicken videos as I can to design our coop.
Nice job, great suburban coop. I have the same restrictions in my community, 6 birds max. The automatic feeders and waterer are a great time saver when you have to commute to work. Smart! Not everyone can live the farm dream. You made owning chickens work in your context. Congrats!
Cheryl Hecht do you slaughter animals too?
i would never live in a community how can you deal with ppl saying what u can n cant do. i have a few dozen but i could have a few thousand and still nobody could say shit. i love my freedom too much. i can walk out, or open a window and shoot whatever, or whenever i want for example. grow a few dozen pot plants in my front yard..i guess when your used to living with no freedom youre immune to it
and obviously money is an issue for most
@@douglasclosen1372 suck it up I love fried chicken
Thank you for the great video. Could you please tell me where you got the waterer assembly with the little yellow tab that the chickens peck to get water. I think that is a fabulous idea and have never seen one. Appreciate all the effort to bring this video to UA-cam and share with us. Thanks again!
I do like you coop set up. I have seen similar and absolutely adore the rain catchment and feeding set up.
Love the plants around the coop