Hello Holly, The coop is 8 x 6. The run is 8 x 16 I have 17 chickens. The chickens free range every day except when I go away. I’ve left them for 4 days and they have been fine. If I was going to keep them in the run all the time I would probably only have 6 chickens. I hope that helps.
It was very expensive. I used this more as a learning experience to advance my limited building skills. I used all pressure treated lumber with the exception of the rafters. Total I’m sure was over 5k. It adds up fast. The roof was $1,100+. The hardware cloth was close to 1k. I spent a couple hundred on screws, nails and lag bolts. Lumber during the pandemic was crazy expensive as well. I did not skimp on anything…. That’s not my style 😎🤣
How much of it was treated wood? Obviously the posts but what about the rafters and the hen house? Like you I'm looking at different designs seeing what I like but also what I think I can actually do.
Hey Stephen, I used treated wood for everything except the trusses. I may have a piece or two untreated in the coop I might have used between lumber runs to the store but for the most part it is all treated. Surprisingly when I was building the treated was the same or CHEAPER than untreated. I couldn’t figure that one out. Good luck with your build.
Coop post are 6 feet apart set in concrete (coop is 6x8) Run post set in concrete are 8 feet apart with another post at 4 feet (not set in concrete) to anchor the hardware cloth to. Hope that is clear and answers your question. You may be able to see what I’m talking about here. th-cam.com/video/rekokAO-lIQ/w-d-xo.html
If I may ask, where did you get the poly sheets? I've been looking, but I can't find them. I like the idea of the panels for winter protection. What part of the country are you in....I'm in NNY and our winters can be very cold and lots of snow. We are planning when we build our coop and run to cover the run part way with heavy plastic to keep the snow out and the wind . I know we will need to keep ventalation at the top. This is awesome.
I got them at Home Depot. Veranda PVC Sheets 4 x 8 x 1/4 $63.98 when I bought them August 2022 I live in north central Pennsylvania. Clearfield, PA th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html
Hello Sammedi, I agree, my chickens are living the good life. I kept joking while I was building that I was building the "Chicken Taj Mahal"🤣 Thank you for watching and commenting.
Hardware cloth was from critter fence. 1/2 x 1/2 www.critterfence.com/ The poly board was from Home Depot. 1/4 x 4 x 8 PVC Sheet Veranda HP $63.98 when I bought it August 2022
Hey mega Paul, It was quite an expensive project. Probably much more than what is actually needed but I don’t believe in doing things halfway. I’m thinking this will be around much longer than I am and my grandchildren will be collecting eggs long after I’m gone. 😂 Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hello Nancy, A couple of things here and there…. I would have liked to raise the roosting boxes a little. I really didn’t have the room to spare unless I made the windows smaller. The problem we had early on was one chicken pecking at the eggs. We think it was because the nesting boxes were so close to the floor of the coop and the chickens, being curious and pecking everything, could just stick their heads in the box and peck away. We solved this by placing a 4 to 5 inch strip of paneling across the bottom of the nesting box opening. Now the birds have to go up and over to get into the boxes. We haven’t had any egg issues since. I also put up a small wind barrier for the winter along one side of the run. (Link below). My coop sits on top of a hill very exposed to the wind. We have 18 birds, 16 hens and 2 roosters. They are doing great but I wouldn’t put any more birds in that space. Coop is 6x8 run is 16x8 (+ 6x8 under the coop) Hope this helps. th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html
Hello Ewa, It was quiet a project. Every trip to the store seemed to empty my wallet 😂. The build cost north of 5K but it was worth it in the end. Thank you for watching.
Hello Bina, When I started the project I had no idea how involved it was going to be. It was a big job. Here is a compilation video of the build. Thank you for watching. th-cam.com/video/rekokAO-lIQ/w-d-xo.html
Greetings Mr. Mundy, I just watched both of your videos on your coop and really like some of your ideas! I already have some plans for my new coop/run that I plan on building here soon, but I will be changing some things to incorporate a few details from your build. Thanks for sharing!
Great looking coop. I'm in the middle of my coop build right now and will be implementing the air flow door on the clean out main door area. It's such a game changer when there's high temps. By the way, is that a bernese mountain dog? We have a couple and are training them to be around the chicks.
Thank you. I’m very pleased with how the coop turned out. The only adjustment to the coop I would make is to raise the nesting boxes. Our chickens just started laying eggs and we found a few of the eggs with broken shells from being pecked. We found that the chickens being “ground level” with the nesting boxes allowed them to stick their heads in the box and peck the eggs. We fixed this problem by attaching a piece of paneling across the bottom entrance of the nesting boxes essentially raising the entrance to the boxes by 4 inches. So the chickens have to go up and over the paneling to get into the nesting box. This has solved the problem of the chickens pecking the eggs and they seem to like the additional privacy in the nesting box. Our dog is a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. A relative of the Bernese. Good luck with your build!!!!!!!
@@Paul_Mundy Yeah another great idea with the 4" wall for the nesting box. I seen that on another video and already put that into my coop. I'll be keeping an eye on your future vids. We don't see many greater swiss mountain dogs where I'm at, well even bernese mountain dogs are fairly hard to come by too. It's a weird thing that happens with me since I don't see many berners, I automatically stop and go say hi to anyone I see with a berner. Cheers Paul
They roost in the coop. I built roosting bars but they only use them as a ladder to get up into the rafters. I show this in this video. th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html Thank you for watching and commenting!!!
Hello Frank, We got our chicks September 1 and we got our first egg about 2 weeks ago, so about 4 months. We are currently getting 4 eggs a day. I expect that to increase over the next month to about 10 - 15 eggs a day. We have 16 hens and 4 roosters at the moment. We are going to rehome 2 of the roosters to a neighbors property.
Pretty good job, been 50 years since I had chickens, I received 100 chicks for my thirteenth birthday. I've been considering getting chickens for some years since I retired and now I'm building a coop and run like what you have there. One question though, how old are chickens before they start laying eggs. From what I remember mine didn't start laying until the following spring. We have harsh winters up here in northern Wisconsin so it can be done with the right breeds.
We have ISA Browns and live in North West Wisconsin, and when we received them, we had them inside for about 2 months and then put them outside. I want to say they started laying around a month afterward. They are a very tough breed and even survived the Polar Vortex that we had a few years back with the -50° winds. Hope this helps you out Frank.
@@Wolfe_Metals_Stacking It sure does, I bought a pry bar unit that works just for pallets, working pretty good although those twist nails are pretty tough. When I get it built I plan on doing a walk-through type of video. I am going to order Buff Brahmas and just may look at the Isa Browns also. I live in Exeland southeast of Hayward. I will admit that starting with 10 birds so when they start to slow down on laying I'll just a few more, my wife said no eating pets. I can afford extra chicken feed for them.
Hello, We currently have 20 chickens. We got our chicks September 1, 2022 and a few chickens just started laying about 2 weeks ago. We are currently getting 3 - 4 eggs a day. This should ramp up to 10 - 15 a day over the next month or two. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Hey Hyper, Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind words!!!! We just started getting a few eggs about a week ago. Very exciting!! Thank you for watching. Paul
We have 20 chickens. They are fine in this coop but we will probably go down to 15 this spring. Everything I read said to order more birds than you want because you will lose some. We’ll see how the do through the winter. We do let them out a few hours each day. We also just started getting eggs this past week.
Hello Judi, The only thing I added so far was some wind barriers. We live on top of a hill with a lot of open space. With the winter weather I added some temporary “shelter”. I will improve on this over the summer. Here is a link showing the wind barrier. th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html
Hey Lotus, Looks like a Carolina Koop …..ONLY BETTER!!!!🤣😂👍🏻 I’m thrilled with the coop. It was a HUGE project for a solo build. Here is a compilation video of the build. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!! th-cam.com/video/rekokAO-lIQ/w-d-xo.html
Great looking coop 👍🏽
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What are the measurements for the coop and run? Around how many chickens will this hold?
Hello Holly, The coop is 8 x 6. The run is 8 x 16 I have 17 chickens. The chickens free range every day except when I go away. I’ve left them for 4 days and they have been fine. If I was going to keep them in the run all the time I would probably only have 6 chickens. I hope that helps.
This is beautiful! What a wonderful idea to have multiple ways to open the clean out door!
Thanks so much! 😊
Great job!!! FYI, I found a hemp mat (from France,) for the nesting boxes.
Looks great,but I was wondering about the cost.
It was very expensive. I used this more as a learning experience to advance my limited building skills. I used all pressure treated lumber with the exception of the rafters. Total I’m sure was over 5k. It adds up fast. The roof was $1,100+. The hardware cloth was close to 1k. I spent a couple hundred on screws, nails and lag bolts. Lumber during the pandemic was crazy expensive as well. I did not skimp on anything…. That’s not my style 😎🤣
How much of it was treated wood? Obviously the posts but what about the rafters and the hen house? Like you I'm looking at different designs seeing what I like but also what I think I can actually do.
Hey Stephen, I used treated wood for everything except the trusses. I may have a piece or two untreated in the coop I might have used between lumber runs to the store but for the most part it is all treated. Surprisingly when I was building the treated was the same or CHEAPER than untreated. I couldn’t figure that one out. Good luck with your build.
PS The roosting bars are untreated. I figured the birds are going to be spending a lot of time in direct contact with that wood.
Very nice! How far apart did you place your posts?
Coop post are 6 feet apart set in concrete (coop is 6x8) Run post set in concrete are 8 feet apart with another post at 4 feet (not set in concrete) to anchor the hardware cloth to. Hope that is clear and answers your question. You may be able to see what I’m talking about here. th-cam.com/video/rekokAO-lIQ/w-d-xo.html
@@Paul_Mundy Thanks!
If I may ask, where did you get the poly sheets? I've been looking, but I can't find them. I like the idea of the panels for winter protection. What part of the country are you in....I'm in NNY and our winters can be very cold and lots of snow. We are planning when we build our coop and run to cover the run part way with heavy plastic to keep the snow out and the wind . I know we will need to keep ventalation at the top. This is awesome.
A couple comments down he answered someone else with links to Home Depot
I got them at Home Depot. Veranda PVC Sheets 4 x 8 x 1/4 $63.98 when I bought them August 2022 I live in north central Pennsylvania. Clearfield, PA th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html
Wow, that’s no coop that’s a mansion.
Hello Sammedi, I agree, my chickens are living the good life. I kept joking while I was building that I was building the "Chicken Taj Mahal"🤣 Thank you for watching and commenting.
Very nice and well thought.
Thank you. It was a great project
May you share the links of hardware and poly (white boards) as well. Thanks
Hardware cloth was from critter fence. 1/2 x 1/2 www.critterfence.com/ The poly board was from Home Depot. 1/4 x 4 x 8 PVC Sheet Veranda HP $63.98 when I bought it August 2022
@@Paul_Mundy Thanks
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Hey mega Paul, It was quite an expensive project. Probably much more than what is actually needed but I don’t believe in doing things halfway. I’m thinking this will be around much longer than I am and my grandchildren will be collecting eggs long after I’m gone. 😂 Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wow I'm impressed 👍 man of my age they only able use their fingers to type😅
Thanks Mamabear!!!
The coop looks awesome! After living with it for a while, are there any changes that you would make if you built it again?
Hello Nancy, A couple of things here and there…. I would have liked to raise the roosting boxes a little. I really didn’t have the room to spare unless I made the windows smaller. The problem we had early on was one chicken pecking at the eggs. We think it was because the nesting boxes were so close to the floor of the coop and the chickens, being curious and pecking everything, could just stick their heads in the box and peck away. We solved this by placing a 4 to 5 inch strip of paneling across the bottom of the nesting box opening. Now the birds have to go up and over to get into the boxes. We haven’t had any egg issues since. I also put up a small wind barrier for the winter along one side of the run. (Link below). My coop sits on top of a hill very exposed to the wind. We have 18 birds, 16 hens and 2 roosters. They are doing great but I wouldn’t put any more birds in that space. Coop is 6x8 run is 16x8 (+ 6x8 under the coop) Hope this helps. th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html
What netting did you use??
Hello, I used 1/2 inch critter fence. www.critterfence.com/metal-fence-roll-mesh
We want to add a chicken coop door for your coop!
Nice coop ....LOVE THE HAT!!!!!
Thank you Mike. Let’s go Brandon!!!!!
Beautiful but I'm sure it was expensive, great job
Yes it was very expensive. I did not keep track of the cost but I know it was over 5K
Oh I wish I could afford coop like that😮❤
Hello Ewa, It was quiet a project. Every trip to the store seemed to empty my wallet 😂. The build cost north of 5K but it was worth it in the end. Thank you for watching.
overkill is an understatement
Hello Scott, I agree 😂 go big or go home🤣 Thank you for watching and commenting.
Wow great build I wish you would have made videos about the process
Hello Bina, When I started the project I had no idea how involved it was going to be. It was a big job. Here is a compilation video of the build. Thank you for watching. th-cam.com/video/rekokAO-lIQ/w-d-xo.html
Greetings Mr. Mundy, I just watched both of your videos on your coop and really like some of your ideas! I already have some plans for my new coop/run that I plan on building here soon, but I will be changing some things to incorporate a few details from your build. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. Good luck with your build.
Great looking coop. I'm in the middle of my coop build right now and will be implementing the air flow door on the clean out main door area. It's such a game changer when there's high temps. By the way, is that a bernese mountain dog? We have a couple and are training them to be around the chicks.
Thank you. I’m very pleased with how the coop turned out. The only adjustment to the coop I would make is to raise the nesting boxes. Our chickens just started laying eggs and we found a few of the eggs with broken shells from being pecked. We found that the chickens being “ground level” with the nesting boxes allowed them to stick their heads in the box and peck the eggs. We fixed this problem by attaching a piece of paneling across the bottom entrance of the nesting boxes essentially raising the entrance to the boxes by 4 inches. So the chickens have to go up and over the paneling to get into the nesting box. This has solved the problem of the chickens pecking the eggs and they seem to like the additional privacy in the nesting box. Our dog is a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. A relative of the Bernese. Good luck with your build!!!!!!!
@@Paul_Mundy Yeah another great idea with the 4" wall for the nesting box. I seen that on another video and already put that into my coop. I'll be keeping an eye on your future vids. We don't see many greater swiss mountain dogs where I'm at, well even bernese mountain dogs are fairly hard to come by too. It's a weird thing that happens with me since I don't see many berners, I automatically stop and go say hi to anyone I see with a berner. Cheers Paul
Good job ✅
Thank you!!!!
Nice build! Will they roost in the exercise area or in the coop?
They roost in the coop. I built roosting bars but they only use them as a ladder to get up into the rafters. I show this in this video. th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html Thank you for watching and commenting!!!
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Thank you for the compliment!
Hello Frank, We got our chicks September 1 and we got our first egg about 2 weeks ago, so about 4 months. We are currently getting 4 eggs a day. I expect that to increase over the next month to about 10 - 15 eggs a day. We have 16 hens and 4 roosters at the moment. We are going to rehome 2 of the roosters to a neighbors property.
Pretty good job, been 50 years since I had chickens, I received 100 chicks for my thirteenth birthday. I've been considering getting chickens for some years since I retired and now I'm building a coop and run like what you have there. One question though, how old are chickens before they start laying eggs. From what I remember mine didn't start laying until the following spring. We have harsh winters up here in northern Wisconsin so it can be done with the right breeds.
We have ISA Browns and live in North West Wisconsin, and when we received them, we had them inside for about 2 months and then put them outside. I want to say they started laying around a month afterward. They are a very tough breed and even survived the Polar Vortex that we had a few years back with the -50° winds. Hope this helps you out Frank.
@@Wolfe_Metals_Stacking It sure does, I bought a pry bar unit that works just for pallets, working pretty good although those twist nails are pretty tough. When I get it built I plan on doing a walk-through type of video. I am going to order Buff Brahmas and just may look at the Isa Browns also. I live in Exeland southeast of Hayward. I will admit that starting with 10 birds so when they start to slow down on laying I'll just a few more, my wife said no eating pets. I can afford extra chicken feed for them.
@@Wolfe_Metals_Stacking I'll email ya when I post the vid, thanx for the advice.
How many chickens will be in there? (looks good b.t.w!)
Hello, We currently have 20 chickens. We got our chicks September 1, 2022 and a few chickens just started laying about 2 weeks ago. We are currently getting 3 - 4 eggs a day. This should ramp up to 10 - 15 a day over the next month or two. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Great video, Mr. I wish I could hire you to build me one.
Thank you J.
Awesome coop and love your hat!!!
Thanks Steven.
You guys are the rare trumpers with an IQ above 46.Bless your heart
Very nice, love your cap also
Thank you Bill
Love the Dutch Door! Beautiful coup
Thank you. I appreciate your comment!!!!
That is the best looking and most functional coop I have seen yet 😍 LOVE IT!
Hey Hyper, Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind words!!!! We just started getting a few eggs about a week ago. Very exciting!! Thank you for watching. Paul
🤗🤗🤗🤗impressed.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it!!!!
Great❤🙏
Thank you. I appreciate your feedback!!!!
BROTHER...THAT ONE IS AMAZING AND GETS THE BLUE RIBBON !FIRST TIME VIEWER BUT ALREADY HOOKED. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Thank you Don. I really appreciate your kind words.
Hi it’s Kyle from AT&T. Looks great
How many chickens would you houses in this smaller chicken coop? Will you let them run outside too? It looks like you have a lot of land.
We have 20 chickens. They are fine in this coop but we will probably go down to 15 this spring. Everything I read said to order more birds than you want because you will lose some. We’ll see how the do through the winter. We do let them out a few hours each day. We also just started getting eggs this past week.
@@Paul_Mundy EXCELLENT... Thank YOU.
Excellent Video... It has been 5 months... would you change anything with this setup? Thank you for sharing this video...
Hello Judi, The only thing I added so far was some wind barriers. We live on top of a hill with a lot of open space. With the winter weather I added some temporary “shelter”. I will improve on this over the summer. Here is a link showing the wind barrier. th-cam.com/video/hd63VjdLOkk/w-d-xo.html
@@Paul_Mundy Thank you Paul...
I like. Your hat too
Thank you Barbara!!!
al the best coop vids out there should say the best i can build i built my own also
Hey Ken, Thanks for watching and commenting. Do you have a link to your coop? I love to see other projects. Hope you have a great day!!
Awesome
Thank you!!!!
Where's the entertainment center and mini bar??? Hot tub and weight room is recommended...
Thanks Steven….. that made my day!!!!!🤣😂🤣
Great job using the hardware cloth. Love your coop!
Thank you Sherrie. I appreciate your comments!!!
Awesome great job
Thank you for your kind words!!
Looks exactly like the Carolina Koop!
Hey Lotus, Looks like a Carolina Koop …..ONLY BETTER!!!!🤣😂👍🏻 I’m thrilled with the coop. It was a HUGE project for a solo build. Here is a compilation video of the build. Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!! th-cam.com/video/rekokAO-lIQ/w-d-xo.html
@@Paul_Mundy yes it’s better because you made it and it didn’t cost you several body limbs lol 😂😂😂😎
Thats MAGA-nifcent!! Leave it to a Trump supporter to be able to build something instead of always destroying!
Thank you Cooper. LOVE the “MAGA-nificent”!!!!!!!!! Thank you for watching and commenting!!!!!!