Great job,I built a similar coop,maybe a bit longer,but then,i decided to cut a roof opening for light and sunshine,covered with plexi-glass,then I was able to plant grass seeds and plants for them to have growing greens and a lot of insects,like cucumbers,eggplant even 5 CORN plants,and i would gather worms from my garden and"replant"them deep enough,after that i rarely feed them myself,except for veggie peels,my next project is to raise snails,i"ll triple my egg production,witch is around 10/day with 8 brides and two roosters,the biggest of the two is almost 4kg....!!!!...WATCH FOR MINKS.....!!!!!
One takeaway I can see from your project is: wife totally involved in helping; of as great or greater importance is your daughter observing (from time to time when not playing) her mom and dad working together in harmony and creating something. Should be of value later when she wants to do or make something, she can go to mom and dad for advice/help. Hopefully, this will pay great dividends in her later years. Good example for her.
I built a chicken coop similar to this one but I live in Eastern Ontario so I had to insulate the living quarters. I used 2x4’s with 3 1/2 inch batts. I also had an electrical connection for a heat bulb. I build a guillotine door for the living quarters that I could raise and lower by means of a pulley system. It also was constructed using 2x4’s with insulation. To stop predators from digging under the coop, I installed wire mesh on the floor of the coop. Building this coop was a great experience and I got a new appreciation of just how fascinating chickens are.
This was great, thanks, I've been looking for "small chicken coop and run" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Machaaldity Coop Blaster - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my friend got amazing success with it.
EvanAndKatelyn There are many factors in creating an amazing design. One place I discovered that successfully combines these is the coop magic tactic (google it if you're interested) definately the most useful info that I've heard of. Check out this unbelievable website.
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to uncover work coop designs try coop magic tactic (just google it ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my mate got amazing success with it.
There are many components to doing a pro job. One place I discovered which succeeds in merging these is the coop magic tactic (check it out on google) definately the no.1 course that I've heard of. Check out this awesome resource.
Nice chicken coop. We just finished one. Went online and ordered heavy duty magnets instead of latches. Love them. So much easier to open when you have something in your hands.
My dream is to own a small piece of land to establish a homestead. I just started work as a fresh grad and i still have a long way to go but videos like this keeps me motivated to pursue my dreams :)
RE that was an awesome video. I am writing from the Big Island on a ranch. We have 25 acres and our chickens are free-range. The flock is getting older and I would like to start another flock, smaller for myself. The other group are my sisters. This coop is awesome. I may take me 10 years but I never back away from a challenge. Mahalo from Hawaii
This is just superb, I have been researching "hen coup" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Machaaldity Coop Blaster - ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my m8 got cool results with it.
Your coop is one of the prettiest/classiest and fanciest 👌🏽 coop builds I’ve seen so far, you do tie with April’s W. newest coop though! I just wish you would’ve filmed more of it! There’s a theme with your videos and that is you leave out a lot of the steps. It’s like step 1 and suddenly you’re at step 3 and 4. And you also have it match the beat of whatever music and that would be fine if there was more demonstration. I don’t mean to be rude or critical, I’m just a fan of your work and would like to see more of it. This is a beautiful coop and hope it’s served you, your family and your ladies (chickens) well! Pls keep building... pls show more footage 🤘🏽
This is amazing - we just got 6 chickens so this will be perfect for us. Printed the plans! Just one question, what color paint did y’all go with? It’s beautiful.
I'm about to build my own, inspired by yours, in a (low cost) and different version, with pallet woods for the finish, it's my first experience let's see what it will brings. Thanks for the inspiration, it's a good looking and functional chicken coop, keep with the awesome work, best regards from Italy.
You are great man ! I don't know whether its your wife who's the genius for pointing "over there" where she needed a chicken coop, or you for actually coming up with the design and "building" it , but I thank you for the design and the video that I can refer back to when I get stuck. Thanks and I subscribed .
Oh nice. Thanks. I got the PDF plan. We got baby chicks and I told my husband we need a chicken coop and he said bring me the floor plan for it 😅🤣🤣now I have it. 😂😅Thanks 👍🏼😍
Yo brother, great job on the new coup! Nice to see the whole family getting in on the project. Everything looked wonderful until you decided on the battleship gray for the color. When you go to repaint, stick to a lighter color like it was before you painted it. It also made the coup look smaller when you painted it with the dark color. Great job though! 🐓🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
That really is nice and excellent work. I have a great coop that my Son in Law built but now the little Bantams need a play yard. I am an old gal and hope that I can get some help getting it done.
A trick I learned: run a 24-30-inch apron of hardware cloth on the ground around the coop and stake down the edges. It'll go a long way to keeping foxes/raccoons/whatever other predators you have locally from digging under the frame and snacking on your birds/eggs.
Cool coop! As long as no raccoons come to raid the coop by opening the latches and no skunks or groundhogs dig in you're set for a long time. You could also tarp some of the sides for a snowy/frigid winter if needed. Your birds don't even have to put up with rain on their backs. That thing looks like it will last many generations of chickens.
Love your coop! ❤️ Pretty and functional. Depending on where you live though, you might want to add some hardware cloth on those little open areas above your door. We've had some critters get in our coop through the smallest holes!
Build it & they will lay. Amazing coop! People need to understand that it's not just a chicken coop, but also a structure that you have to look at in your yard. So there's no such thing as "overkill". If you can afford it, have the means to build it, & you had fun doing it, then I say why not!.
Thank you for the easy to comprehend plans! As a technician, your plans is the closest to as-builts that I've seen. I'll have to modify a bit for budget and Pacific NW weather, and will post photos when I complete.
Nice clean design. Thanks for posting the plans. It’s helpful to review details when thinking about my own design. Now that you’ve had it up and running for a couple years, would you do anything different?
Looks awesome and I think your goal was achieved. You hit the nail on the head in saying that the siding was tedious. If one has the extra money and values the aesthetics then I say go for it!
What a beautiful coop! Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share it with us. Can you tell me what product you used to finish the outside please, the color and is it paint or stain? Maybe a link to the product please??
wish I could do something like this to my coop but I need to consider about the cleaning, maintenance, the chicken's sleeping tree (because they're the breed that sleeps on branches and high place) and the predators like snake, water lizards and human.
Looks real nice, but I do have a question, did you put the chicken wire on the bottom as well to keep critters from digging under it and getting to chickens under there? We’ve had lots of issues with that in our area.
in a nice big coop project like that only suggestion is putting gravel under the wood base so that in due time the water wont rot it and eat it away and perhaps will need to redo it after just gravel under the wood parts only not in the coop just so that the water wont be stagnant on the wood and the rocks will lift it just a tiny bit so the water ill not effect is as much but very nice job.
Love the look and sturdiness. We have acres and want to roll our coop around to new areas. Think the birds will be happy and keep it sanitary, maybe even fertilize those areas. If you would put your talents to that upgrade. I've seen an idea I also like, a solar powered bug zapper for fresh bugs for the birds. Sounds good to me.
Awesome Job! Pretty much my plans that I am starting tomorrow. What is the ryobi wire cutters that you have? I couldnt find anything on amazon like that?
Just wondering what that wonderful power tool you were using to cut the hardware cloth? I've been using aviation snips forever, to cut hardware cloth and it takes awhile.
What was the approximate cost to build this run. I want to order it today but with no info I am not sure if I should buy it. As always.. I love watching you
Great job, but what's preventing pests or nuisance animals from burrowing, from below, into the coop? Didn't notice a secure solid attached base or sub-floor...' Thanks...
Complete DIY plans: blog.strongtie.com/build-a-modern-chic-chicken-coop/
Great job,I built a similar coop,maybe a bit longer,but then,i decided to cut a roof opening for light and sunshine,covered with plexi-glass,then I was able to plant grass seeds and plants for them to have growing greens and a lot of insects,like cucumbers,eggplant even 5 CORN plants,and i would gather worms from my garden and"replant"them deep enough,after that i rarely feed them myself,except for veggie peels,my next project is to raise snails,i"ll triple my egg production,witch is around 10/day with 8 brides and two roosters,the biggest of the two is almost 4kg....!!!!...WATCH FOR MINKS.....!!!!!
Glad you included the plans!
you guys rock, thank you for easy to follow, detailed plans, go opensource!
Great work
too cool thank you!
One takeaway I can see from your project is: wife totally involved in helping; of as great or greater importance is your daughter observing (from time to time when not playing) her mom and dad working together in harmony and creating something. Should be of value later when she wants to do or make something, she can go to mom and dad for advice/help. Hopefully, this will pay great dividends in her later years. Good example for her.
Or she will say no way for me outa here!
I built a chicken coop similar to this one but I live in Eastern Ontario so I had to insulate the living quarters. I used 2x4’s with 3 1/2 inch batts. I also had an electrical connection for a heat bulb. I build a guillotine door for the living quarters that I could raise and lower by means of a pulley system. It also was constructed using 2x4’s with insulation. To stop predators from digging under the coop, I installed wire mesh on the floor of the coop. Building this coop was a great experience and I got a new appreciation of just how fascinating chickens are.
Good call! Thanks for the tips
10 out of 10 chickens would approve of this coop! Looks awesome, love the modern style, plus it looks like y'all had fun!
This was great, thanks, I've been looking for "small chicken coop and run" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Machaaldity Coop Blaster - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my friend got amazing success with it.
EvanAndKatelyn
There are many factors in creating an amazing design. One place I discovered that successfully combines these is the coop magic tactic (google it if you're interested) definately the most useful info that I've heard of. Check out this unbelievable website.
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to uncover work coop designs try coop magic tactic (just google it ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my mate got amazing success with it.
hi guys, the best results that I have had was by using the Coop Magic Tactic (i found it on google) definately the most incredible info i've followed.
There are many components to doing a pro job. One place I discovered which succeeds in merging these is the coop magic tactic (check it out on google) definately the no.1 course that I've heard of. Check out this awesome resource.
You should post a walk through of this coop. All sides and inside.
*6:26** don't ever use a miter saw by crossing over your arms like that.* It is an accident waiting to happen.
Nice chicken coop. We just finished one. Went online and ordered heavy duty magnets instead of latches. Love them. So much easier to open when you have something in your hands.
My dream is to own a small piece of land to establish a homestead. I just started work as a fresh grad and i still have a long way to go but videos like this keeps me motivated to pursue my dreams :)
Keep on going pal you got this!!! Best of luck
Keep working hard and save your money and someday you may.
RE that was an awesome video. I am writing from the Big Island on a ranch. We have 25 acres and our chickens are free-range. The flock is getting older and I would like to start another flock, smaller for myself. The other group are my sisters. This coop is awesome. I may take me 10 years but I never back away from a challenge. Mahalo from Hawaii
Thanks!!! And good luck!
This isn’t a how to. It’s a hey watch what I made.
Sawyer Walker same difference
The how-to is in the free plans. Some people are just plain lazy.
I think it’s an add for Simpson strongtie. The Simpson products are expensive and overkill for a chicken coop.
islanti some people like to have quality.
This is just superb, I have been researching "hen coup" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Machaaldity Coop Blaster - ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my m8 got cool results with it.
Team work makes the dream work. LOVE IT!
Your coop is one of the prettiest/classiest and fanciest 👌🏽 coop builds I’ve seen so far, you do tie with April’s W. newest coop though! I just wish you would’ve filmed more of it! There’s a theme with your videos and that is you leave out a lot of the steps. It’s like step 1 and suddenly you’re at step 3 and 4. And you also have it match the beat of whatever music and that would be fine if there was more demonstration. I don’t mean to be rude or critical, I’m just a fan of your work and would like to see more of it. This is a beautiful coop and hope it’s served you, your family and your ladies (chickens) well! Pls keep building... pls show more footage 🤘🏽
Yes
Awesome free plans! Everyone wants to charge for everything these days. Thanks so much! Subscribed
Best coop build I've seen to date. Great paint too.
تبارك الله عليكم الله يجعل ليكم الخير في هاد المشروع انشاء الله وشكران لكم على هاته المعلومات الجميلة والمفيدة وشكران وشكرا الله لكم بكل خير يارب
Love the modern look! A chicken coop doesn't have to be an eye sore. This one is a winner for sure!
Very pretty I need the storage underneath the coop for food and bedding.
Love how it turned out. Fantastic plans!
This is amazing - we just got 6 chickens so this will be perfect for us. Printed the plans! Just one question, what color paint did y’all go with? It’s beautiful.
Nice video! Your tool collection is impressive.
I'm about to build my own, inspired by yours, in a (low cost) and different version, with pallet woods for the finish, it's my first experience let's see what it will brings. Thanks for the inspiration, it's a good looking and functional chicken coop, keep with the awesome work, best regards from Italy.
All you really need is chicken wire 4 post and a roof. Improvise hehe
It depends of what you looking for ,obviously chickens don’t really care if the chicken coop is nice to see or just 4 posts with a roof 😂
You are great man ! I don't know whether its your wife who's the genius for pointing "over there" where she needed a chicken coop, or you for actually coming up with the design and "building" it , but I thank you for the design and the video that I can refer back to when I get stuck. Thanks and I subscribed .
I love your website. I don't know how to build anything but I still love how creative you guys are.
You so beautiful, you know that
Oh nice. Thanks. I got the PDF plan. We got baby chicks and I told my husband we need a chicken coop and he said bring me the floor plan for it 😅🤣🤣now I have it. 😂😅Thanks 👍🏼😍
Great video and great plans. Thanks for posting the PDF for free!
Damn Dude, You and mama kicked ass on that chicken palace!! Well done! Looks very nice.
😂 thanks!
Biutiful job. May friend. Hello from Connecticut 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I've looked ar so many coops and finally found one that really turns my crank. What was the approximate cost please?
over $1000 for the siding alone. plus hundreds for the sponsored simpson strong ties.
Yo brother, great job on the new coup! Nice to see the whole family getting in on the project. Everything looked wonderful until you decided on the battleship gray for the color. When you go to repaint, stick to a lighter color like it was before you painted it. It also made the coup look smaller when you painted it with the dark color. Great job though! 🐓🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
It's a beautiful coop! how big is it? Are you going to do another video walk around showing the inside.
That really is nice and excellent work. I have a great coop that my Son in Law built but now the little Bantams need a play yard. I am an old gal and hope that I can get some help getting it done.
Great project love your channel. How do I get the plans for this?
Use that hardware cloth to line bottom too then add sand for outdoor run.
A trick I learned: run a 24-30-inch apron of hardware cloth on the ground around the coop and stake down the edges. It'll go a long way to keeping foxes/raccoons/whatever other predators you have locally from digging under the frame and snacking on your birds/eggs.
Nice...
I love the way you create and build your ideas at your home and do it with your family..
Great job .
Great family.
Very nice!!!!
Here, in Brazil, I would say "show de bola".
Really enjoyed you chicken coup build. Looks great.
Thank you!
Very handsome building love it!
Very cool looking, thanks so much for actually providing plans! that's awesome - Subscribed.
Thank you I was looking after a video that can really help me build my coop and your video was the best for me and my hens and rooster
Excellent video! Excellent coop! Wish I were that talented and had that amazing array of tools.
Cool coop! As long as no raccoons come to raid the coop by opening the latches and no skunks or groundhogs dig in you're set for a long time. You could also tarp some of the sides for a snowy/frigid winter if needed. Your birds don't even have to put up with rain on their backs. That thing looks like it will last many generations of chickens.
WOW you and your wife did a great job building that coop!!
Love your coop! ❤️ Pretty and functional. Depending on where you live though, you might want to add some hardware cloth on those little open areas above your door. We've had some critters get in our coop through the smallest holes!
Thanks Jessica! There actually is hardware cloth in that little open area.
Oh good! Like I said, we learned the hard way on that one. Glad to hear your girls are safe 😊
Amazing thanks for sharing.simple and beautiful we have 14 chickens too. New subscriber here from canada.god bless
Thank you! GORGEOUS coop!
Beautiful! Would love to have one in my farm for my pet chickens.
Thanks for making these wonderful projects and sharing them here.
Thank you!
Can't help but be impressed with your work and I think that sign is the greatest I have ever seen.
Build it & they will lay.
Amazing coop! People need to understand that it's not just a chicken coop, but also a structure that you have to look at in your yard. So there's no such thing as "overkill". If you can afford it, have the means to build it, & you had fun doing it, then I say why not!.
Outstanding! Do you have links to your tools?
First murdered out chicken coop. Looks good, chickens are fun
Great build! What was the total cost of it?
Did your chickens lay eggs in the nesting box? I’m 80% done building the coop and a little concerned the nesting boxes are a little on the small side.
Tons of eggs!
Thank you for the easy to comprehend plans! As a technician, your plans is the closest to as-builts that I've seen. I'll have to modify a bit for budget and Pacific NW weather, and will post photos when I complete.
Nice clean design. Thanks for posting the plans. It’s helpful to review details when thinking about my own design. Now that you’ve had it up and running for a couple years, would you do anything different?
Awesome work! My wife Loved the heart shaped sweat mark @2:10.
Looks awesome and I think your goal was achieved. You hit the nail on the head in saying that the siding was tedious. If one has the extra money and values the aesthetics then I say go for it!
What a beautiful coop! Thank you for taking the time to make this video and share it with us. Can you tell me what product you used to finish the outside please, the color and is it paint or stain? Maybe a link to the product please??
Thank you for posting this video & plans, we followed and made one and it looks so awesome, I LOVE it!
Great video!
Dude, that is really nice. Great job.
Thank you!
As a draftsman and duck owner myself, I truly admire the result. I know what kind of hardwork building something like that entails...
This is really nice!
And really appreciate the plans and materials list! Really helpful!
For free! Thank you!!!!
this is the best looking coop I've ever seen!
How to make sure those hinges don't snap if you slam the door open? Also, what chainsaws do you recommend for the chickens?
Nice clean build
Where did you find those awesome solar lights?
Nice
wish I could do something like this to my coop but I need to consider about the cleaning, maintenance, the chicken's sleeping tree (because they're the breed that sleeps on branches and high place) and the predators like snake, water lizards and human.
Is it Lab proof??? Great build!
Haha thanks man and it depends on the lab 😉
Lab hell, it needs to be coyote proof.
Great build. What type of paint sprayer did you use?
Thanks, that is the HVLP sprayer from Rockler.
Good show, wish I had all those tools.
Looks real nice, but I do have a question, did you put the chicken wire on the bottom as well to keep critters from digging under it and getting to chickens under there? We’ve had lots of issues with that in our area.
This coop looks amazing. How long did it take to build?
This is amazing!!! Can you tell us how much the total cost was for supplies?
Great design! Thank You for sharing! +1
Wow! Awesome coop!
Nice work! Could you please specify what type of accessories are used to lock the doors (visible at 8:07). Thank for help.
in a nice big coop project like that only suggestion is putting gravel under the wood base so that in due time the water wont rot it and eat it away and perhaps will need to redo it after just gravel under the wood parts only not in the coop just so that the water wont be stagnant on the wood and the rocks will lift it just a tiny bit so the water ill not effect is as much but very nice job.
dreamkiss4u that is a great idea. We used treated wood on the bottom but that would help too. Plus it would help keep predators from digging in.
Love the design. There's not enough swearing and arguing for this to be a realistic self-build. ;)
Love the look and sturdiness. We have acres and want to roll our coop around to new areas. Think the birds will be happy and keep it sanitary, maybe even fertilize those areas. If you would put your talents to that upgrade. I've seen an idea I also like, a solar powered bug zapper for fresh bugs for the birds. Sounds good to me.
That is a great idea! Thanks
Do you have predators around that would prevent you from free ranging them?
Do yall got the blue print for this coop. It's perfect.
It’s a 7 ⭐️ + chicken coop. Well done 😊
Great tutorial video. It helps me a lot on which my third coop should be. Thank you.
Nice one, do you keep 10 chickens in all the time or you let them roam during the day?
nice coop and great team work. you have all stuff you need to build it up. it could be cheaper than expected. may l ask how much you spent on it?
Awesome Job! Pretty much my plans that I am starting tomorrow. What is the ryobi wire cutters that you have? I couldnt find anything on amazon like that?
Also what color paint did you use? I love it!
They are the Ryobi Shears and the paint color is Black Chiffon from Ace
Just wondering what that wonderful power tool you were using to cut the hardware cloth? I've been using aviation snips forever, to cut hardware cloth and it takes awhile.
Great video, love the quality of your work. What do you estimate this cost in materials?
What is the tool you use to cut the wire?
Impressive work brother 👍
Thanks!
I like your design and need it to be used as a tractor. Can it be moved without machines? What if we put wheels on it?
What was the approximate cost to build this run. I want to order it today but with no info I am not sure if I should buy it. As always.. I love watching you
Expect $600-700+. Depending on material used.
Thats just basic materials.
świetny film podaj wymiary tej woliera i czy drzewo miałeś suszone?
Que hermoso corral, los felicito excelente, muy bonito.
What is the dimension and how many chickens can you have in it? Tks looks great
It is 5x12 and can hold 6 chickens. All the details are here: blog.strongtie.com/build-a-modern-chic-chicken-coop/
Great job, but what's preventing pests or nuisance animals from burrowing, from below, into the coop? Didn't notice a secure solid attached base or sub-floor...' Thanks...
This is Awesome!
so beautiful coop! nice
Amazing work 🙏
Thanks!