Happy Farmer, Happy Chickens!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2023
- You know we love mobile animal structures that pull double-duty here on Riverbend. They allow our animals to rehabilitate and restore our land while also allowing the animals to forage for better health (and reduce the feed bill). In this video, I'm reviewing the Happy Farmer mobile chicken coop.
Happy Farmer sent me this coop in return for my honest review, and that's exactly what I'm going to give. For more information, visit the blog post here: homesteadingfamily.com/happy-...
To check out more of what Happy Farmer has to offer, visit their website here: www.happyfarmer.store/
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WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We are Josh and Carolyn Thomas. Together with our eleven children, we are The Homesteading Family where we’re living a self-sustainable life in beautiful North Idaho. Let us welcome you and show you a bit about us here: bit.ly/HFWelcomeVideo
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- 5 Steps to a More Self-Sufficient Life - Simple steps anyone can take wherever they are to start a more self-sufficient lifestyle. homesteadingfamily.com/5StepsYT
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- Permaculture for Your Homestead- An introduction to permaculture with some strategies for applying it to one’s homestead and garden.
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Appreciate the feedback Josh! Thanks for your honest opinions on it. There are a few updated things on the wheel system and the rollaway nest system that are not shown here. But glad you could get good use out of it!
Our next goal is to make it more affordable for homesteaders. It's been a pleasure working ya'll!:)
Very interested in this for our farm and would consider purchasing 3 or 4 if that price was a bit more reasonable.
For someone who has more money than time and rudimentary building skills, this would be a good coop.
Good review, Josh. I appreciate how you weren't afraid to mention the "thumbs down" part. Building a good coop takes time and takes some skill so I see how, for those who have the $, this is a good option.
I love that portable coop, very organized too!❤
I really appreciate that people are out there *trying* to create a functional product. Sometimes it just makes more sense to buy something. It's just hard to tick all the predator-proof, mobility, sturdiness, boxes and have it make financial sense.
Thank you for your honest review! Having raised chickens as a teenager, I am honestly baffled by all the expensive equipment made for chickens. They have to be some of the least expensive animals to raise, especially when you are getting such a good return in terms of eggs and meat.
3 thousand dollars!😱 even if I had the money, I would never spend that kind of money for something like that. It's a good setup. And I like the way it looks, still would not pay that.. incredibly overpriced!
Seems like a great product to me - perfect for the chickens. I will look into if they have smaller ones.
@@evmcelroy oh it does seem like a great product.. but it's way overpriced. Even josh and Carolyn think so.m
That looks like a great coop, but I agree the price is over the top!
I give u a 👍 for ur honesty about the coop and price tag, but a 👎 that u did not show moving it. I know u said u moved it already today, but I move chickens everyday too and u certainly could have shown walking it at least a few feet. Especially because I personally see it hard to believe u don't trip ur feet on the coop as u walk forward with it. 🤷 oh well, u r correct it is way to expensive for me to buy anyway
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I bet the overhead to build it does not lend for a lot of profit. I like it.
Wondering how it would do over winter….
My issue with it, is that predators can easily dig under and in.
While it would add to the expense you could attach hardware cloth to the bottom. That would also prevent the chickens from escaping while moving it
We found buying pastured eggs for $ 2.50 a doz. & A2 milk for the same price a gallon from our Amish neighbors is a better choice for us. We do farm our grass-fed beef & venison, though...
Wish we had Amish neighbors.
$2.50 a dozen?!!!
@@journeywithnichole yes, for a doz. Eggs and a gallon of pastured jersey milk...
I know plenty of people here who have spent 3-5 grand for a coop half that size that doesn't move, and would buy it in a heartbeat. They also don't build anything themselves. I have built about 7 tractors over the last 3 years, none of which i love, rhodes, salatin, plus others, and none really work great for me. This would be perfect if i could afford it. And if i had 3 grand extra in discretionary funds not needed elsewhere more, I'd buy it. Being honest. I would. But i don't have it.
I’m agreed with you! It looks great but I can’t pay that much for a coop
For me I much rather have a home made coop that stays in place and I go to every day to feed the chicken and collect the eggs and every now and then spread some fine wood chips on the ground for them and harvest the chicken poop after a while for the garden to place where I want it for crop growth. For me it's NOT work it a joe and a pleasure to see the birds and listen to them. Cheers
The best example I can give is Paul Gachi in the movie Back to Eden Garden
Hi I have a genuine question. I'm looking at portable coops because I don't want to let them out to poop on everything. The last time we had chickens on our five acres they hung out around the house all day pooping on everything from cars to toys and furniture and concrete. Do your chickens stay out in the field? I did love that they built a relationship with my kids though.
It looks fab. I wonder if they could put a pliable skirting round that would deter foxes or vermin and also stop the chickens from getting out when moving it.
I’d prefer the opening to access the nest boxes to open via zippers than Velcro. It’d be more quiet and less alarming for the chickens.🐔🥚🥚🥚
Is the tarp the only thing keeping predators out on the top?
How is it in the winter? We live in Northern New England.
The metal pipe perches would be a problem in winter colder climates. Ouf. Frozen feet.
Something like this during the day would be ok, but I doubt that that tarp is raccoon proof and a digger can get under those runners in a heartbeat at night, especially by the gaps. Not a three thousand dollar coop. Maybe with a fully protected roost attached or inside.
For clarification, is it 5-6 chickens per sq ft, or 5-6 sq ft per chicken?
QUESTION: Josh, in a coop like that, what do you do in your harsh winters? We are in NW Indiana, right at the tip of Lake Michigan. Our area receives what is called Lake Effect Snow and can be quite harsh at times.
They bring their birds into a winter coop for the winter and the tractors are parked.
I think they bring the birds into the barn. They’ve mentioned it in a past pantry chat.
Will past on the $3k
How is it predator proof if the chickens can get out underneath the bottom rim? Just asking.
How many roosters to hens do you have?
I would not pay $3k. Line you said, I built my for few hundred dollars.
Holy guacamole! 3k
With cougars round here, not the best investment
It doesn’t have any sort of floor, no wire mesh that would prevent predators from coming in from below. Has that not been a problem for you? It doesn’t take long for a fox to burrow his way in. At least not here in Florida 😆
Dude, I read the comments. 3 grand?!? Waaaay overpriced
is that chewing tobacco in your pocket?
What an odd question.😂
Too pricey and not predator proof, so it gets 2 thumbs down from me. 😬
They must not have any kind of fox, mink or similar animals around. Here in europe all chickens would be dead on the first night since any Predator can easily burrow under and in in no time..
Same here in Northern California.
They do live in the forest and do have all kinds of predators that would love to have a chicken dinner. But their out door dogs and the electric netting surrounding the coop deter the predators from coming for snacks.
Same here in SoCal.
Same. I'd need to dog chained to the coop to keep coons out.
They live in Northern Idaho…they have plenty of animals wanting a chicken dinner. Their dogs and Guinea foul are great for deterring predators and the electric netting zaps quite fiercely.