Chicken Coop Build DIY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Video of building the chicken coop we use.
Cost around $500 total. If bought it store it would be $1100++.
4ftx8ft of living space inside.
48” tall, sloping to 42” for rain runoff.
It sits 30” off the ground for east cleanup.
Thank you for sharing so many great ideas! We will definitely be using a lot of them in our coop build. God bless you!
God Bless you! Good luck with your new little friends!
Built ours almost identical but went with a slate blue color. Great tutorial. Thanks a lot!
Similar to what I’m building. I like the layout of yours
Awesome video
Would you be able to link a cut list of all the pieces attached in the description.
this is great - do you have a full list of lumber supplies that I need for this build?
Great video
Thanks so much. Thanks for watching!
Do you have plans for this? Or did you just make it up as you went so to speak?
this is one of the best builds I have seen. Thanks. But I have a question. Why are all the nest boxes External? What if some one did a 4x8 coop with an interior wall of 16" inside on the 8' end and put the nest box on the bottom opening like a Carolina coop and a storage door above it with access from the out side to store feed, grit and oyster shells? Maybe 16" is to big of a nest box and that could be adjusted. This would give a coop a form factor of a cohesive normal shed shape. Now I do not have chickens yet but have raised many parrots and housed many for 20 years So i think I understand birds. I have 2 potty trained Cockatoos right now. so i think I may understand chickens some what. Maybe not though? 16" from any walls to poop without hitting the walls badly. And things like that. Just doing my do diligence on research. before I get my flock next year. Winter in Minnesota still has me re thinking ventilation and height of vents and how high to build. to give them a good roost height with no drafts.
You can absolutely make the nest boxes internal! The whole mindset behind doing them external is so it doesn’t take away from the inside size of the coop. So depending on how many chickens you get, should determine if you need more space inside or not. I wouldn’t be able to fit more than 20 chickens in here, and that’s pushing it. So if you build internal then it’ll limit number of chickens you can have. Just make sure you cover the tops, bc the chickens will roost and poop in the boxes if not.
I have a large tote on rollers that I put underneath the coop. That is where I store the feed and such.
As for the height: I would ABSOLUTELY make the windows at a different level. I’ve had this coop for a year now, and the only thing I don’t like about it is the window setting. They are right in line with with the roost bars, and in the winter that’s a problem. I have plexiglass that I cover the north and west windows with in the winter…I live in Oklahoma and that does a fine job. But in Minnesota I would definitely make sure the windows aren’t in line with where they roost or it could be frost bite city
@@hammershomereno Thank You for the ideas and the response. I'm trying to get it almost right the first time. Pipe dream, but a goal nun the less.
For the left side, did you notch out both ends of the wood?
Just the rear left side!