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- How we built our chicken coop, 2 years of experience with chickens. Backyard chickens for beginners. Supplies We Use:
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My grandson and I have spent the summer weekends building our coop. It’s 4x4, 3ft off the ground with tons of ventilation. The run itself is 10 ft x4 ft. It’s all nicely wrapped in 19 gauge hardware cloth. We also laid and buried a 2 ft apron of 14 gauge non-climb fencing around the whole thing. Bombproof. The biggest takeaway, though, is the time that I was blessed with in building this project with my grandson. Good times, great memories.
How many hens of about 7lb each do you reckon are comfy in the 4x4? thanks
@@hillaryillonlytalktowhitep2106 we started with four red leghorns. They were very comfortable at that number. One has since died so I only have three now.
@@rogerknight2267 thanks
Something you may find interesting; When I was in high school many, many years ago, we hatched some chicken eggs in a biology class. An experiment that I remember we done on all those chicks when they were not many days old was that we cut out a dual directional silhouette of cardboard. Dual in that if you moved it in one direction, it appeared to be casting a shadow of a long necked bird, like a goose, flying over (there was some fishing line involved in this experiment), but if you turned it around and sailed it over that way, it appeared to make a silhouette of a short necked long tailed bird with wings near the front, like a hawk. Those little chicks who had never had any birds fly over them before have a gene that tells them the goose shadow is not too scary, but they all knew to run and try to hide from the hawk shadow, even though it was the same piece of cardboard. I hadn't thought of that in years until you saying your chickens knew to hide in the run when they see a hawk. They really do, they hatch out already knowing something about that.
It's in the DNA
Store eggs pointed end down. The round part of the egg has an air cell that needs to stay upright to save the yolk.
That black and white chick though. The hair on him when he was growing 😍
Lol I think u mean feathers
Sweetie Gladstar yeah that chicken with the “hair” reminds me of the 80s band Flock Of Seagulls 😂😂🤪
Sweetie Gladstar hi
Michael Ziemba
Not a polish I’ve ever raised or seen, looks like a Coc/Pol mix,.... but my mom says maybe? Waiting for my grandma and G-Gpa to call. It early! 💪🏼 should be up anytime now
Great info! Your chickens are all so beautiful!! The girl with the Mohawk as a baby cracked me up! 💜😆
When we first got our chicks they scared me for a while because I’d find them all slumped over sleeping 😂
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me too! I just got chicks last week... I thought one was dead for sure. lol
A little fyi on the reason they are pooping in your nest boxes. From what I could tell in the video your boxes are higher than your roosts. They will roost as high as possible. So they are roosting on the front board and pooping while they sleep. I would rebuild the window wall and put the boxes at floor level with 1x4 across the bottom front.
Good information
80.00 is not
Seriously one of the best, most concise, practical and well-rounded chicken videos I have seen so far. Amazing job!!!
I live in mid Michigan and all I did for my coop was put in a large south facing window and have a heated pan to put their metal waterer on. No heat and no light. We had eggs all winter with our Amerucana chickens and barred rocks.
I know this is a few years old, but I just found it, so THANK YOU! We have our first ever chickens that we got 11/4/19, and I think they were about 8 weeks old. We did things a little differently, but it's working. Our coop is about 8'x10' and it connects to a 60'x26' area of the yard that we designated as their free range area. We live close to the Mississippi River near New Orleans, and we have LOTS of wildlife around including a few eagles and lots of hawks. One of the best tips I ever got was to string fishing line back and forth across the top of the run so no aviary predators can get to them. It has worked beautifully. Obviously this won't work for everyone, but for us, it is awesome. Just wanted to share this since it is working so well. Our weather conditions are a bit different here; it rarely gets below freezing but it gets ugly hot in the summertime. I've hear that a mist-er is good to use to keep them cool. Thank you for again for making this great video! Very concise, and you have a voice that is real easy on the ears! Hope y'all are healthy and safe up there!!
Monique Alley, River Ridge LA
Having a free range are is key, they stay so happy and they are so fun to have out while you are working in the yard
One of the best video about chickens and I have look hundred of them. Love the 6 weeks development of this sweeties.
Thank you so much. Originally it was just going to be the 6 week growth because I could not find such a thing.
scentopink was going to say this myself
This is an awesome video with alot of great ideas! We will be building a larger coop using some of these ideas, we built a quail cage that we now use for our chicken brooder with automatic feeders and water, as well as trays to clean! Check it out here! th-cam.com/video/XtZi_aggA2s/w-d-xo.html
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Great grandpa has better English without his teeth 🦷 it’s really fun to watch him laugh and be so happy! Thank You 🙏🏻
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This whole video but especially the pictures week-by-week were extremely helpful it really helps to know what you're looking at and to know what to expect!!
Great video, answered some of my questions, fellow Michigander here so the part on winter helped too. Thanks for sharing.
Those chickens look fantastic
This is really one of the best most informative video I've watched since I decided to get chicks (they are almost 2weeks now) love it! Thank you!
Cannot wait to start again. I miss my chickens so much. They are the sweetest animals; especially the Americanas.
Great video. Thx. We are in the middle of our first chicken experience. This was super helpful and encouraging!
You do great videos. I totally love that you did the photos of your chickens growing.
This is so helpful! I started out about a year ago with a homemade coop that's kind of ramshackle and just a few birds. I'm hoping to upgrade and expand pretty soon. I love the week-by-week progress pictures! I haven't seen weekly progress really anywhere, so that was really interesting to see! Also, thanks for the reassurance again on how chicks sleep. I hope one day I can see a sleeping chick and not freak out thinking it's hurt or dead lol
This was such a good video! I’ve watched tons of chicken videos and this was so helpful. Thanks for sharing!
I can't tell you just how helpful this video is for us! Thank you so much for share all this amazing information with us.
Thank you so much! I loved watching and listening to you while I easily learned more than from any other source. It really helps that you are so clear and organized in presentation and obviously in everything you did in order to build the coop. I learned new things and you reaffirmed all the knowledge that I have gained from chicken-enthusiasts and have witnessed so far. This is the best and most helpful professional-style video for us as beginners with brand new ten Rhode Island chickies. Best wishes, hope you all are safe, well, and still enjoying your backyard chickens!
Thank you for the growth pics. We got some chicks about a month ago and I had NO IDEA they grew so fast! Literally bigger every day.
I lovVe your chicken coop...it iS designed so wonderful!!!👍I like that you really care about the Chickens wellbeinG aS I hate it when Chickens are treated so poorly!!!😭😭😭Thanks deeply for sharinG your very informative video for Humanity's knowledge and wellbeinG!!!✌😇🌎🌹🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🌹🥰☕☕☕
Great video! Got my very first chicken and I think she would love this design. Thanks for the tips! ❤
The weekly pictures are amazing!Helpful video thank you!😍
Great video! We just started our coop about a month ago. Thanks for the valuable info!
Love the progression pics. Totally doing that with my first flock .... in 3 weeks 😁
That's the best chicken video I've ever seen. Thank you so much. Super helpful.
Really great video . Pretty well touched on every question I had . Thank you
I'm about to get some Willie chicks and this vid has been so helpful for me! Thanks!
Very informational! We just got our coop but have not got our checks yet. So I was raised with lots of chickens when I was young I don't have a lot of memory on the care so this video has been super helpful. Thanks again will be watching
I love the simple design of this coup. I would have loved to have seen you actually moving it. Great video. Thanks.
So sweet & kind of you. All of them very well taken care of
I have watched a ridiculous number of videos about this. Yours is BY FAR the best!!!
Thank you so much, that really means a lot
thank you HikerJ, have some baby chicks in Morocco (in an apartment 😕😲😊) so can't really utilize all your video but gave me some ideals...and I love how you went step by step with pictures and what their like. awesome video 👍
Francine Azgoune I just got a baby chic to raise as a pet in my apartment. Did you find it worked ok?
My mom just got 4 baby chicks and this video was super informative and helpful!! :’) thank you.
We are looking to get chickens in the spring. Love the design of your coop! Great information
Thanks
-Breaking Browder Farm
Thank you for all the information, looking forward to getting my first chickens soon!
Thank you so much for all this important and fantastic information!
Really enjoyed this video we are thinking of having chickens for our back garden and we found your information very good
Blessings
Gail ⭐️
Thanks so much.
Really enjoyed your commonsense approach and your good clear description. Some good ideas and a nice little flock
The BEST video on coops.
I am just applying for license in my City because they just launched a man urban backyard hen bylaw.
you people really are pet lovers and care for them to the next level. really appreciating
Love finally seeing someone adding the wire to the bottom of the coop and run! All of the other videos dig and put the wire around
It's less ideal for the chickens to have wire on the bottom - they like to scratch and dig for bugs and not only are they denied this, but they'll cut their feet up on the wire.
Super awesome that you’re from Michigan! I am too and I’ve been trying to do research, we’re getting our first set of hens this spring.
Very nice coop! Your chickens look very happy!
Thank you for this video. I have been looking for a coop and this is it.
Excellent Video!!! Thanks for all the work you did in putting this together. I only have 2 chickens and have a different set up. I learned a few things for future reference. Much appreciated.
Omg this was such a big help! Thank you so much!
Very informative thank you for the video I kind of answered all of my questions before I decide to get it coop
Great video, we are researching a coop design that works for us. We like what you’ve done.
Yes I did enjoy the video. Thank you.
Very nice and informative....lucky chicken indeed! You did a great job setting this up!
This is a GREAT video! Thank you!
I really enjoyed watching! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks for success in your first year.
Simple, yet thought out. This is my type of coop, except i dont have chickens, I have peacocks
Thanks for the video! I live in Wisconsin and am thinking about starting up myself. I was thinking about building an insulated coop, but your is fine uninsulated with a heat lamp.
Also the first coop I’ve seen with a built in utility/storage compartment! Awesome idea!
Nice chicken coop design. You gave me an idea. Thanks
My first experience raising chickens was so simple...I had 4 hens and a banty rooster.....I had an old dog house (large) fenced off an 10 by 10 section dumped some hay in and threw in my left over dinner scraps....I had more eggs than I could need.....nothing fancy like I'm seeing....
Lovely henny hens :) Great coop you got there, building one now, like the style. Thanks.
Loved this video, thanks for sharing.
I have a fence like yours I’m glad I found this video and that they never have jumped the fence.
Love this chickens especially the one with a crown very nice coop for them wow
LOVE that Silver Laced Polish!!
What an awesome video. Lots of specific information and inspiration. Very clear communication too. Thanks!
Many thanks for the walkthrough. Very informative
I bought my first 4 chicks from tractor supply and was lost on how old my chicks were around thank you so much! ♥️
Thankss J...nice coop by the way..its our first time look after chickens ,,,new subscriber here from alberta..god bless
Wonderful video. Thank you.
What a great functional coop!
Very well done and you have answered a lot of my questions thank you!
Your design is really cool. Thank you for showing us.
I’m so excited about my babies I just ordered. My boyfriend is gonna build me a coop and I love yours. We’ve got a giant yard with a 5 foot chain link so I think they’ll learn their boundaries real quick. 😂
Beautiful coop🐔🐣
This was really helpful. I want to be able to stay home with my kids when we have them and if thats going to happen we need to become more self sufficient. I'm still just doing research on chickhens but I love that coop...I think we could build most of it from scraps on our property too.
My parents had chickens in our back yard and lots of eggs🍳 thanks for sharing and how you build yours you have some cute chickens 🐣
good job...….wonderful stuff for our kidos to learn and engage. smiles.
Love your polish chickens!
Great video. Enjoyed it.
Great vid... Thank you for going the extra mile.😊
LOVE THE MOWHAWK CHICKEN MATE. WHAT A CHARECTER
*Fantastic video!*
Thanks for posting.
Can't believe your video hasn't popped up before.
Really good problem solving on each of your challenges with the chickens & environment.
Mobile coup, I find great for my needs. Thank You & God Bless!
Your birds look great! Nice going!
Couple of good tips, great.
Thanks for all the info
LOVED THIS I am so pumped and excited to get my new girls
Loved this video! Super helpful! Thank you for sharing 😊
I’m getting silkies for show next month. This video has educated me on not thinking a chick is dead while it’s sleeping!
Love the girls and the coop!
I learned a lot! Thanks a bunch.
This was really helpful! Thank you.
Great info!! Getting ready to build something similar!
Super cool. Thank you sir!
Beautiful chickens! I love all the breeds I have so many and want more and more!
Excelente video, me encanto el corral. (Hermoso) y las herramientas facilitan el trabajo, buen aporte.
I really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing
That was a really helpful video, thank you so much!