Building an Old-fashioned Log Chicken House - The FHC Show, ep 27
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2020
- In this latest episode #27 of The Farm Hand's Companion Show, Pa Mac concludes the series on building an old-fashioned log chicken house from materials found on the small farm or homestead, using simple hand tools and self-sufficient, sustainable methods-along with both modern and old hand tools in an attempt to keep and raise poultry. In this installment of the show-which is a comprehensive overview of the entire process-Pa Mac demonstrates how to: 1) notch logs for a log building, 2) make and install wood shingles (otherwise known as wood shakes), 3) use a blacksmith's forge and turn old horseshoes into rustic hinges, 4) build and install wood doors for farm and homestead outbuildings, 5) build and install nest boxes and a roost for the chicken house, and 6) build a chicken yard (or chicken "run") with simple methods for poultry fencing.
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My boys heard the music and came running. We crowded around the breakfast table and watched together. Thank you for the videos, brother. Always enjoyed. 👍🏻
This is better than anything TV/Cable can provide! Thanks for the memories!!!!!Mmmmmmm DingDongs!
Thank you Ariel
Few things more relaxing then watchin Pa Mac working on the farm.
My favorite RUclipsr. And that's against some stiff competition.
Would you mind sharing some recommendations?
I love you Outlook on life. God bless you every day 🙏
Beautiful work.
Thank you, David. I hope you're doin' well!
Ha hahah. I did the same with my Granpa! He took me to building sites where he was the 'Gov'nor' and I sat with the men and ate huge bacon sandwich with door step bread and a mug of steaming hot tea with three or more sugars. Those were the days before health and safety and I could be left onsite with a pile of bricks and some damp sand to learn to be a brick layer. The joy of it all. Thank you Gandpa - Paul aged 60 1/2 years old
wow what you ca do is fantastic the way tou can take a horse shoe and make hinges for a door is old school awesome thank you
Great to see you again
Man do I love my share of FarmHandsCompanion! 👍👍
Happy you gave reference to the Lord! :)
God bless.
Brother, just wanted to say thank you for these videos.
Pa Mac inspired me a couple of years ago to start building a barn for my tools/tractor/feed etc. I'm now onto my 2nd barn build which is for my calves. I can't thank Pa Mac enough for putting these videos out and helping me start my farm/ranch with minimal time and money.
Your channel, Joel Salatin books, and Dick Pronecke’s diary; does a farm gal need anything else? 😂❤️
Ahhhh a kindred spirit!
What a great project, Pa Mac. I love the "old" video of "you" as a kid. Growing up, we used to tend chickens and ducks. In the mid 90's I used to lead the ducks out to a patch of ice plant where they could eat their fill of snails. They followed me out, but never back. I'd have to catch them and carry them back.
I know it's an old video but it's a great job on the chicken house. And a great little bit of history in Arkansas . I did not know that history about Arkansas. I was actually born in Little Rock, & grew up in Florida.
I do so enjoy these informative, entertaining videos!
You'll never get a nail out of green sweetgum once it has dried out. Love the vids and the history.
Aww i absolutely love your chicken coop. 🐔 happy farmer = happy 🐔
Great video's
Pleased to see a fellow Arkie on here. From SW AR too no less!
I'm loving the show. You're a natural
Thank you, Bill; and thanks for supporting the show through Patreon!
Wonderful video! ❤
Wish I had the energy, drive and know-how that you have! It's enjoyable to watch someone else do all the hard work!
What a legacy and treasures you are building and will leave behind, thank you so much for all the time and great effort of these videos that are a true labor of love.
Seriously, one of the best produced vid’s out there. Awesome.
Thank you for all your nice video . So relaxing to watch and I learn a lot . Take care .
That chicken coop is cool - thanks for a walk back to your childhood. You are very talented in the good old fashion ways.
I really enjoyed the chicken coop series, nice re-cap and ending.
That was delightful! Start to finish....I especially loved the nostalgia of your childhood, it reminded me of working on the farm when I was "knee high to a grasshopper". Thank you😊
Love it, great job. I know I am getting old when you call the things I use daily antiques. Thanks for sharing.
Wow that is a great piece of work, love that chicken house.
Love the lunch box ;) great video
Another excelent video, Garry! 😀
Thank you, Josh. I hope y'all are doin well
@@farmhandscompanion absolutely. Hope yall are too.
I watched all the parts, and enjoyed this video, too. I am a city boy who lives in the country now. I keep a couple dozen hens and I enjoy it a lot. My coop has more right angles, but your coop is more beautiful.
You were an outstandingly adorable child, pal. Your parents were very lucky!
New Episode!!! You just made my day. By the way, I moved onto 14.5 Acres a couple months and after finding your channel, am excited to walk through my woods and see what timber I have available. 5 acres of those I plan to be pasture one day as well.
Have fun! It will feel like Christmas finding some gems in the thick.
love your videos... simple but right to the point... screw modern.. just oldstyle will work.. try it!!
This channel is amazing
Wish he posted more, this is some grade A stuff!!
Meanwhile here in Australia I've given up on chooks as my last lot were devoured by a bloody great Wedge Tailed Eagle (3' 6" high and an 8' wingspan). There are very few chooks that don't die in debt!
Onca again you made my day. I enjoy your videos more than anyones. I never ever miss one. Ive watched em over an over. I use rocks in a deep ditch around my chickens since it seems the Lord had a bunch left over an put them here where l live in Alabama. Thanks again Pa Mac.
Really enjoy all of your videos. This one, too! Thank you for sharing.
-Steve
Great job with the coop and the video. Very enjoyable. Thank you.
Thank you for teaching. I am learning a lot! I wonder how folks used to keep wasp nests away from structures back in the day...
NIce chicken house. Nice video. Great work, sir.
I always look forward to seeing the next instalment of your projects! Putting it all together in one video is really nice too. Sometimes the YT gods are not kind and it’s hard to find the “next part.” Looking forward to adapting this project into a sauna for my family, since we already have our coop built.
Oh before I forget. What's a Ding Dong? Don't worry I just saw the last clip hahahah.
I've stumbled across your videos within the past week, and am hooked. Hello from the Fort Smith area!
I sure appreciate that, Robert. Thanks for watching, and come by and see us at the mercantile whenever you're in the neighborhood
Wonderful!
It’s always nice to see what you’re up too! Thanks!
Just another SIMPLE masterpiece to calm one's outlook on life. Thanks Pa. 🐓🐔🐔🐔
that is wonderful stuff right there!!
I appreciate that, Rick
Wow! The bear cart, red :) :) :). 46 years later, same bear cart, red. :):):) Take care.
Bravo brother ! nice work, you are a asset to Caddo Gap
Hola. Le escribo desde España, sin saber inglés he visto todos sus videos y me encanta. Me gustaría que siguiera haciendo y enseñando más cosas. Muchas gracias
Thanks Pa! Always good to see your efforts on the farm.
Awesome
👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thanks for sharing with us, your channel is awesome and educational and hill-airy-S . You’re much appreciated !!
That's a jam up show my friend thanks god bless and can't wait for the next one
That dog could eat the whole box of Ding Dongs!
Thanks for all the enjoyable videos and instruction in the old ways. Great coop!
You gotta do these videos full time,your too good at homesteading and video production not too. Well done sir. Best homestead vids hands down!!
Workin' on it, Melissa. Thanks for the encouragement.
Good to see a video from you. Great info. 😊
Hey Pa Mac! Im glad I found your channel, what a hidden gem! I was wondering how many acres your new farm consists of. I checked your first videos, bio, and website and couldn't find out. Its something a lot of us aspiring homesteaders think about as we seek land to build our dreams on. Thank you for your time.
Just over 51 acres, mostly wooded at this point. Only about 5 or less is bein' actively developed at this point. Thanks for watchin', Michael C!
Something that might be of interest about our old chicken barn ( built in late 1800's) was that they buried small diameter poles in the ground about at the level of the bottom of the foundation. These kept the larger predators from being able to dig down on the outside and under the foundation to come up on the inside of the laying hens barn. The brooder house had a concrete floor.
Very much of interest to me, moviemakerwannabe. Questions, questions, questions: Were the poles horizontal with the foundation or vertical? And any guess as to what kind of wood they were? And in which state is this barn located?
@@farmhandscompanion Kansas horizontal 3 major types of trees here Easter Red Cedar, Osage Orange, and oak. They didn't look yellow so my guess is Red Cedar or Oak. The barn was divided in half with a door between the sides. A foundation ran around the outside and down the middle. The poles run across from center foundation to outer foundation.
Your videos are awesome. I always have to smile. Thank you
Very nice. This is well put together. Nice touch with the lunchbox at the end.
Btw, I used a lot of your ideas on my own log hen house. I love it.
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Great job man!
Greettings from France 😀
Bravo, roomie.
Thank you, my friend!
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You were such a cute kid. Time is cruel. I mean, the Ding Dongs have gotten so much smaller!
And you used to could do so much with the aluminum foil on em, too.
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It's always neat seeing how other country folks who live in different parts of the country do things and I can usually pick up a few tips or ideas.
At 50 that chicken feeder may be an "antique" but so am I, I suppose. And she still works (as do I... mostly), unlike most newer stuff. Us antiques need to stick together.
_"The best part of farmin' is not in the havin' but in the doin'"_
This is true of most things worth doin'. It's a concept that I can't seem to get across to many of my city friends. "Why don't you just pay to have a new barn built?" "Why don't you get a new truck instead of cursing and beating on that old rust bucket?" "Why are you fixing up that old saw instead of getting a new one?" "Don't you think that before hunting down that rattlesnake that you should maybe go to the hospital?" They just don't get it.
The nice thing about being an adult is that if you want to have an all Ding Dong dinner, you can. Not too often and at my age my age and I'll likely pay for it later, but what Momma can't see...
Thanks, Pa Mac.
Love the channel but ive already seen all this fotage in ypur last videos i miss the barn build
I'm loving how things are coming together on your property. Was discussing with a friend who is building up his place in a similar fashion. Struck me that you talked about rotating grazing so as to build up the soil, and had chickens in the rotation (and I saw rabbit cages, but not in the illustration drawing). I'm guessing your permanent coop means the land has reached that workable level, or chickens are out of the rotation. But I was wondering what kind of movable protection for the "flock" you used while rotating chickens, too. And did you move the rabbit cages frequently to get good spread of nutrients, or use the wheel barrel. I get large animals in the rotation, not a lot of "site prep" difference for big guys (except goats!), but the little animals seem more labor intensive?
love your vid s
Glad to hear there is somebody out there that still knows dinner is the midday meal! I'm far from a carpenter but how do you arrange the shakes at the top of the roof to prevent leaks? As always....Awesome video and thanks for sharing!
Hey Mark, hope you all are doin well.
The top row of shakes simply extends above the ridgeline; in fact the further above it the better. The side against the prevailing wind'll be the side where the top row rises up. I hope that helps. (And I think there's a diagram showin it in the episode on installation, if I remember correctly)
@@farmhandscompanion Thanks PaMac!!
Well done. How many days did you work on it? How long each time roughly?
How’s that timer working on the apple pie count down?
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I clicked awfully fast on this here video
Nice editing to put this all together. Did you actually shoot film for the film segments? Wonder what it costs to get movie film developed these days.
alguem do Brasil por aqui???
What state are you in?
Dear sir,
Please make a video about yourself
It may helps to know about you more..:-)🤗
Not that that's a real interestin' subject, but there's more like that on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/farmhandscompanion
@@farmhandscompanion thank you for your reply sir❣️
46 years later... hey you are not that old...
'fraid so, Henrik. But thanks anyway.
Hiya
Ding Dongs with no more foil wrap. What has the world come to.
A lot of work for a chicken house.
it is not the destination but the journey
@@frankdeegan8974 Not the havin' but the doin' :)
One person got so excited, they hit the dislike button by mistake....