Lovely coop, great job, not sure if you've looked them up before but we have an automatic door on our coop, battery operated it opens at 6am and closes depending on time of year, summer around 10pm, winter 6pm.
I hope you read this. When I was a kid back at the ranch we had windmill power that charge up large batteries (or cell) and it powered up the lights in the house and yard light. Wind power also so pumped water into livestock tanks that kept our livestock watered. Our ranch was large so we also had lakes and a lot of pasture. Maybe I better change that to a river running through our ranch. That is about all I remember. I was about three or four years old.
I like your ideas and especially the wash basins for inside the laying compartments. I had pretty much secured my coop and chicken run except for no electric fencing. I have an adjacent run I want to use for turkeys and/or peacocks. I remember I had made a way for irrigation water to snake back and forth when it was a garden. I need to block up those low areas so nothing can get from the unsecured future peacock/turkey area into the chicken run area. I have nesting hawks and owls in the cottonwoods next to my chicken run so I also put netting over top. I want to find out about your self cleaning duck pond/waterer next. Thanks for sharing your ideas and sense of humor. I have a whole colony of rock chucks (wood chucks, ground hogs, marmots) in my pasture and love to watch them graze and then run for cover when they see me. It keeps me in good humor and they stay in pretty good shape considering what they have to work with. So instead of offing them I live and let live. Not saying that concept is for everybody and when they start to eat my garden this summer I may change my mind pretty fast.
Thanks for watching! Sounds like you have a nice setup. The duck pond works great. I have a later video where i tweak the design by adding 55 gallon barrel as a catch basin. Check that one out too.
I was going to build a coop. After looking at your design I think I'm going to purchase a small shed instead. What size shed is yours? Also do you get snow were your at? If so how do you keep your chickens warm in the winter and how is there egg producing in the winter months with no windows?
@@curtisworthington2241 it is 10x12I think. Yes I get snow here. Chickens do fine in the winter without any heat, as long as they can get dry and draft free. Chickens are raised clear up in Alaska and do fine. If you are worried, there are breeds that more cold resistant such as brahmas. Egg production ground to a halt in the winter. You could put a light in the coop to help with that. My door is open 24-7 so as soon as it is light out, they go outside so windows would make much of a difference.
Several good ideas. U can put an automatic door with solar, that u can ser to open/close with a timer or with the sun. I only had a carpet flap over my chickens door, to keep draft down. I did run a pygmy goat with my birds & except for mice living under the coop, never had intruder. Best fortune
Love it...."crick", haven't heard it called that in so long. LOL People would yell at me and say it's called a "creek" when I moved south...that and "pop", they would say "soda". Great job!
😂😂 I didn't even notice. Fyi if it small enough to jump across, its a crick, if you can't jump it, it is a creek. If you are unsure, look for a tire laying in it. It is a crick for sure if you see one. 😆
Do you have a video on the Turkey co-op that you have next to the chicken co-op and I was blown away by the chicken co-op and now would like info on the Turkey co-op
OMG, Chicken math is real. I started with 8 chicks, then 14, now i'm up to 28 and none have even started laying eggs yet. Wife didn't believe it until I showed her your video.
Haha, chicken math is absolutely real. Soon you will think, maybe a couple ducks, how about turkeys? Lets raise broiler chickens. Once you realize how many cool and interesting breeds there are out there, you want them. 😆😆😆
8:30 when you said you get chickens cause there neat to look at and there ultra rare birds! I think Moe was agreeing with you and saying "Hell Yeah" he likes the ultra rare birds to look at too! 🐔
I started with 7 chickens and a small coop and run. Then the run got bigger and got a roof. From there I kicked my husband’s stuff out of the shed and made that the coop with a huge run. Ended up with a rooster so that morphed to hatching eggs. Needed a second coop and run along with a brooder in the mud room. Now I’m up to two incubators and selling baby chicks and you guessed it now working on building another shed with another run! Oh chicken match you devil.
Well I built my run like five ft high and I use some existing trees for post . That way don't rot then I cut some cedar trees 4 to 6 inches round laid them on the ground parallel nail the bottom of chicken wire to them. But I haven't finished yet I'm having to stoop over to open the door let them out in morning same thing in the evening to lock them at night I use poultry wire on top for netting. But I'm gonna fix this problem with sliding door with a pulley system so I don't have to go into the run twice a day to let them in and out just pull on a rope to raise the door opening . the nest box I've got access to without going in the run or going in side the coop but also got a door access from outside the run I can enter the coop. I'm not leave any doors open at night I've lost one hen to a fox she didn't go in the coop it was before I got the fenced in run built I didn't do a head count that night my mistake. With the pandemic every thing has doubled in price material wise. I use 2x6s treated lumber for flooring with inch spacing the nest boxes three ft off the flooring I can take a water hose wash the poop out run out on the ground its setting on 8 inch cender blocks . I do like your walk in run better . But to do that would of taken 3 x the material although it would of been nicer I agree. I like Guinea fowl got three at the moment. I plan on building another coop in the future holding off till maybe these prices drop. Move my chicken's to another coop guineas dont like to be handled any way. Nice set up you got thier.
Haha I skipped the chickens and went straight to ducks 🦆 Problem is that there are a bunch of Kool different breed and my wife wants them :) Love your design and it's hard to find a video on a completely predator proof run I had concluded that I needed an electronic fence to do this aswell 👍
Thank you, it has been 2 years now and I have yet to loose one to a predator. Duck math may be a thing too. It is so tempting to try and get a bunch of cool breeds.
Hi, which State do you live in? How cold can it get in the winter? I’m up in Northern BC Canada, we can get -40 C in the winter. I’m just setting up my coop and run now and was planning to buy an automatic door but your idea of just leaving it open is a great idea. I’m wondering if our winters are too cold to do that. I’m putting the poultry cloth over the run and coop area too. So you don’t have frozen water problems in winter with the running water duck pond? Great video and ideas. I’m doing solar as well. Thanks for letting me know I only need 1 Panel. Do you use a charge converter as well? Thanks, Sharon
I live in central Ohio, winter temps can be down into the single digits here in the winter (F). Because I have ducks, they do not go into the coop at night unless it is really cold. So if i had an automatic door they would still be vulnerable. My pond has frozen over the top once during a polar vortex but my water never stopped flowing. I have the charge controller for the solar panel but i do not have an inverter. I have a electric fence charger that runs off DC and my light is a yard light I modified that also runs off DC. Thank you for watching!
Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "poultry coop" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Machaaldity Coop Blaster - (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my partner got amazing results with it.
They only need heat until they feather , if you have harsh winter's make sure you have plenty of clean dry straw and keep them in on super nasty days. A window is a great addition for sunlight to help warm it up other then that I brood chicks in my 3 season room lol and during bad Michigan winter's I built my coop close enough to the garage to run an electric cord to plug the heat lamp. Birds have been known to roost and the legs freez when you come in to feed in the Am you will have legless birds fluttering on the floor .... That is not a joke !! They rely on you to live so good luck and research as much as you can it helps.
Zero problems in 2 years. Also my ducks will not go inside at night, they would be exposed even if I had an automatic door. My system so far has worked even better than i expected.
"You just gotta collect 'em all" ---what is this Pokemon??? hahaha I guess I don't have chicken math ...I just have utilitarian math and see that I need more chickens for my garden clearing work and now I'm not sure I want to slaughter all the meat ones. You system is really well self-contained though. All that front end work(along with work along the way while learning) has made it much easier for you now. All you need now is a solar door-closer and door-opener for morning and night. Curious question too just in case so I don't forget---did the local township change your tax evaluation after taking down the old barn and putting up all the coop/fencing?
Almost put a Pokemon clip in there. Lol. You keep getting more and more chickens, you are considering ducks.You can try to justify it however you want. Sounds like chicken math to me. 🤣🤣🤣. We went to the county and completed a deconstruction form. I honestly don't know if it made a difference or not. Lol
CHICKEN MATH (Pullus Mathmatica) A psychological malady of the OCD order primarily within the compulsive hoarding range. Affected individuals feel an irrational compulsion to acquire greater and greater numbers of chickens; offshoots may include ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys, pheasant, quail, and peafowl. It has been known to coexist with and possibly stimulate a similar disorder, Animalis Mathmatica - an irrational compulsion to acquire barnyard animals such as dogs, pigs, goats, cows, or horses. In most instances, sufferers appear to be perfectly normal human beings. In fact, diagnosticians report that afflicted individuals are more settled, content, and happier than their peers. However, sufferers display an array of debilitating symptoms including: (a) computational errors: failure to add simple numbers or misrepresentation of numbers, (b) furtive behavior: secreting animals, trips, or purchases, (c) paranoia: fear that something is out to “get” their animals, (d) fixations: obsessive interest in chicken related products, and (e) hoarding: difficulty discarding or parting with chickens due to a perceived need to save them. Computational errors, furtive behavior, and fixations may result in financial hardship, strained relationships, and spousal conflict. Paranoia may also give rise to fortified enclosures and/or stockpiling of feed and veterinarian supplies. TREATMENT: No effective treatment is currently available. Familial and professional intervention generally exacerbates difficulties dramatically increasing conflict and furtive behaviors. PROGNOSIS: Cases of temporary withdrawal have been documented; however, reemergence of the disorder is likely to occur within a few years. In some instances, the disorder may remain in remission for years or even decades. WARNING: Although a psychological malady, Pullus Mathmatica is considered highly contagious primarily infecting spouses, children, and close associates. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Chicken math - explained!** "Official Rules for Counting Chickens." Are sure you are counting your birds correctly? There are specific rules that apply: 1. You do not count any eggs in the incubator because you don't count your chickens before they hatch. 2. You don’t count chickens that were given as a gift because they were a present and are more properly considered a gift rather than a chicken. 3. You do not count any bird under 18 weeks old because they are too young to lay eggs so they are considered juveniles rather than chickens. 4. You don't count bantams because bantams are considered bantams rather than chickens. 5. You don't count ornamental birds because they are ornamental and are considered yard art, folk art, or fine art rather than chickens. 6. You don’t count birds beyond laying age because they’re retired and don’t lay eggs and are considered retirees rather than chickens. 7. You don’t count birds in molt because they’re are in molt and missing feathers so cannot be properly considered as complete chickens. 8. You don’t count males because males are for the production of meat and count as a food source rather than chickens. 9. You don’t count males even if they’re not destined for meat productions because they are protectors of the flock and are more accurately considered guard dogs rather than chickens. 10. You don’t count laying hens because they produce eggs and thus are more accurately described as a food source rather than chickens. 11. You don’t count sick or injured birds because they are sick or injured and their disposition is in question so they go on the injured or sick list not on your list of chickens. 12. You don’t count birds that are for sale or possibly for sale because they belong or will belong to someone else. Thus, if you follow the rules (and it is always good to follow the rules) you may only count healthy full size female chickens that are not in molt and not a gift and are of laying age but not laying. Happy counting! I stole these from the internet ;)
So I’m from Southern California a.k.a. the frivolous lawsuit state. So I’m sure the beware of Chicken’s sign probably wasn’t as funny to anybody else but I seriously spit laughed my coffee all over my iPad. Where did you get that?
I got it on Amazon, however i will warn you, it may contain chemicals that can cause cancer in the state of California. Haha, good luck to you and thanks for watching.
I’m sure ur chickens are very happy that run is awesome! But watch out for raccoons they can get thru that net & it’ll be a massacre ☹️ I know personally.. I use a door now, but they have timer operated doors pretty cheap, & maybe ur chickens might like a rounder roost, it’s natural for them to roost in trees, so I use limbs.. anyway, food for thought.. Nice video
I love "chicken math"! It is a real thing! We started almost 1 year ago with 5 in mind. (One for each grandchild.) So far, we only have 10! 😆❤🐣🐔🐤
I like the dish tubs for easy cleaning. Great idea 💡 👍🏼 I also like the ducks and chickens together ❤️
Excellent presentation! Awesome coop and chicken run!
I love hearing the roosters, I grew up in Puerto Rico until the age of 16 and my grandma had chickens. Nostalgia
love your six chickens Lol . great chicken coop idea👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love the idea for the swing away roost!
You have a very nice setup there! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Lovely coop, great job, not sure if you've looked them up before but we have an automatic door on our coop, battery operated it opens at 6am and closes depending on time of year, summer around 10pm, winter 6pm.
The ducks only go in the coop to lay eggs and if it is very very cold. Otherwise they stay outside.
I’m going to build a chicken run like yours! Love it
You answered a question I've had and that is how to power an electric wire. Thanks, great video. Subscribed
This is all so great ! Thanks for sharing
Gonna share this with my hubby! Hopefully he can make our chicken coop/run better! 😆
Chicken are like Pokemon gotta have them all
I hope you read this. When I was a kid back at the ranch we had windmill power that charge up large batteries (or cell) and it powered up the lights in the house and yard light. Wind power also so pumped water into livestock tanks that kept our livestock watered. Our ranch was large so we also had lakes and a lot of pasture. Maybe I better change that to a river running through our ranch. That is about all I remember. I was about three or four years old.
We’re starting a little hobby farm, but this really makes me think it would be nice to automate whatever aspects we can.
WOW Pete....sounds really cool
👍👍👍
CHICKEN MATH! We all ONLY have 6 chickens. Lol. Very nice job on that pen.
Lol! Thanks!
Good job on your coop
I like your ideas and especially the wash basins for inside the laying compartments. I had pretty much secured my coop and chicken run except for no electric fencing. I have an adjacent run I want to use for turkeys and/or peacocks. I remember I had made a way for irrigation water to snake back and forth when it was a garden. I need to block up those low areas so nothing can get from the unsecured future peacock/turkey area into the chicken run area.
I have nesting hawks and owls in the cottonwoods next to my chicken run so I also put netting over top. I want to find out about your self cleaning duck pond/waterer next.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and sense of humor.
I have a whole colony of rock chucks (wood chucks, ground hogs, marmots) in my pasture and love to watch them graze and then run for cover when they see me. It keeps me in good humor and they stay in pretty good shape considering what they have to work with. So instead of offing them I live and let live. Not saying that concept is for everybody and when they start to eat my garden this summer I may change my mind pretty fast.
Thanks for watching! Sounds like you have a nice setup. The duck pond works great. I have a later video where i tweak the design by adding 55 gallon barrel as a catch basin. Check that one out too.
Cool setup
A few good ideas. Thanks.
nice.. love the ducks too
Thank you for watching!
The coop looks awesome and your flock looks so healthy.
Thank you! Thanks for checking it out!
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
I want to have that kind of coop someday☺️
Thank you for the tour & discussion behind its design! So many great ideas!
Thanks for watching!
I was going to build a coop.
After looking at your design I think I'm going to purchase a small shed instead.
What size shed is yours?
Also do you get snow were your at? If so how do you keep your chickens warm in the winter and how is there egg producing in the winter months with no windows?
I would like to than you also.
Your tour answered almost every question or concern that I had. Great channel i can't wait to see more.
@@curtisworthington2241 it is 10x12I think. Yes I get snow here. Chickens do fine in the winter without any heat, as long as they can get dry and draft free. Chickens are raised clear up in Alaska and do fine. If you are worried, there are breeds that more cold resistant such as brahmas. Egg production ground to a halt in the winter. You could put a light in the coop to help with that. My door is open 24-7 so as soon as it is light out, they go outside so windows would make much of a difference.
Thanks for the video
Great job man . Better than anyone else has done it on RUclips
Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching!
Several good ideas. U can put an automatic door with solar, that u can ser to open/close with a timer or with the sun.
I only had a carpet flap over my chickens door, to keep draft down. I did run a pygmy goat with my birds & except for mice living under the coop, never had intruder. Best fortune
Now I have to see the banned video, thanks for the info.
Oh my..the baby smiles at the end..i almost missed them. Hes getting big.
Chicken Math is so real. I love so many breeds and staring to get some many different different breeds also.
What baby smiles? I didn’t see any baby
@@ivi122 it was clipped off his little boy was at the tail end smiling.
I wonder why they took it off then?
@@ivi122 probably due to all the changes RUclips had with kids. You would lose the ability to have comments when there are kids in your videos.
Very good job on the video and the coop!
Thank you!
Brilliant video! Thanks for sharing
Thank you!
That is one nice chicken coop
Thanks!
Love it...."crick", haven't heard it called that in so long. LOL People would yell at me and say it's called a "creek" when I moved south...that and "pop", they would say "soda". Great job!
😂😂 I didn't even notice. Fyi if it small enough to jump across, its a crick, if you can't jump it, it is a creek. If you are unsure, look for a tire laying in it. It is a crick for sure if you see one. 😆
Oh and by the way, it is "pop", and always should be! 😆
@@TheAbleFarmer Agreed! 😂🤪😂
When I was a Kid down south, it was a Cold Drink or a Coke. I want a Coke..What kind of Coke, I want an Orange.
I love this and can't wait to watch your other videos! Smart designs throughout!
Thank you! Welcome!
i realize I'm quite randomly asking but does anybody know of a good place to stream newly released tv shows online?
@Ezekiel Boston Flixportal =)
@Axel Blaine Thank you, I signed up and it seems to work :D I appreciate it !
@Ezekiel Boston you are welcome =)
Very useful information thanks
Thank you for watching! 😁
LOVE YOUR IDEAS AND "6 CHICKENS"!!
Ha! Thank you! 👍
Very cool! We’re about to finish building our mobile coop on a trailer on our channel. Cant wait to move the chickens in!
Do you have a video on the Turkey co-op that you have next to the chicken co-op and I was blown away by the chicken co-op and now would like info on the Turkey co-op
OMG, Chicken math is real. I started with 8 chicks, then 14, now i'm up to 28 and none have even started laying eggs yet. Wife didn't believe it until I showed her your video.
Haha, chicken math is absolutely real. Soon you will think, maybe a couple ducks, how about turkeys? Lets raise broiler chickens. Once you realize how many cool and interesting breeds there are out there, you want them. 😆😆😆
8:30 when you said you get chickens cause there neat to look at and there ultra rare birds! I think Moe was agreeing with you and saying "Hell Yeah" he likes the ultra rare birds to look at too! 🐔
Nice video.. Hope to get some of your ideas in my Chicken run.. Thanks
Thank you, I am glad you got something from it!
Nice coop
I started with 7 chickens and a small coop and run. Then the run got bigger and got a roof. From there I kicked my husband’s stuff out of the shed and made that the coop with a huge run. Ended up with a rooster so that morphed to hatching eggs. Needed a second coop and run along with a brooder in the mud room. Now I’m up to two incubators and selling baby chicks and you guessed it now working on building another shed with another run! Oh chicken match you devil.
The chicken math got you too. I totally understand. Lol!
A great video.
Thats really cute! I have always wanted geese and thank you for your reply!
great job on the chicken coup...
Thank you!
Brilliant.. chicken math is very real
Ha, thanks!
Huge fan of pav's looks like you have some pumpkin pav chicks
I had a pair but lost the rooster last winter. I still have the hen though! Thanks for watching!
Well I built my run like five ft high and I use some existing trees for post . That way don't rot then I cut some cedar trees 4 to 6 inches round laid them on the ground parallel nail the bottom of chicken wire to them. But I haven't finished yet I'm having to stoop over to open the door let them out in morning same thing in the evening to lock them at night I use poultry wire on top for netting. But I'm gonna fix this problem with sliding door with a pulley system so I don't have to go into the run twice a day to let them in and out just pull on a rope to raise the door opening . the nest box I've got access to without going in the run or going in side the coop but also got a door access from outside the run I can enter the coop. I'm not leave any doors open at night I've lost one hen to a fox she didn't go in the coop it was before I got the fenced in run built I didn't do a head count that night my mistake. With the pandemic every thing has doubled in price material wise. I use 2x6s treated lumber for flooring with inch spacing the nest boxes three ft off the flooring I can take a water hose wash the poop out run out on the ground its setting on 8 inch cender blocks . I do like your walk in run better . But to do that would of taken 3 x the material although it would of been nicer I agree. I like Guinea fowl got three at the moment. I plan on building another coop in the future holding off till maybe these prices drop. Move my chicken's to another coop guineas dont like to be handled any way. Nice set up you got thier.
Wau verry nice ❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍 big like
Amazing coop ideas ty for sharing.Can you please tell me which way the coop is direction facing.Will keep watching. Victoria
The door faces north, the solar panel faces west
Love your coop!
Thanks!
It’s a very nice looking coup!
Thank you!
Where did you get the netting from on the top of your run? How did you secure it? Is strong enough to keep raccoons out?
eBay, zip ties
What do you do with all the eggs?
LOVE YOUR IDEAS and i want to learn more
Thank you! Check out some other videos i have, I think you may like them!
@@TheAbleFarmer okay bro .thank you
Best I’ve ever seen! Thanks
I too have only 6 chickens haha! Doing some research on making a chicken run and came across your video, great ideas :)
Thank you and good luck!
Great video, thank u for the advices
What solor panel and electric fence did u go with ?
Very informative and great job putting together a sound chicken coop 💪🏻
Btw.. I know how you feel about RUclips 😏
Subbed
I can confirm, I can only see 6👍🏼😁
What was the measurements of the chicken coop??
Nice🐣🐥🐔🦆Coop needs a small window❗
Haha
I skipped the chickens and went straight to ducks 🦆
Problem is that there are a bunch of Kool different breed and my wife wants them :)
Love your design and it's hard to find a video on a completely predator proof run
I had concluded that I needed an electronic fence to do this aswell 👍
Thank you, it has been 2 years now and I have yet to loose one to a predator. Duck math may be a thing too. It is so tempting to try and get a bunch of cool breeds.
Great video, man!
Amazing! 😀
nice video
Chicken math: 4=6 in my coop, Thank you Honey:)
about how much for that net? i have several cats also live in the woods owls etc
I have that same chicken sign
It is a good sign. Lol
I always just go ahead and smack my head on my roosting bar
Love chicken❤️
Chicken math is real!
Indeed it is!
FYI Ground hog is very tasty too.
Where’s the link for the video you talk about?
In the description
hahaha chicken math got you too!
It has! It spreads quick!
Farm fresh butt nuggets lol Love it lol
What type of netting did you use for the top of run ?
Poultry netting. I got it off eBay
What did say you use for or to prevent mites? Thanks
DE, diatomaceous earth
Hi, which State do you live in? How cold can it get in the winter? I’m up in Northern BC Canada, we can get -40 C in the winter. I’m just setting up my coop and run now and was planning to buy an automatic door but your idea of just leaving it open is a great idea. I’m wondering if our winters are too cold to do that. I’m putting the poultry cloth over the run and coop area too. So you don’t have frozen water problems in winter with the running water duck pond? Great video and ideas. I’m doing solar as well. Thanks for letting me know I only need 1 Panel. Do you use a charge converter as well? Thanks, Sharon
I live in central Ohio, winter temps can be down into the single digits here in the winter (F). Because I have ducks, they do not go into the coop at night unless it is really cold. So if i had an automatic door they would still be vulnerable. My pond has frozen over the top once during a polar vortex but my water never stopped flowing. I have the charge controller for the solar panel but i do not have an inverter. I have a electric fence charger that runs off DC and my light is a yard light I modified that also runs off DC. Thank you for watching!
Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "poultry coop" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Machaaldity Coop Blaster - (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my partner got amazing results with it.
The Able Farmer Great, thanks for the reply. I look forward to more chicken/duck videos. Take care, stay well. 😊
I agree chicken math is real. My 6 origional hens grew to 25 in 5 yrs 🤣
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Can you do a tour of the turkey pen
Sure, I will have to do that. It isn't quite as extravagant as my chicken coop though.
♥️ chicken math!!!
In the winter time, do you have any heat source in your coop and if so, how do you run it?
No heat, chickens do not need heat in their coops as long as they are dry and draft free. They are amazingly hardy animals.
They only need heat until they feather , if you have harsh winter's make sure you have plenty of clean dry straw and keep them in on super nasty days. A window is a great addition for sunlight to help warm it up other then that I brood chicks in my 3 season room lol and during bad Michigan winter's I built my coop close enough to the garage to run an electric cord to plug the heat lamp. Birds have been known to roost and the legs freez when you come in to feed in the Am you will have legless birds fluttering on the floor .... That is not a joke !! They rely on you to live so good luck and research as much as you can it helps.
If you secure that 'hanging' ladder to the roof & ground (with two, short chains & I-bolt(s). Little to no sway should interest the girls.
get the timed door at Omlet. It opens and closes at the times you program it to. Those defenses will not protect your flock.
Zero problems in 2 years. Also my ducks will not go inside at night, they would be exposed even if I had an automatic door. My system so far has worked even better than i expected.
"You just gotta collect 'em all" ---what is this Pokemon??? hahaha
I guess I don't have chicken math ...I just have utilitarian math and see that I need more chickens for my garden clearing work and now I'm not sure I want to slaughter all the meat ones.
You system is really well self-contained though. All that front end work(along with work along the way while learning) has made it much easier for you now. All you need now is a solar door-closer and door-opener for morning and night.
Curious question too just in case so I don't forget---did the local township change your tax evaluation after taking down the old barn and putting up all the coop/fencing?
Almost put a Pokemon clip in there. Lol. You keep getting more and more chickens, you are considering ducks.You can try to justify it however you want. Sounds like chicken math to me. 🤣🤣🤣. We went to the county and completed a deconstruction form. I honestly don't know if it made a difference or not. Lol
@@TheAbleFarmer Not considering ducks... I WANT ducks for practical reasons but can't convince the wife for some reason. haha
@@droptozro chicken math ^^^^ 😆😆😆
@@droptozro chicken math...lol. 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓
CHICKEN MATH (Pullus Mathmatica) A psychological malady of the OCD order primarily within the compulsive hoarding range. Affected individuals feel an irrational compulsion to acquire greater and greater numbers of chickens; offshoots may include ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys, pheasant, quail, and peafowl. It has been known to coexist with and possibly stimulate a similar disorder, Animalis Mathmatica - an irrational compulsion to acquire barnyard animals such as dogs, pigs, goats, cows, or horses. In most instances, sufferers appear to be perfectly normal human beings. In fact, diagnosticians report that afflicted individuals are more settled, content, and happier than their peers. However, sufferers display an array of debilitating symptoms including: (a) computational errors: failure to add simple numbers or misrepresentation of numbers, (b) furtive behavior: secreting animals, trips, or purchases, (c) paranoia: fear that something is out to “get” their animals, (d) fixations: obsessive interest in chicken related products, and (e) hoarding: difficulty discarding or parting with chickens due to a perceived need to save them. Computational errors, furtive behavior, and fixations may result in financial hardship, strained relationships, and spousal conflict. Paranoia may also give rise to fortified enclosures and/or stockpiling of feed and veterinarian supplies.
TREATMENT: No effective treatment is currently available. Familial and professional intervention generally exacerbates difficulties dramatically increasing conflict and furtive behaviors.
PROGNOSIS: Cases of temporary withdrawal have been documented; however, reemergence of the disorder is likely to occur within a few years. In some instances, the disorder may remain in remission for years or even decades.
WARNING: Although a psychological malady, Pullus Mathmatica is considered highly contagious primarily infecting spouses, children, and close associates.
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**Chicken math - explained!**
"Official Rules for Counting Chickens."
Are sure you are counting your birds correctly? There are specific rules that apply:
1. You do not count any eggs in the incubator because you don't count your chickens before they hatch.
2. You don’t count chickens that were given as a gift because they were a present and are more properly considered a gift rather than a chicken.
3. You do not count any bird under 18 weeks old because they are too young to lay eggs so they are considered juveniles rather than chickens.
4. You don't count bantams because bantams are considered bantams rather than chickens.
5. You don't count ornamental birds because they are ornamental and are considered yard art, folk art, or fine art rather than chickens.
6. You don’t count birds beyond laying age because they’re retired and don’t lay eggs and are considered retirees rather than chickens.
7. You don’t count birds in molt because they’re are in molt and missing feathers so cannot be properly considered as complete chickens.
8. You don’t count males because males are for the production of meat and count as a food source rather than chickens.
9. You don’t count males even if they’re not destined for meat productions because they are protectors of the flock and are more accurately considered guard dogs rather than chickens.
10. You don’t count laying hens because they produce eggs and thus are more accurately described as a food source rather than chickens.
11. You don’t count sick or injured birds because they are sick or injured and their disposition is in question so they go on the injured or sick list not on your list of chickens.
12. You don’t count birds that are for sale or possibly for sale because they belong or will belong to someone else.
Thus, if you follow the rules (and it is always good to follow the rules) you may only count healthy full size female chickens that are not in molt and not a gift and are of laying age but not laying.
Happy counting!
I stole these from the internet ;)
why don't you get a timed coop door like stoney ridge has
So I’m from Southern California a.k.a. the frivolous lawsuit state. So I’m sure the beware of Chicken’s sign probably wasn’t as funny to anybody else but I seriously spit laughed my coffee all over my iPad. Where did you get that?
I got it on Amazon, however i will warn you, it may contain chemicals that can cause cancer in the state of California. Haha, good luck to you and thanks for watching.
I’m sure ur chickens are very happy that run is awesome! But watch out for raccoons they can get thru that net & it’ll be a massacre ☹️ I know personally.. I use a door now, but they have timer operated doors pretty cheap, & maybe ur chickens might like a rounder roost, it’s natural for them to roost in trees, so I use limbs.. anyway, food for thought.. Nice video
Thank you!!
Very good run idea. Very smart.
But it's too $$$ for me. Wish u could build me something.
Do you have geese? If you do your so lucky
Yes, I have 2. A White Emden and a Toulouse. I am pretty sure they are a pair. They are about a year old. They are a-holes but I love them!
They are really beautiful
Chicken Math is real..!! Lol!!
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Well done sir,BIG,lol
chicken math kinda like cat math ? lol
Better to have used a finer mesh to keep rats and mink out
Chicken math !! Lol
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You live close to the what??? 😂😂😂😂😂
Tazmahal of chicken houses