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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- Check out Matt and Carolina Coops here: carolinacoops.com/ Well, the day is finally here that I grow more than plants at Epic Gardening HQ...chickens are coming! In true epic fashion, I had to go directly to the creator of what I consider to be the most well-thought-out and crafted coops in existence, Carolina Coops. Come along as I tour you through my custom Epic Coop.
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - Tree Removal and Build
2:11 - Coop Overview
2:49 - Automatic Chicken Door
4:06 - Double Dutch Door
4:58 - Egg Hutch
7:12 - Hen House
10:34 - Interior Run
12:37 - Water Bar
14:00 - Cupola
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I would love something similar.
If I ever can afford it, I want one.
Have you ever seen polish chiken I specially love the silver laced one they lay a bit less eggs but they're soo cute !
We had a blast! We know you will love your coop and your new chickens
Wow didn't realize you guys were so close! Hello from Wake Forest!
I was lucky, I was able to convert a play house the previous owners of our house left behind into a walk-in coop for just the cost of some paint and 2x4s. My wife wanted it gone because it had some serious haunted dollhouse vibes but I ripped all the cutesy trim off, painted it barn red, and she agreed it was no longer creepy and could stay.
To follow up on breeds, I love my wyandottes and brahmas. They're bigger, slower growing birds but I don't need 6 eggs every day so I'd rather they have a longer productive life even if they only lay every 2-3 days. Orpingtons, barred rocks, and easter eggers types are good too. They're really more trouble than they're worth, but I also love polish, not very productive and tend to get picked on but too silly not to love.
@@johncaswell2648 Please upload a video of your converted doll house. That'd be awesome!
I have an old play house and I'm trying to decide between coopifying it or building my coop against the inside wall of my barn. (I have extreme winters in a windy place so the wind shield of a barn would help keep them warm)
So hard to choose...
“Haunted dollhouse vibes” 😂
@@Tsuchimursu if you want you could build using the old dollhouse but due to the extreme weather I would build a smaller-scale deal inside the barn and just use it as a winner house and let the playhouse be a summerhouse
During a hurricane my chicken coop got a hole in it and when we got back home we only had one chicken left her name was Red because she was a Rhode Island red but we all called her “what what” because that’s what it sounded like she was saying all the time and she turned into a pet and would sleep on our porch on a rocking chair with a pan underneath her “we potty trained a chicken” she would follow me around the garden and just watch what I was doing would jump in my lap and lay down and if I pointed to a weed or bug in my garden she would pull it out or eat it. I miss her 😌
That chicken was the best dog ever I'm sure
I could not recommend blue australorps more. Really pretty birds, reliable egg production, quiet, and friendly.
Are there any measures in place to prevent predators from getting under the gaps between the soil and the coop?
Yup, I'll be showing that soon
i was wondering that too. Didn't see a wire fence skirt like Jacque's coop.
When CC does the install, they always put a good predator apron.
@@dr.westwood Thank you!!!
I too wondered that.
I love Carolina Coop. The first time I saw them I fell in love with them. I can't wait till the day I can have one. So happy for you. Enjoy!
AAAH! Congrats, Kevin! So happy you finally have a chicken coop. Can't wait to meet the Epic Feathery Friends 🥚🪶
Thanks Genevieve!
Idk what I love more about the beginning of this video, the sweet sound effects with the sharp tools or “Lumber Jacques.” Coup looks amazing!
I almost didn’t recognize Jacque without his garden hermit hat on, but the helmet was smart, good job you guys. I love seeing the progression of the epic garden
Welcome to the world of backyard garden chickens! That's a really nice coop and I'm sure it cost a few bucks more than I would spend. My coop and run are made from recycled lumber, a repurposed dog run and some hardware and other stuff I had laying around. It has served my chickens well for more than 10 years. My current flock consists of a black sex link (Jett), an Easter egger (Little Red), a white leghorn (Twitch), a Rhode Island red (Ginger) and a Golden Comet (Goldie) -- all good laying hens with fun and distinct personalities. I give them many of my garden scraps and even grow a few things just for them, including sunflowers, kale and alfalfa!
Wow, that is a very nice coop
Ha! Very pleased to see this. I’ve already got my Carolina Coop on order for May delivery. Top quality and thoughtful design. Some of Matt’s RUclips videos show the owners and coop after a few years in use. That’s were the truth lies! I also plan on starting with 6 chickens. Congrats!
Totally agree with you!
Thank you Joan for choosing Carolina Coops! We are excited for you! Welcome to the Carolina Coops' Family!
Buff Orpingtons are so so sweet and docile. I like having colorful eggs myself, so I like to keep some olive eggers and black copper marans as well. I have found barred rock hens to be pecky, but they are a good heavy breed. If you want a chicken you can handle and love on orpingtons all the way. I am hoping to add some lavender ones to my flock!
I don't know if it had already been mentioned, but I would recommend that you attach a string to your outside latch and put it through a drilled hole into the coop. One day that door is going to close behind you and you are going to have to call a friend to let you out.
Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, Amerucana chickens are best for beginners. The Orpington is the "golden retriever" of chickens imo, the barred rocks I have owned have always been friendly and sweet and the Amerucana make green tinted eggs, great conversation starter
My first chickens were these same breeds with a couple gold laced Wyandottes. Best part about bared rocks is that they lay through the winter. So far they've only stopped during molt. Love them! 😍
Wyandotte tribe assemble!!! I'm a Wyandotte by blood..so I should have one for free...thats how that works right? Haha they are fantastic chickens
Buff Orpingtons are my absolute favourite chickens, I call them my BFG's
Barred rocks are a great dual purpose bird, good eggs and they get heavy. Would also add to the recommendation above the Black Australorp. They are great, sweet and friendly but a little shy.
Please don't buy from the big chick supplier companies. Everyone wants female chicks so the thousands of unwanted male chicks go into the trash cans or chippers. Get eggs from your neighbors and hatch them yourselves.
I adore my buff Orpington, blue Cochin, and rhode island reds. Great personalities. The Cochin can be a little noisy and is somewhat broody. My Easter Eggers are a little more assertive, but still social and lay green eggs. All seem to be pretty good layers…
Definitely go for a variety of hens as opposed to one breed, there’s so many wonderful, BEAUTIFUL breeds out there why limit yourself to one or two? Plus, all this different colored eggs are GORGEOUS in the kitchen.
That coop is a DREAM!!! I would love to have one like that. Great ideas went into the development of that coop. We have had chickens for many years and I would recommend Rhode Island Reds, Issa Browns, or Leghorns. All are excellent layers and have very calm and docile demeanor. Thank you for sharing this tour. That coop rocks man!
Now that is an EPIC Chicken Coop!! Awesome tour, they thought of everything!! Can't wait to see it in action!!!🪱🪱🪱
Bared Rock, Americana, Orpingtons, Road island red cant go wrong. Very good layers in my experience. Congratulations on the coop man looks great. Can't wait to see a video on the girls 🐔
I would add White Leghorn to the mix. They tolerate heat really well and lay almost year-round. (I’m in Texas and my WL is an egg making beast! LOL)
Thats good to know. I live in Northern California obviously lol and it can be pretty warm in the summer here and it can be a challenge for the little lady's.
I’m in Houston and our hot, humid summers are horrible. Princess Leia never skips a beat.
I LOVE Carolina Coops ❤️❤️❤️❣️ Congratulations 🎉
I’ve read that you’re supposed to burn the stump. For some reason if you burn it down to soil the roots will decompose faster. (I’m assuming if there’s anything above the soil the tree still thinks it’s a tree and so continues trying to absorb nutrients.)
How do I know this? No clue. I live in a freakin’ condo so I don’t even own a tree. Likewise I am watching chicken coop videos and without a chicken to my name. Thus is the power of the Epic channel. 😂
We cut it into a cross hatch pattern to achieve the same effect, but we'll see!
@@epicgardening that is good to know! Happy worms soon.
You can get shrooms to decompose it fast
@@wybuchowyukomendant what would you do, just water it down and sprinkle spores on it?
@@melissasullivan1658
You could sprinkle spores on it but the likelihood of it actually colonizing the stump would be low.
Better option would be to drill holes into the stump and insert/pour a colonized substrate into it.
I have had many types of chickens, and the Ameraucanas are the sweetest and hardiest of them all. They lay blue eggs (not every day), and are very cold hardy (it got to -22 this winter). Even the rooster was a sweetheart, and let us pick him up and hold him. We have one hen that follows us around more like a dog, and will fly onto your lap for cuddles.
Finally- I need these ideas and input for my DIY coop myself that the wife has been wanting me to build.
Hope they help!
Same.
@@robbhays8077 Check out the DIY video that Jacque has on his channel.
Ahh! I’ve been dying for a Carolina Coop! Lucky you! As for chickens to add to your beautiful coop… EASTER EGGERS! Eggs are a beautiful light green/blue. 🥰 The yolk is a little bigger, but they taste just as good as your regular brown eggs.
One can only dream!!! I have a pop up tent and dog cage makeshift coop!!! 😩😩😩
I absolutely love your coop!
I’m sure your hens don’t mind 🙂
We've had chickens for about 50 years and so many varieties I've lost count. My all time favorites are Plymouth Barred Rocks. Friendly, good layers and foragers. Enjoy!
So excited to see your homestead coming together 🥲
YAY! Finally! That is such a beautiful and well designed coop!
Regarding chicken breeds - highly recommend Murry McMurry for your chicks. Breed wise - research yourself what you want.
Also be aware - free ranging in your yard they might help themself to your massive garden (they will eat lettus, strawberries and other veg)
That's about what I have, except I built it into a 1 axle trailer, I move it a little over one length every day or so, putting them on fresh grass and bugs.
that chicken coop has as many special features as a 2022 kitchen.....wow....so impressive!! No worries here....enjoy your chickens. WOW!! predator proof - self watering - easy to clean - easy to extract eggs. What else can one ask for? Great purchase!!
It looks SO well designed and well made, well done Carolina Coops!
Thank you!!!
What a dream of a coop! Thanks for the tour and keeping the dream alive of having an Epic Coop. Hope you will film your girls once the are established in their new home.💞
Love this! I didn't know coops could be so high-tech. Is there any plans to ensure that predators can't dig their way under the coop's walls? Also, love that you mentioned the compost system. I was wondering what was happening with that project
Yes a hardware predator apron will provide approx 2’ of digging protection around the perimeter of run. That us the same 1/2 wire grade and (I believe) it is tacked up to the bottom of the run making this installation predator-proof.
Beautiful chicken coop and chicken run, especially you can get eggs outside. the wire mesh you used was perfect for young chicks and chickens, and avoid small wild animal to steal eggs.
Epic Chicken coop!!! Can't wait to see it with chickens! Saw your broader set up on IG today, and I am so excited, I may be living vicariously through you with your chickens because I rent right now!
Beautiful Coop! I recommend Buff Orpington for a beginner. They are friendly and good layers. If you want fun colored eggs, auracanas or prairie bluebells lay pretty blue/blue-green eggs or Copper Moran that lay dark chocolate colored eggs. My favorite birds have been Sapphire Gems. Have fun, chickens are so much fun!
Wow!!! Really makes me want to have chickens just so I can have that coop!! Like the Penthouse of coops!!! Matt seems to really care about the chickens and has really thought out their needs. Sadly I live in the "city".... no farm animals allowed :( Jacque was one happy man playing with the tools!!!
The Taj Mahal of henhouses. All you need is gold-leaf roofing and a diamond doorknob. Watched Matt's critique of Jacques' coop and so glad he got a 90%. Hey, it's still an A grade. Thanks for the inspiration guys :) 🐔🍳🥚
Couldn't be better on time with this one! I want to add chickens next year and I usually take a year to do research and get everything ready. Thank you so much for yet another good video!
Ha this was fun! We have 5 Rhode Island Reds, and 5 Barred Rock. They're silly creatures, but still giving us ~4-6 eggs a day in the middle of a very cold Niagara Falls Ontario winter!
Also, you'll probably want to add some deer or bird netting in the garden if you let them free range. The chickens destroy absolutely everything lol.
Carolina Coops is my dream go to! Love the new Epic Coop, Epic Omelettes with homegrown veggies coming up! 🍳
Congratulations on your beautiful chicken coop. I love Carolina Coops, I always watch their live shows. It’s my dream to have one, but Unfortunately I can’t afford one.
This is the best coop design you can build or purchase. This is what i would copy if i would make a coop.
That is an Epic Coop!!! The girls will love it. You’ve got room for a nice big flock there!!! Very well done.
Isa brown are some of the most friendliest chicken I've seen and there not jumpers! I also love the golden comet these hens lay real nice big brown eggs, friendly and not a jumper
I love shoulder chickens the most to be honest. Garden buddies haha
Have had good success with Rhode Island Reds--in SoCal and Indiana. They traveled across the country in my back seat and even waited out wild fires at a Evac Center
Yay! Carolina coop looks awesome and super functional. I keep looking at the water tank in the back ground and wondering if I missed a video on that??? Anyone know? Is the water filtered before entering the tank?
That water system is genius. In Seattle, I'll never have to hook up to house supply with that thing.
Orpingtons are so friendly! We had 12 different breeds and they were by far the favorite. Would do a whole flock of them if we got more.
That is the nicest coup I’ve ever seen. I didn’t even know they could look that cool. I’d live in that thing. If you decide to rent it out and Jacque isnt already living in there let me know haha
Great coop! That would take up almost half my yard. Nice to have someone build it for you! Can't wait to see what chicken breed you decide on. I had Barred Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds. Both nice friendly chickens. Gotta watch out for Cooper Hawks, aka chicken hawks. Very agile flyers so they can get around most obstacles,They will take out you chickens quickly. On another note - hey guys I am going on 69 this year and I use the hand saws all the time. No big deal lol. I have taken out a peach tree as well as an orange tree. My sons will take out the trunks and I finish off removing the large root base. I only use power tools when necessary, mostly my blower because I hate sweeping!
Finally!!! 😂 I've been impatiently patient for your coop. Need some chickens, chickens, chickens!!
That’s a badass coop! I’m in the planning stages of building a coop so this was very helpful!
The cupola is great for venting hot air inside the coop as well!
So many good ideas in this video! Feeling ready to build a coop now lol
Might be the 8x18 Carolina coop which starts at over $16,000 USD.
That's over $21000 CAD. Where I live an average egg cost about 25 cents on a good day and a pre cooked rotisserie chicken is 12 dollars. So I have to use 1750 chickens or 105000 eggs to break even. If I had a sunday chicken dinner every week it would be 33 years before the coop paid for itself. Not including any other costs for raising the birds.
Definitely a luxury item.
I've been extremely happy with my 6 - Buff Orpington, 5 - Rhode Island Red and 4 - Plymouth-Barred Rock hens. Great egg layers, and calm, docile birds.
I just a saw your first video today on this chicken coop. The best ever.
Oh my! 😍Dream chicken coop! You will love having chickens! But yes everything wants to eat your chickens 🐓
Lavender Orpington. So beautiful. Only the most beautiful chickens for the worlds most beautiful chicken coop. For a coop Kevin you have hit a home run
Consider getting Easter Eggers! I had chickens for a while and Easter Eggers have a great temperament and they lay green eggs which is super fun and the eggs are beautiful and delicious. Also its just so fun and unique to have green eggs.
I’m practicing on a 1/4 acre plot in a city that allows chickens and this is exactly what I envisioned! I have the wood I just have to use this as inspiration for my own.
Dang, that's deluxe. What a nice home for awesome chicken buds. Speaking of birds, I always love hearing the crows who hang around your area in your videos. I know gardeners dislike them, but not me.
So adorable that Matt refers to the hens as « the girls ».
I know nothing about chickens or coops.. but you make me want a Carolina Coop and chickens!!
Be still my heart ❤️, that coop is dreamy! I’m planning on getting 6 hens too. 2 Easter eggers, 2 Marans, & 2 Golden comets. I like the colorful egg basket 🧺. 🐥 🐣 i
So! Awesome! Get some heritage breeds and some that lay black eggs and some that lay blue or green. 😁
These chickens are going to be playing in a penthouse suite. Damn!!!
Congratulations Kevin on coop. Been waiting for this video.
I love using my hacksaw to open up light. Cutting down trees is super fun 😄. I feel Jaques excitement. 1) light on gardens 2) removal dreadful leaves on swimming pool. Outside gardening using power tools to cut 🌳 my favorite thing to do.
If I win the lottery I'm getting a whack of these for all my breeding pens.. those coops are so amazing.
So wait, where's the chicken filling video?? I want to just sit and watch some 🐔 🐥!
You finally joined us crazy chicken folks!
So happy for you!!!
So I admire that double dutch door. We can check on the chickens when we don’t feel like letting them out. The coop’s also spacious enough that the birds don’t feel they’re cooped in.
My girls DEMAND they be let out from the aviary every morning lol. Once they tasted free range they never want to stay in haha
So exciting! And the coop looks fantastic
Awesome!! We have about 50 chickens at my uncle's farm in NC! I would recommend getting some good laying breeds like; Barred Rock, Australorp, Barnevelder, Golden Comet, Rhode Island Red, Brahma, Orpington, Delaware - to name a few! Good luck, can't wait to see what you end up getting!
for sure get an easter egger and a copper maran! super pretty eggs! and for looks, a silver laced wyandotte is beautiful! plus, you cant go wrong with a rhode island red and plymouth rock!
If you plan on letting your chickens raise any babies (doesn’t matter the breed or how you obtain fertilized eggs) then I’d recommend getting 1 silkie chicken. Not only are the adorable, but the best mother chickens I’ve ever had. It’s fun seeing the raise babies twice their size.
That's an outstanding coop!! But your are nuts to have 6 chickens in the city. Have fun and no sleep. It will be interesting to see what your neighbors say. Now that a video!
I have a mixed flock. I love my orpingtons and road island reds. The biggest hint is to handle them as chicks. Spend lots of time with them. I have a Plymouth rock ROOSTER I can walk right up to and pick up, NBD. All of my roosters are safe to be around, even for my kids. I had some before that were not (I nearly lost an eye) and had to be culled. One of my hens loves to come to the door and tries to sneak in the house to eat the cat food.
I SOOOOO want to do pheasant’s here!! We have an issue w/ the loss of population due to predators and high demand to repopulate. Land is available but… these coops cost more than my car!🤣 ……when you REALLY WANT to do a thing but…it costs more than your new Volvo… 6.5 acres & ppl who just……can’t. Proud of u guys! #goals
Buff Orpingtons, Dorkings and Swedish flowers are some of my favourite breeds, Orpingtons in particular I would suggest for a beginner
Get some black Australorps. They are AWESOME!
Now it's time to start the compost build!
I got hens coming again over the next few month Kevin I sold my 50 hens and 12 ducks when I moved. But miss quality eggs so they are coming back. Nothing as elaborate as this awesome coop though
I can't wait for you to have the again Tony!
@@epicgardening Already got the run waiting to be built. I just need to build the coop section. but looking forward to having them back in the garden
Please don't buy from the big breeding houses. Everyone wants female chicks so the thousands of unwanted male chicks go into the trash cans or chippers. Get eggs from your neighbors and hatch your own.
Good luck with your chicken coop! Don't forget the ceramic egg.
Awesome coop! I have Australorps, Orpingtons, and Easter Eggers. My Easter Eggers are the sweetest and lay more consistently than all of the chickens I have. The Orpington and Australorp are good layers too.
This looks fantastic man! I’m so jealous of your entire backyard. Can’t wait to see how happy you’ll be with the chickens runnin about as well as the results in the garden from chicken manure.
Australorps are your go to all around chicken. They did great in Calle Tania, CA where some of our very good friends live. They lay massive eggs, they do great, they're also very good at going through gardens without hurting the vegetables within the garden. You can also harvest them for meat if you want because they're big birds. They're very gentle and love people. If you can have one, I would suggest a small rooster to be with your hens because they really prefer being with a rooster for protection. You can get crow bands that go around the roosters neck and blocks the ability for them to crow. They do make bantam sized versions of pretty much all breeds of chickens, so you can look for that as well.
Been waiting eagerly for this!!!
We are all so freaking jealous 😫 lol
Love this! I’m planning a rain collection system off of my quail coop. I would love to see a video about rain collection and use as it relates to your chickens. The heated rain barrel with a pump and those red waterers set in PVC?! I want to hear more since I’m in zone 7!!!!
So nice and if only one could afford. I start with a basic wooden coop from rural feed store cost $200. Elevated the house on a old metal work bench added a west wing w/ a wooden doghouse..with paint and a tin roof adding 2 sets unused dog run panels..I got my 6 girls a 3 level place cute as can be...but raising laying hens is easy part..they like warm oatmeal w/smidgen of molasses in winter.
Buff Orpington’s are a great starter chicken. Very mild mannered. They will even come and sit in your lap. They’re also good layers. The best chickens I ever had for egg production were red stars, also called red sex links. Beautiful bird and great eggs.
Buffs like to brood.
Love this. I will never be able to have chickens so living vicariously. :)
I live in the south and raise Cinnamon Queen chickens because they are bred for our heat. I also keep some Rainbow layers simply because I enjoy the colorful eggs they provide. Love your new coop, it's a chicken castle!
Americana's. They so far are the friendliest with what I have experienced
I can’t believe a chicken coup could have such a great design. So much planning went into it. Lucky chickens and a safe environment.
Black Australorps are excellent layers, with sleek black feathers that have an iridescent green sheen in the sunlight. We live in a dry Mediterranean climate and usually have heat wave summers. Obviously some TLC needed in really hot conditions but the Australorps have coped really well. They are not too heavily feathered and have decent size combs to help with heat regulation. It might seem counter-intuitive to have black chickens in the heat but chickens aren’t silly enough to sit out in the sun on a hot day. Our little flock also includes Dorking (one of the oldest UK breeds and possibly introduced by the Romans), Splash Australorp (seem a bit flighty), and Wyandotte. I laughed when you said ‘six to start with’. A nice number but oh my goodness SO many beautiful chickens……..
Your coop incorporates some excellent ideas and looks very easy to manage.