I have the American coop with deep litter and had 12 chickens for 4 months. I had a neighbor give me 6 more and wow the chickens had enough room on the bars but that poop was adding up fast!!!! So much chicken poop. I have 11 months on this bedding “industrial hemp” and still no bad smells. It may last 6 more months but will need changed then. So I’d say industrial hemp is well worth the price.
Beautiful coops! Really liking all these short videos with great information. Yes, Chickens need more room than we think they do. So many different personalities in any flock of chickens will create stressful behaviors. Your information and knowledge of the construction of chicken coops will help reduce problems that might arise when chickens don't have adequate room in the coop and run. Gotta keep our girls happy! Rainy wet Wyoming -waiting for your next coop build video.
Thank you Tonia. You are so right, chickens require and deserve as much room as we can give them. It definitely cuts down the stress that can arise from a flock of birds.
My 17 chickens free range during day. At night they roost in a 10 ft x 30 ft old barn, with 2 x 4 x 10 ft roosts mounted 10 ft up off the ground. We put plywood panels on one wall for the 6 nest boxes. We also have a mobile coup in there for mammas and babies , plus a coup for our 4 older girls to roost in if they don’t feel like flying up to roost with the others. My point is plenty of room for the various personalities in the pecking order. This gentleman has good advice and high quality coups. His advice on size is spot on. But as you consider your options, also consider pecking order and personalities. Not all chickens get along.
I have a 10x10 covered dog run with a tool shed that ive converted to a coop and have 16 hens no nest boxes and they are wing to wing in the coop at night and they are some happy girls
I’ve done similar, but mine were free range. It was a bit hot in the summer as they were all huddled up. So I cut through the shed and placed more wire for air. In the winter, I covered up spots that would hit them with air. What I worried about most was them getting up and down the taller roosts. I managed to rig it where they can gently walk and climb up, because they couldn’t flap their wings easily. But them getting down was another story. I opened the door and most they would fly out. The rest patiently figured out the path downward. I made sure the ground was nice and soft for them and moved the fence so they had more room to glide down. They did great!
@@bonniebon7335 I built a ramp for them with some pegs All right so they could walk up and down and they seem to use it pretty good I live in Southern California and I do things on the cheap everything is expensive nowadays I would love a coop of his but they're just so darn expensive and I understand why the coldest that I have ever seen it out here in Southern California is 27° and that doesn't happen very often they may live in section 8 housing but I have never had a bird die from the heat or the cold
Very nice coops, I'm going to go to your website and check'm out and need a bigger coop. I never thought raising chickens and eating the eggs would be a "Me" thing, but oh how wrong I was. I can taste the difference in full time coop chicken eggs vs free ranging chicken eggs..gotta let'm range for sure!
Thanks John, we love talking about free ranging, chickens are originally woodland animals and they love to work. Letting them free range is great for their work ethic.
I have an 8 x 8 coupe I have 16 chickens. I have two 8:foot roost bars and two 2 foot roost bars on the back wall every night when I go in and count my chickens to make sure they all came back 12 of them are sitting on the one 8 foot bar, two of them are on the other 8 foot bar and two of them are on the 2 foot bars and it’s the same every night. The top bar has 12 chickens right shoulder to shoulder.
Chickens are going to do what chickens are gonna do, but at least with our calculations they have options. Plus we notice when it's very hot out they like their room and spread their wings a bit to keep cool. Thanks so much for your comment
I have a 8ft.x8ft. chicken coop with 3 roosting bars that are 8ft. long and I also have a roosting ladder that is staggered with 4 levels. I have 6 nesting boxes built into the floor on the opposite side of the roosting bars, so they don't poop on the nesting boxes at night when they sleep. I have a lid to open on the outside for easy access to the nesting boxes. I have 15 laying hens. I have light brahmas, buff orpingtons, americaunas, speckled sussexes, gold laced wyandottes, and buttercups. I have all that roosting space, but all my hens prefer to roost close together. Even now in the summertime, my hens roost at night wing to wing. I guess it's because they were all gotten together at 3 days old as chicks. I ordered them from Murray McMurray Hatchery. I live in South Alabama, and it gets hot in the summer, but they huddle together on the roosting bars. My coop is in a 10ft.x20ft. run, but they also free range everyday, except for my buttercups. My buttercups don't like to leave the run at all. I also have 4 guineas, but they roost in my pecan trees. The way my chickens roost, I could easily double my birds to 30, because they roost bunched up. 15 is enough, as they provide many eggs for my family and my neighbors.
5:50 ... Carolina Coops guy says you DO have to consider the "size of the diaper." The SF of floorspace in your coop can be a limiting factor unless you're comfortable doing more frequent cleaning. More chickens = more strain on your litter "system."
Wish I had one of your coops! Maybe someday. For now we have a 12' x 21' covered run with a 6' x6' raise coop inside the run. We don't have the room to free range, so we keep it to 12 hens or less. They seem to do very well with the space we have provided.
Wow! Feeling much better about my “chicken math” issues now. I’ve finally incorporated enough pasture for my current, almost 2-year-old 8 different Heritage & cross ladies but my dad’s coop is technically already tight. I added far more than enough perch space, and with freedom to pasture, adding 3 more, including a Welsummer rooster to keep the peace, should work without having to build an expansion! I wish I had one of those expandable nests, but will easily make do with the 2 my dad built. If my Light Brahma goes broody I’ll probably get an outside box for her to hatch some?
Ya’ll have really nice coops. I’d never afford it, but I appreciate it. I’d never put more than 4 birds in that tiny coop. Birds being Plymouth Barred Rocks. Size and breed makes a diff. Even Barreds are good for small spaces which is why I chose them. The birds need to get away from each other. Imagine a single bird in each corner there and that’s how much they need to get away from each other. It gets confusing because they don’t need that much space all the time since they are social. You could get away with six in that coop, but the occasional free range would keep them healthy.
Love your videos! What spacing do you recommend between roost bars? For instance say you had an 8 foot deep by 10 foot wide hen house, how many roost bars would you put in it? Thanks!
Thank you. We position our roost bars so they are approximately equidistant from the front and back henhouse walls. So for a 6' (deep) and 10' (wide) henhouse, we put in three 10-foot roost bars. Hope that helps.
I have 12' x 20'. How many can i truly have ? Oh ok 1' rule on roost bar But my coop will fit then easy 30 chickens as its 240 sqft tge coop. The shed next to them is 12x24 which im going to have several dairy goats I have 6.25 pastured acres so i have almost 2 acres fenced
There is enough crawl space to get under there and clean if need me. Just out of curiosity (maybe for video ideas :) what would you need to clean under the henhouse?
I built a 4x4 coop with a perch that leans against the wall, and two roost bars higher up. I’m afraid there is not enough room to walk around as the perch takes a lot of room. I have 6 chickens coming, is this enough room?
I have a small coop w/5 austrolorps w/3 nest bx's, and they all use the same bx i caught 3 hens on one bx at the same time lol, BTW , I read that if you have black hens there are less chance of Hawk pred's and so far it seems true, Haven't seen a Hawk since i got black chickens where i was losing hens nearly every day before!!! [are hawks prejudice] IDK,,, LOL
❤👍Great Info! I've been looking for the best spacing for a chicken ladder and ramp. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance ❤👍✌ love your product and workmanship!🇺🇸
Size doesn't matter, it's the construction of the coop that will keep them safe from predators. Our coops will keep your flock safe at night from predators.
Bare minimum is 10 sq foot per chicken. But that's still not a lot of space to live a great life. The bigger the better with run size. Our American coop would be great, but a run of at least 18 foot would best if they can never leave the run.
So I'm looking to build a coop, and my local tractor supply sells the chicks in a "10 pack". My math isn't mathing right I suppose. Will a 4'x8' coop with a say 16'x8' run suffice for 10 chickens?
Hi. We don't see any reason to have to clean the run area at all. As long as you keep adding organic material like leaves, cut grass, etc, the chickens will till it up. We like keeping it simple. Thanks for watching.
The most common internet answer I've found is 4sf of coop per bird. I'm building a coop now, planning 2.4 sf per bird, with 12' of roost perch for 10 birds. Hope it works out. It's under a balcony we use a fair bit, and I'll have to carefully guard against bad smells. 😅
The Carolina Coop has a bad floor plan . The hens have to walk under the roost poles immediately on entering the hen house . In my hen house they never have to walk under roost poles to get to nest boxes or be in the open area .
Thank you for your feedback on the Carolina Coop floor plan. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We understand that different coop layouts work best for different flock sizes and management styles. Our design is intended to provide a comfortable and efficient space for your chickens. It's important to point out that chickens aren't using the nest boxes at night when others are roosting. Our design has been developed from over a decade of building chicken coops. If you're interested in exploring alternative coop designs, we encourage you to check out our website for additional options or consider customizing a coop to meet your specific needs.
I've got eleven cats I'm not letting my chickens free-range until they're bigger than the cats one of them's really good with them but the rest not so much
Those are beautifully done coops. However it just wouldn’t be worth the expense. Free range chicken eggs are just to cheap. I buy 4 dozen every 3 weeks.
We tried letting a broody hen raise babies in the main coop and the adult hens killed the chicks We have several hens fight over one box and leave other boxes empty 🤦♂️
Sorry to hear that. Sometimes chicken mommas aren't great at protecting their babies. We recommend a separate space for momma and babies in that case, either a reinforced dog crate, or we now had a basement brooder add-on to our coops which allows the space under the henhouse to be closed off. And yes, hens always want the same nest box it seems, even with choices!
My friends mom keeps her chickens in a way to small of a coop for the amount of chickens she has i think she has around 17 and even if i would tell her i don't think she would do anything because she is cheap and the coop is really gross they don't even have a roost to sleep on and they probably have mites and bugs its sad
How many chickens in a coop? None! Mine run loose in my back yard! They get to eat grass & grass seeds, as well as bugs and even butterflies when they can catch them.
That is certainly ideal! A goal of ours is to give the joy of chicken keeping to as many people as possible. Many of our customers do not have the luxury of a backyard or space for free ranging. Thank you for the comment!
We respectfully disagree with your opinion, we have never had a raccoon get into any of our coops and we have been building coops for over a decade and have them in every US state and some in Europe.
Thanks for your comments. However, we are working hard to take the work out of chicken keeping and find no reason to have to clean a coop that often! Even a poultry vet agrees with our deep litter method, as long as you use something absorbent, like our hemp bedding, and don't overload your henhouse. We believe with the right design, you don't have to clean your henhouse more than once a year. thanks for watching. carolinacoops.com/hemp/
First they say chickens don't fly bullshit,, So im saying run chicken run,,get it build a run within side the run build a coop inside the coop build roost bars nest boxes make shore you can build a coop you can access for cleaning and bedding egg collection, The hardest time is winter with chickens so the run must be a run you can freely move around in so if you don't feel comfortable would the chickens its simple as,,. My Run is based on 1square meter per chicken My run is 25 square meters so 25 chickens, My coop is built inside the run they say 1 square foot per chicken sorry i disagree with that, My coop is 5 square feet per chicken this is more practical so 25 chickens my coop therefore is 125 square feet I base my nest boxes according to the volume of chickens so i have 12 nest boxes, Working it this way if i want to add further chickens then i have space thus don't need to rebuild or add other units or compartments, The maximum i would house in these conditions would be 38 Hens, But im content with 25 The old yardstick 1 foot per hen doesn't wash with me, I feed freely my neighborhood there fresh eggs and its plentyful, Inside the coop and run i have quales whom do some serious cleaning of course they have there little deticated section but enjoy crashing out with the hens, I have four cockbirds and there happy in there own section, I only introduce the cockbird when its necessary to replace the hens, My hens lay large eggs and they are a great pot roast i kill hens for meat every year i don't buy from supermarkets i follow a stricked stock rotation . My cocks are replaced every two years buying from different paultry farms this keeps the geinpool diversified and simply stops inbreeding, Inbred hens lack there natural ability to be good layers cocks lack the stamina a good cock will have his fleet catered for in a day job done, Its best to place dyes on the cock so this is transfered to the hen just as you would with sheep, Then separate the cock until all eggs are collected once collected you can then replace the cock and so move through the gienpool this way, Once all cocks have been used twice you simply date your eggs and incubate those batches from the cocks used,,i then replace them, In keeping with good practice that makes fine hens and cocks, So you see your totally sufficient in your stock rotation thus minimizing desease as one whom followes strict immunization this means your birds are healthy and top notch,,. Never fall from grace all ways keep good practice healthy cocks,healthy hens,healthy meat,healthy eggs they sell better than Gold.❤
You are full of it. You try to sell your product. Please tell the saps that buy your coops after how many centuries they will recover their money , from the chicken eggs. But I like your talk smooth operator...
Never ever keep chicken in those kinds of boxes. They are not a component in an egg factory. They are forest dwelling, mulch picking free ranging birds with their own individual needs.
Thanks for your comment. Laying hens like to feel safe when they are laying, because they are very vulnerable then. We have found that our egg hutches with the individual nest boxes give hens a sense of security and a nice, safe, dark place to lay their eggs. And yes, many free range chickens will find a place to lay their eggs out under a bush. Our chicken coops are designed to encourage their instincts and we have thousands of happy customers and happy hens who appreciate our egg hutches. Our coops ultimately are designed to keep the chickens safe and healthy. Thanks for watching.
Carolina Coops is the best thing to happen to backyard chicken keeping...y'all really have set the standard
Thank you so much!
This was the best explanation I’ve seen. Solid, logical, and scientific reasoning. Thank you!
I have the American coop with deep litter and had 12 chickens for 4 months. I had a neighbor give me 6 more and wow the chickens had enough room on the bars but that poop was adding up fast!!!! So much chicken poop. I have 11 months on this bedding “industrial hemp” and still no bad smells. It may last 6 more months but will need changed then. So I’d say industrial hemp is well worth the price.
Thank you for sharing. And we won't comment on your chicken math skills. 😁
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos I need a bigger coop. Ill get a bigger one if I can trade this one in?🤣
@@antwain7942 😃
That’s really cool then. We don’t have industrial hemp in our country or at least I can’t find any
Best made chicken coops you can buy. Period. Thank you Carolina Coops!
Thank you! We appreciate your support.
Beautiful coops! Really liking all these short videos with great information. Yes, Chickens need more room than we think they do. So many different personalities in any flock of chickens will create stressful behaviors. Your information and knowledge of the construction of chicken coops will help reduce problems that might arise when chickens don't have adequate room in the coop and run. Gotta keep our girls happy! Rainy wet Wyoming -waiting for your next coop build video.
Thank you Tonia. You are so right, chickens require and deserve as much room as we can give them. It definitely cuts down the stress that can arise from a flock of birds.
Very nice job on the build and design of your coops. I've looked at a lot of your coops and they do not disappoint. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you so much for the compliments. We appreciate it so much
Such beautiful chicken coops! These are the Rolls Royce of chicken coops.
Thank you.
lmao, with a Rolls-Royce price tag to fit. A simple 5 gallon bucket for nesting box and couple hundred doolar shed will do the trick.
Pretty nice coop for people with smaller yards.
My 17 chickens free range during day. At night they roost in a 10 ft x 30 ft old barn, with 2 x 4 x 10 ft roosts mounted 10 ft up off the ground. We put plywood panels on one wall for the 6 nest boxes. We also have a mobile coup in there for mammas and babies , plus a coup for our 4 older girls to roost in if they don’t feel like flying up to roost with the others. My point is plenty of room for the various personalities in the pecking order.
This gentleman has good advice and high quality coups. His advice on size is spot on.
But as you consider your options, also consider pecking order and personalities. Not all chickens get along.
Very true regarding the pecking order! Thank you for the support and the comment!
I have a 10x10 covered dog run with a tool shed that ive converted to a coop and have 16 hens no nest boxes and they are wing to wing in the coop at night and they are some happy girls
He is a salesman. They are probably warmer at night in your coop.
@@christian_cantarutti I get that
I’ve done similar, but mine were free range. It was a bit hot in the summer as they were all huddled up. So I cut through the shed and placed more wire for air. In the winter, I covered up spots that would hit them with air. What I worried about most was them getting up and down the taller roosts. I managed to rig it where they can gently walk and climb up, because they couldn’t flap their wings easily. But them getting down was another story. I opened the door and most they would fly out. The rest patiently figured out the path downward. I made sure the ground was nice and soft for them and moved the fence so they had more room to glide down. They did great!
@@bonniebon7335 I built a ramp for them with some pegs All right so they could walk up and down and they seem to use it pretty good I live in Southern California and I do things on the cheap everything is expensive nowadays I would love a coop of his but they're just so darn expensive and I understand why the coldest that I have ever seen it out here in Southern California is 27° and that doesn't happen very often they may live in section 8 housing but I have never had a bird die from the heat or the cold
I love Carolina Coops! Always fun to see.
Very nice coops, I'm going to go to your website and check'm out and need a bigger coop. I never thought raising chickens and eating the eggs would be a "Me" thing, but oh how wrong I was. I can taste the difference in full time coop chicken eggs vs free ranging chicken eggs..gotta let'm range for sure!
Thanks John, we love talking about free ranging, chickens are originally woodland animals and they love to work. Letting them free range is great for their work ethic.
I have an 8 x 8 coupe I have 16 chickens. I have two 8:foot roost bars and two 2 foot roost bars on the back wall every night when I go in and count my chickens to make sure they all came back 12 of them are sitting on the one 8 foot bar, two of them are on the other 8 foot bar and two of them are on the 2 foot bars and it’s the same every night. The top bar has 12 chickens right shoulder to shoulder.
Chickens are going to do what chickens are gonna do, but at least with our calculations they have options. Plus we notice when it's very hot out they like their room and spread their wings a bit to keep cool. Thanks so much for your comment
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos not criticizing your estimate I gave my chickens more than enough room to find out that group I have just likes to jam together.
Much needed information. Thanks
I have a 8ft.x8ft. chicken coop with 3 roosting bars that are 8ft. long and I also have a roosting ladder that is staggered with 4 levels. I have 6 nesting boxes built into the floor on the opposite side of the roosting bars, so they don't poop on the nesting boxes at night when they sleep. I have a lid to open on the outside for easy access to the nesting boxes. I have 15 laying hens. I have light brahmas, buff orpingtons, americaunas, speckled sussexes, gold laced wyandottes, and buttercups. I have all that roosting space, but all my hens prefer to roost close together. Even now in the summertime, my hens roost at night wing to wing. I guess it's because they were all gotten together at 3 days old as chicks. I ordered them from Murray McMurray Hatchery. I live in South Alabama, and it gets hot in the summer, but they huddle together on the roosting bars. My coop is in a 10ft.x20ft. run, but they also free range everyday, except for my buttercups. My buttercups don't like to leave the run at all. I also have 4 guineas, but they roost in my pecan trees. The way my chickens roost, I could easily double my birds to 30, because they roost bunched up. 15 is enough, as they provide many eggs for my family and my neighbors.
It sounds like you are doing everything right! Thanks for watching.
5:50 ... Carolina Coops guy says you DO have to consider the "size of the diaper." The SF of floorspace in your coop can be a limiting factor unless you're comfortable doing more frequent cleaning. More chickens = more strain on your litter "system."
Love the Carolina Coop.
Your video makes me want to raise chicken.
Wish I had one of your coops! Maybe someday. For now we have a 12' x 21' covered run with a 6' x6' raise coop inside the run. We don't have the room to free range, so we keep it to 12 hens or less. They seem to do very well with the space we have provided.
Awsome!
Really excellent video! I wonder why other coop builders don't talk about these rules??? Things they don't want you to know...
Man I couldn’t agree more. They just want to make a quick sale.
That was really good info. Thanks brother
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! Feeling much better about my “chicken math” issues now. I’ve finally incorporated enough pasture for my current, almost 2-year-old 8 different Heritage & cross ladies but my dad’s coop is technically already tight. I added far more than enough perch space, and with freedom to pasture, adding 3 more, including a Welsummer rooster to keep the peace, should work without having to build an expansion!
I wish I had one of those expandable nests, but will easily make do with the 2 my dad built. If my Light Brahma goes broody I’ll probably get an outside box for her to hatch some?
How much hemp do you put in the coop to start on the 6x 18 ? The scoop has 3 nest boxes. Do you put hemp in the nest boxes too?
Ya’ll have really nice coops. I’d never afford it, but I appreciate it. I’d never put more than 4 birds in that tiny coop. Birds being Plymouth Barred Rocks. Size and breed makes a diff. Even Barreds are good for small spaces which is why I chose them. The birds need to get away from each other. Imagine a single bird in each corner there and that’s how much they need to get away from each other. It gets confusing because they don’t need that much space all the time since they are social. You could get away with six in that coop, but the occasional free range would keep them healthy.
Love your videos! What spacing do you recommend between roost bars? For instance say you had an 8 foot deep by 10 foot wide hen house, how many roost bars would you put in it? Thanks!
Thank you. We position our roost bars so they are approximately equidistant from the front and back henhouse walls. So for a 6' (deep) and 10' (wide) henhouse, we put in three 10-foot roost bars. Hope that helps.
great information
thank you.
Thank you for awesome advice!
What an amazing coop... 😬
thank you.
I have 12' x 20'. How many can i truly have ? Oh ok 1' rule on roost bar
But my coop will fit then easy 30 chickens as its 240 sqft tge coop. The shed next to them is 12x24 which im going to have several dairy goats
I have 6.25 pastured acres so i have almost 2 acres fenced
Nice and informative video. Many Thanks!
How do you clean under the 8ft wide 6ft deep coop? How much crawl space is there if you need to get under it?
There is enough crawl space to get under there and clean if need me. Just out of curiosity (maybe for video ideas :) what would you need to clean under the henhouse?
I built a 4x4 coop with a perch that leans against the wall, and two roost bars higher up. I’m afraid there is not enough room to walk around as the perch takes a lot of room. I have 6 chickens coming, is this enough room?
I have a small coop w/5 austrolorps w/3 nest bx's, and they all use the same bx i caught 3 hens on one bx at the same time lol, BTW , I read that if you have black hens there are less chance of Hawk pred's and so far it seems true, Haven't seen a Hawk since i got black chickens where i was losing hens nearly every day before!!! [are hawks prejudice] IDK,,, LOL
Cool information. Thanks
Beautiful coops
Wow for the price of one of these coops I built a 12x24 barn with a 12 to 8 foot lean-to roof. Just crazy how much people will spend to look cool
We built a 8x8x10 with a 6x6x16 run for just a couple grand based on some free online plans. Great diy project with a father in law or older kids.
❤👍Great Info! I've been looking for the best spacing for a chicken ladder and ramp. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance ❤👍✌ love your product and workmanship!🇺🇸
I didn’t get the 30x1 part, how do you calculate how deep the bedding must be?
You didn't miss it. He didn't give a way to calculate it. 😕
I've got a 16ft run and I'm working on an 8-4 coupe bringing my coop and run to 24 ft by 4ft and I've only got chickens and they're not full grown
That's how many feet of run per chicken if they must be kept safe from predators?
Size doesn't matter, it's the construction of the coop that will keep them safe from predators. Our coops will keep your flock safe at night from predators.
LOVE your coops! Do you ship them all over the country?
Great info. Thank you.
Amazing thanks mate
It also depends on each chicken & how all get along.
How big of a coop would I need for 6 chicken that can’t run in the yard ?
Bare minimum is 10 sq foot per chicken. But that's still not a lot of space to live a great life. The bigger the better with run size. Our American coop would be great, but a run of at least 18 foot would best if they can never leave the run.
So I'm looking to build a coop, and my local tractor supply sells the chicks in a "10 pack". My math isn't mathing right I suppose. Will a 4'x8' coop with a say 16'x8' run suffice for 10 chickens?
If you will be free ranging it will be fine. This page helps explains it better;
carolinacoops.com/how-to-determine-how-many-chickens-per-coop/
Really sound advice!!
do you sell plans? Im from Mexico so i would have to make it myself
We don't sell our plans. We may do so in the future.
Is there a easy way to get underneath coop house to clean (i’m new at this)
Hi. We don't see any reason to have to clean the run area at all. As long as you keep adding organic material like leaves, cut grass, etc, the chickens will till it up. We like keeping it simple. Thanks for watching.
What kind of lumber is the coop made from?
According to what I’ve heard their coops are constructed out of Douglas fir.
The thought was at least 2 square feet per bird. Personally I feel the more room you have, the better..
The most common internet answer I've found is 4sf of coop per bird. I'm building a coop now, planning 2.4 sf per bird, with 12' of roost perch for 10 birds. Hope it works out. It's under a balcony we use a fair bit, and I'll have to carefully guard against bad smells. 😅
Only question i have is.
Why did the 🐥 cross the 🛣️?
To get into a Carolina Coop?
how much do those chicken coops cost
You can see pricing and options on our website here:
carolinacoops.com/chicken-coops/
Beautiful coops, but way out of my budget. They're amazing.
My run is going to be 10x20ft run…with space under the coop (4x8), and I have 16 chickens…I think it’s big enough…
230+ sf of run should be fine.
If your. Chickens aren't laying every day or every other day than they are too cramped. I amd learning this now with my chcikens
what is the cost of the Carolina Coop?
Our pricing and options can be found here on our website:
carolinacoops.com/chicken-coops/
Real question, "How many chickens fit in an oven?"
4 fit in my stock pot.
Good video. Robert Castello Dixie General Store Heflin Alabama
The Carolina Coop has a bad floor plan . The hens have to walk under the roost poles immediately on entering the hen house . In my hen house they never have to walk under roost poles to get to nest boxes or be in the open area .
Thank you for your feedback on the Carolina Coop floor plan. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We understand that different coop layouts work best for different flock sizes and management styles. Our design is intended to provide a comfortable and efficient space for your chickens. It's important to point out that chickens aren't using the nest boxes at night when others are roosting. Our design has been developed from over a decade of building chicken coops.
If you're interested in exploring alternative coop designs, we encourage you to check out our website for additional options or consider customizing a coop to meet your specific needs.
I've got eleven cats I'm not letting my chickens free-range until they're bigger than the cats one of them's really good with them but the rest not so much
Those are beautifully done coops. However it just wouldn’t be worth the expense. Free range chicken eggs are just to cheap. I buy 4 dozen every 3 weeks.
We tried letting a broody hen raise babies in the main coop and the adult hens killed the chicks
We have several hens fight over one box and leave other boxes empty 🤦♂️
Sorry to hear that. Sometimes chicken mommas aren't great at protecting their babies. We recommend a separate space for momma and babies in that case, either a reinforced dog crate, or we now had a basement brooder add-on to our coops which allows the space under the henhouse to be closed off.
And yes, hens always want the same nest box it seems, even with choices!
How many doors can you have on a coup? Two, if there are four, it would be a sedan.
I saw another video that said 1 yd² per chicken.
ok
My friends mom keeps her chickens in a way to small of a coop for the amount of chickens she has i think she has around 17 and even if i would tell her i don't think she would do anything because she is cheap and the coop is really gross they don't even have a roost to sleep on and they probably have mites and bugs its sad
Yes, very sad. It's why we build coops the way we do, for the health and well being of the chickens.
So this is an ad. I didn’t realize that.
? Can you go too big? i.e. have too much space
Never. 😁
Yes you can go to big if you live in an area that gets cold if it's to big you will have to heat the coop
How many chickens in a coop? None! Mine run loose in my back yard! They get to eat grass & grass seeds, as well as bugs and even butterflies when they can catch them.
That is certainly ideal! A goal of ours is to give the joy of chicken keeping to as many people as possible. Many of our customers do not have the luxury of a backyard or space for free ranging. Thank you for the comment!
Small small
How can we build a chicken coop in India in facsimile to your build quality?
1600 sq feet hen house and 10 acres to free range. how many chickens can i have lol
all of them. 😁
travisscott
Lol!
Nice, there is even room for my wife when she get out of line.
That is not nearly enough room. Mine has a huge and run and they run free in the backyard. Period.
I think five chickens are the best
This is a very educational video my son loves your videos, I need to go to the toilet now and fart 💨💨💨
bad locks as raccoons can open them
We respectfully disagree with your opinion, we have never had a raccoon get into any of our coops and we have been building coops for over a decade and have them in every US state and some in Europe.
So ... 4x3 plus the nest area to house 4 chickens? What is that? A chicken mansion?
My guess is all of them.
You can absolutely get all your birds into the coup.
Cleaning the hen house once a year is just gross! We do it everyday. Talkes 5 minutes with the right design.
Thanks for your comments. However, we are working hard to take the work out of chicken keeping and find no reason to have to clean a coop that often! Even a poultry vet agrees with our deep litter method, as long as you use something absorbent, like our hemp bedding, and don't overload your henhouse. We believe with the right design, you don't have to clean your henhouse more than once a year. thanks for watching.
carolinacoops.com/hemp/
First they say chickens don't fly bullshit,,
So im saying run chicken run,,get it build a run within side the run build a coop inside the coop build roost bars nest boxes make shore you can build a coop you can access for cleaning and bedding egg collection,
The hardest time is winter with chickens so the run must be a run you can freely move around in so if you don't feel comfortable would the chickens its simple as,,.
My Run is based on 1square meter per chicken
My run is 25 square meters so 25 chickens,
My coop is built inside the run they say 1 square foot per chicken sorry i disagree with that,
My coop is 5 square feet per chicken this is more practical so 25 chickens my coop therefore is 125 square feet
I base my nest boxes according to the volume of chickens so i have 12 nest boxes,
Working it this way if i want to add further chickens then i have space thus don't need to rebuild or add other units or compartments,
The maximum i would house in these conditions would be 38 Hens,
But im content with 25
The old yardstick 1 foot per hen doesn't wash with me,
I feed freely my neighborhood there fresh eggs and its plentyful,
Inside the coop and run i have quales whom do some serious cleaning of course they have there little deticated section but enjoy crashing out with the hens,
I have four cockbirds and there happy in there own section,
I only introduce the cockbird when its necessary to replace the hens,
My hens lay large eggs and they are a great pot roast i kill hens for meat every year i don't buy from supermarkets i follow a stricked stock rotation .
My cocks are replaced every two years buying from different paultry farms this keeps the geinpool diversified and simply stops inbreeding,
Inbred hens lack there natural ability to be good layers cocks lack the stamina a good cock will have his fleet catered for in a day job done,
Its best to place dyes on the cock so this is transfered to the hen just as you would with sheep,
Then separate the cock until all eggs are collected once collected you can then replace the cock and so move through the gienpool this way,
Once all cocks have been used twice you simply date your eggs and incubate those batches from the cocks used,,i then replace them,
In keeping with good practice that makes fine hens and cocks,
So you see your totally sufficient in your stock rotation thus minimizing desease as one whom followes strict immunization this means your birds are healthy and top notch,,.
Never fall from grace all ways keep good practice healthy cocks,healthy hens,healthy meat,healthy eggs they sell better than Gold.❤
Thanks for your comment. Sounds like that works for you. Thanks for watching.
You are full of it. You try to sell your product. Please tell the saps that buy your coops after how many centuries they will recover their money , from the chicken eggs. But I like your talk smooth operator...
Never ever keep chicken in those kinds of boxes. They are not a component in an egg factory. They are forest dwelling, mulch picking free ranging birds with their own individual needs.
Thanks for your comment. Laying hens like to feel safe when they are laying, because they are very vulnerable then. We have found that our egg hutches with the individual nest boxes give hens a sense of security and a nice, safe, dark place to lay their eggs. And yes, many free range chickens will find a place to lay their eggs out under a bush. Our chicken coops are designed to encourage their instincts and we have thousands of happy customers and happy hens who appreciate our egg hutches. Our coops ultimately are designed to keep the chickens safe and healthy. Thanks for watching.
Bahahaha
Welcome to the current world?