DIY Chicken Coop, 6 amazing ideas that will help you - Hen-House, Storage, Poop Funnel, Waterer
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- DIY Chicken Coop Ideas. See the Poop Funnel, Storage Room, and Hen-House. We made many changes and improvements to make it less work and more fun. Your wife will go crazy if she sees this. It will cost you money. We have spent over $16,000 since we started.
Here is how it began. My wife and I were looking to buy a property. We came across 36 acres of wooded area. Her eyes lit up, and the 1 st request she had before even buying the place was she wanted chickens. Being from Mexico, little did she know about having chickens in a much colder climate. So we were fortunate to get the place, and within a month, we started to build the Chicken Coop. We watched a lot of RUclips videos and made some mistakes, too. It took us a year and a lot of sweat to come this far.
I think there is always something to improve on. So, it is just an ongoing process.
Chapters:
0:00 Wife's upbringing in Mexico
0:56 My experience in South Africa
1:44 Poop Funnel
2:36 Plywood the inside of Hen House
5:00 Cleaning Hen House after 6 months
7:19 Egg boxes
8:06 Chicken Feeder
10:30 Watering System
14:50 Gutter system
16:20 feed Storage
17:46 Electricity
18:11 Grass and paving 
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❤It turned out so beautiful and efficient. Great job guys!
Thank you! 😊
I think that just may be the best permanent coop I have seen anywhere on RUclips. Thanks
We think it is the best, but Carolina Coops build amazing coops. I just don't like the Hen House floor finishing - @CarolinaCoopsVideos
I love to see a loving couple enjoying life together!
Thankyou.
Two Smart people and some very lucky chickens. Beautiful job. God bless you both with many years of happiness.
Thanks
I love the way the door for the eggs folds down. That is what mine does, and it has two cables that hold it open like a shelf. I make the nesting material out of grass on the property. I make my own wood chips with my chipper, and the floor of the enclosed run is dirt. What I might do next is to open the floor of the coop so that all the waste just falls to the dirt below and from time to time I can rake the top layer of dirt and replace it with fresh dirt.
Your coop is amazing! I love how thoughtfully you found ways to use wood for almost everything. The coop looks great too: great job!!
Thank you very much for your time
What an amazing chicken area. You did such an amazing job!! I can only wish for the skill and knowledge to make a coop like that with the run attached!! It’s a dream coop for chickens and humans alike!! You are a delightful couple!!! Thank you for sharing this!!
You can do it! We really had no idea what we were getting into. But as time went past, we improved every part. It is really not hard, just a lot of work and time. Thanks for the comment.
The flowing water is sensational.
Y’all guys are amazing, work together, put ideas together that is a team work. Ella se parece a mi, hablo inglés pero no puedo pronunciar muchas palabras entonces digo, “ tu sabes que quiero decir “😂😂😂 but y’all did a beautiful job. Congratulations to both of you. Bendiciones
Gracias Señorita Mucho besitos y abrazos
I love what you have done to the coop. I had put vinyl in the floor of my coop and it helped but the polyurethane is better. The vinyl pulls up after awhile. Love it! Your explanations for the water trough etc. were great.
Thanks for the tips!
Wonderfully creative. I wanted to polyurethane my boards and my husband said I was ridiculous. After dealing with mites and lice . I showed him your video he now agrees it is a smart idea😂😂😂 thank you for this advice
What happened we started not having plywood on all the walls, but, as we started to make the finishing, I decided to do all the walls. Am I glad we did. Tell your husband he need to show some love and make some improvements. Put him on guilt trip. lol
I love how you love your flock. I love my girls and every night we sit, relax and socialize with our girls. I have solar LED patio lights in the run and solar motion detector lights on the exterior. I also use the Tractor Supply pine shavings for the litter. I grow Lavender, Rosemary, Orange and Lemon Balm, Mint etc, and pick whenever I clean the coop, to scatter on the floor. It smells so nice and keeps mice and insects away - and is free. I decorated my Hens house and its pleasing, homey, clean and happy.
Well, I guess we are in the same boat, or "Coop". I always say to my friends, I wish I was a chicken. But I am glad my wife love to take care of them
@@Farm_Projects My family always say if they can be reincarnated, they want to come back as one of my Hens. LOL. Bless you and your wife in everything you do. Loved the ideas and the Polyurethane on the ply is such a great idea and beautiful as well.
Thanks. I love your comment and wish you all the best
It seems like the Mexican version was 1000 times better!
We have similar ideas 💡, very creative coop, the biggest difference is my choice of building materials, my coop is built out of steel reinforced block and concrete, my nest boxes are built out of mostly metal and wood, my electricity is 100% solar, my pumping system will be 12v working on solar, my rain catchment will be done with a diverted system with 255 gallon storage, I'm working on my chicken run right now, my coop is called the chicken bunker because it's hurricane proof, I have some videos up so you can see another creative coop, I enjoyed your video.
ok we will thank you for your time
@Farm_Projects I subbed because your ideas are as crazy as mine lol , your execution needs a little work, but I understand once a idea 💡 hits sometimes it can't wait 😊
This is awesome! I love all the detailed ideas and cool systems you thought of and implemented! And the side walk and (what I consider) porch around the coop are lovely! I think its all great! Well done!
Thank you so much!
We are new to chickens and purchased a pre fab small unit. It’s a disaster. We are planning to build a new one in the spring and I’m so thankful to come across your video. Everything you guys have done is perfection. I will go back in to see if you have recorded the build. We are not the handiest , definitely not carpenters and hope to find a vid on how you constructed it.
You two are a precious couple. Keep up the good work.. ❤️ from BC, 🇨🇦. 🌟🌟🌟
Thanks. The ground and environment will dictate your build. It is really not that hard. Good luck
VERY NICE CHICKEN COOP! YOUR BABIES ARE SPOILED! 😁👏👏❤
Just fabulous! but the water gutter is pure GENIUS! Im going to use it for my house, the bunny house and chicken coop.
Nice, I am glad that idea works for you. Thanks to my wife.
@@Farm_Projects thank you for generous spirit of sharing your ideas!
Thanks for the comment
You two are very cute and funny and your coop is wonderful.
Thank you! 😊 I enjoy my wifes broken english. It is funny how she can use word replacements to describe anything.
Best video on how to do water and feed and then sealing and cleaning.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the nicest chicken system I've ever seen. It's beautiful. 💚👍👍🐔🐔🐔🐔
I just have the medium size water dispensers where they can dip their beaks into it. I have two of them and every two days I replace with a new one. Fresh clean water is important. I grow probiotics in my water and add a bit of vitamin b to their water. I have NEVER had digestive issues with the chickens because of the probiotics. I bought one packet once and from that point on, when filling their water feeder, I leave a bit of the old water in a container, add a drop of honey of a pinch of sugar and add new water. The probiotics eat the honey or sugar and multiply, replenishing the probiotics in the water.
You have certainly thought through every process and streamlined taking care of your chickens. I really appreciated what you said about putting in the paving to make the trip out to the coop enjoyable. I can see why it’s a nice place to be. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Our pleasure! We are glad that you have enjoyed it
I wish I had known this when I had my chickens. In the end I gave up chicken keeping because of the mites in the chicken coops I burned about 3 coops. I cleaned mine out every week.
I never had a chicken coop before. While building it, I thought that could be a problem. It was more luck than anything else. I am so glad I spend that extra money and time to prevent mites and other creeping things. Thanks for sharing your story
THIS IS AN AWESOME SET UP!!! WE ARE PLANNING ON RAISING CHICKENS IN SPRING 2024! THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL THE IDEAS!!! NEW SUBSCRIBER BECAUSE OF THIS VIDEO!!! KEEP UP THE VIDEOS!!! I LEARNED A LOT!!! MAKE MORE VIDEOS!!!
Awesome! Thank you! Other videos are in the works
By far the best scoop I’ve ever seen. I will be modifying my coop based on your ideas. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
It looks stunning !!!
I don’t think a lot of backyard chicken pple want to use the toxic paints and chemicals. But I could be wrong. Still stunning work !!
Thanks
You are not wrong.
The sealer we used in the Tank is VOC free. The Urethane is completely dry by the time the chickens comes in contact with it. I think the FDC would have something to say about using Urethane in food storage areas by now. Anyway, thanks for your input
Excellent! Love the polyurethane and corner sealed tips! You are an adorable couple!
Thanks so much! 😊
This is the best coop I've ever seen ! Well done Amazing !!!
Thankyou so much. You are the best commenter we have ever had.
Very impressive! not only visually appealing but designed to reduce the work associated with raising chickens, your birds have 5 star accommodations. Like you I'm in Pa, but my homestead is in the ozarks, when I go back and set up my chicken coop, I will definitely be borrowing a few ideas from your setup to build mine. I really like how you automated your watering system. In the video you said you're not a carpenter, I've spent the majority of my adult life as a contractor, and you have better skills than some of the "experienced" guys I've hired over the years, excellent job!!
Thanks for your comment. I am glad to have helped with some ideas. I am still improving a lot and hopefully will make another video on other improvements.
I'm getting ready to move to my retirement farm which includes 3 outhouses which are 10X16. Of course one will specifically be for chickens once I get it cleaned out.
I will be gluing down vinyl flooring because I already have it but sealing up the walls is such an excellent thing to do. I was also planning on building a rain water catchment using a couple metal garbage cans but yours looks so much bigger and better.
Looks like you have thought of everything on constructing yours and I will definitely be stealing some of your ideas.
Look forward to future videos.
These ideas came from frustration. Every part started out as what we saw on other videos, but I could not stand the inefficiency. What you see is a lot of changes, sweat and tears.
What a beautiful coop and the surrounding area! Great job!
Thank you very much!
Wow! That is the nicest chicken coop, I've ever seen. I'm saving your video so I'll know what to do when I build my own. Thank you for sharing.
Welcome. Do a little at a time. It took us a year to get this far.
This is rich people coops .... very nice..
lol
Fantastic job on your chicken coop and keeping your chickens healthy and happy!
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Thanks a lot
You all did a outstanding job on your chicken coop That's my dream coop Thanks for sharing ♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting. It helps our beginning channel very much
Your watering system is the best I think I've ever seen. I'm so glad my wife shared this video to me. We are planning our next chicken coop/run, and you have given me some ideas. Thank you.
I enjoy watching this view again and again
Thanks
I have been researching the best coup. I was wanting a movable coup but yours is the best I've seen! I have so many predators living in the country and was going to get an electrified fence. I like your stationary coup. Large enough to accommodate many chickens. Great Job! You have me rethinking!
Wow, thank you!
Wow! Thank you the two of you are perfect ! Thank you for showing your beautiful and clean chicken coop 😊🙏🏿
😍 That coup is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Great job! ❤ 😊 🐔
You can put a screen over the pipe to keep the leaves out. Love the coop. Great work and ideas.
Great idea!
Love your background and what you have done, very intelligent and resourceful. May God grant you more blessings.
You two are so cute together. Thank you
😊 thank you
This is the best chicken coop ever i wish i got one😊😊
You can have one. No need to be so elaborate. I think the important thing is start with the hen house. And work on that. The smooth walls and floor are very important. The run is just a frame with wire. Not hard to do. But do little by little. As you can afford it or have time for it.
Of all the chicken coop videos I've seen, I think this is the most underrated. You have some great ideas and you presented them in an approachable, concise way. I fully intend on using some (most? all?) of your ideas in the future. You guys did a great job (both on the video and with the chickens).
Wow, thank you! I overlooked this comment. Sorry
A beautiful coop. I love the polyurethane and flex seal.
Thanks
I loved this video. I do not plan on raising chickens, but should I decide to, I will use your techniques. Why doesn't everyone build this way? Thanks for so generously sharing your knowledge.
So nice of you. It could be a little to expensive?
Excellent ideas - KUDOS from farthest northeast Alabama livin' rural - from a native Pennsylvanian. Love the episode.
Awesome! Thank you!
What a fantastic design... thank you for giving us ideas for our fluffy butts ..
we are glad that you have enjoyed it.
Great craftsmanship! I definitely got some amazing ideas from you both for when I build my coop. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
I Loved how detailed and simple you both made this video. And You both make such a cute couple.
Thank you for sharing your experience and talents with us.
Our pleasure!
Very smart efficient and beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you! 😊 I am glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely beautiful! You both are sooo creative and I loved watching this video! Can’t wait to learn more.
Thank you so much!!
Hoe heerlik om `n video te sien van `n Suid Afrikaner en sy Mexikaanse wederhelfte in die buiteland! en so `n effektiewe gebruik van materiale. Julle idees is puik en alles is so mooi netjies en skoon. Baie dankie vir die great video. Groete vanaf Port Elizabeth, Suid Afrika 🤗
Ok, my Afrikaans is so ver geroes ek kan skaars onthou hoe om woorde te spel. Maar baie dankie vir die mooi woorde. Ons het baie hart gewek om dit so ver te kry
Beautiful, great ideas and your chickens and roosters look so happy.
They are!
I love the chute!!! Really like all of your ideas, especially the poly on the wood.
Thanks so much! 😊
Your yard looks fantastic. This video has given me great ideas for my custom build chicken coop. Thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
You guys are adorable!!!! I wish I could visit with you lol! Everything looks fantastic and I will be using several of these ideas for my coop upgrades this coming year 😊💖💖💖
Thanks so much! 😊
Gracias por compartir esas fantásticas ideas
This is so beautiful!! What a lovely couple you are! Thank you for your inspiration!! While this style is not in my budget currently, it gives me lots of things to remember to work towards!! Excellent video!!
I love your mural on the outside. of the coop
my wifes daughter painted that while we were still building the rest of the coop
What a great idea that poop funnel is!
Very nicely done.
I'm upgrading my new hen house like this.
All the best
This was great personal touch video. Well thought out and obviously filmed over a long period & edited well! Greetings from Baja California Norte.
Beautiful job!❤ Many great ideas. Thank you for taking the time to show us how and what you did.
You are so welcome!
We are currently designing our coop and I'll definitely copy some ideas, especially around making it easier to clean (which is the worst job in our farm currently). Great video!
Cleaning is always a chore that everyone puts off. If you can eliminate most of o\it or make it easier, then, the battle is half won.
Beautiful coop!❤
Thank you! 😊
Loved that design & all the smart systems you made up for them chickens & to make everything easier to feed & clean ! I thought my chickens had a few feathers missing on their back was from the rooster but it turned out to be mites better check them just to be on the safe side
Thanks so much! We know it was the roosters. Three of them. The hens are making a come back. We want them to be fully featered by winter. But, thanks for letting us know.
I really like the chute to assist in cleaning out the coop!
Thanks. As we were shooting the video, my wife said she needed something like that. I only had 30 min to come up with an idea and have it build. I shocked myself with the idea
I LOVE all the ideas you had and how much you love a beautiful environment even for your chickies! I am getting ready to build a chicken coop and plan on adding some of your ideas if not all of them into my new coop! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely coop with us!!
Very smart and good looking chicken coop. Thank you for sharing 😊.
Thank you too
I don't know what is the best of watching this video...the great coop ideas or the amazing couple.❤
You are so kind. I think my wife is the best.
Thanks for this video I am making plans to build a coop for my chicks. I have noticed that they do like dipping there beaks into water. So I'm going to try to build a trough as well. Love the video I'm subscribing.
Yes they do. I am already making a better trough. It should be a little deeper and have a drain so to clean it out easier. The idea is to circulate the water through the tank that has warmer water during the winter to prevent the trough from freezing
This is my DREAM! Genius ideas I will use when I upgrade our chickens. The water system is INCREDIBLE. And making it a beautiful place to be is 100% a way to make it bring you joy every time you hang out with them. Thank you so so much! 🐔 Does the polyurethane deter spiders? Our coop is super clean but I still have spiders wanting to hang out.
You can do it! I think due to the smooth surfaces of the walls, we do not see any webs inside. I am not sure if the polyurethane is a deterrent. But it is really clean.
I love this idea will be turning a shed into a coop this summer and I’ve learned a lot of fails with my old coop and I’m definitely take a note. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing 😊
Super Awesome.
Thank you! Cheers!
Greetings from Thailand. Beautiful coop for you, and I think the chickens like it too. It looked like you have an automatic chicken door, but you didn’t mention it. I’m just finishing up my barn with two 8x8 coops inside and two 20 x 40 half covered runs outside. I have 35 spoiled chickens including 7 roosters. Silkies, Polish, mini Cochins, mini Wyandottes, Orpingtons, and two Appenzeller Spitzhaubens. We say we do all this for the chickens, but it’s a 50/50 for us and them I think. Nice video, keep it up.
Yes, we do have an automatic door our chickens are spoiled too, Good eye! Thanks for your comment and Hello from Pennsylvania!
Great job ❤
Very nice!! Great tips!!
Great job!
Love it! We ll be stealing these great ideas😊
Enjoyed the tour. Great ideas.
Thanks so much!
Absolutely Stunning! Thankyou for sharing I truly got an enjoy!!❤
So beautiful we will be implementing some of your ideas for our chicken coupe
Thanks so much 😊
Thanks for the Thank you for the lesson on that shoot
Thank you so much for sharing, I already added some of your features to my must have for my future chicken coop :)
Glad it was helpful! OIt took us making many changes over a year
Love your videos!!!😍
Yay! Thank you!
Love the chicken coop❤
What great ideas. We will be incorporating many of them into our next coop! Thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice! It looks very functional and pretty!
I think so too!
Thank you!
Amazing
Beautiful set up!
I love this video, all the things you did are so awesome! Such a nice couple....Que Dios les bendiga abundantemente!
Thank you so much!. muchas gracias, Senior
I love these great tips!
Glad you like them!
It looks like you guys really love one another and enjoy being with each other.
And I love your chicken coop and I bet your chickens love living there!
Yes we do. And we love your observation too. Right on
Wonderful video! Y'all are great, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
What a wonderful system x thank you for sharing
Our pleasure!
Amazing video, thank you for sharing with us. Got bless you.❤
Loved the video
thanks
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