Awesome job. Well done there hubby. Your a keeper lol Sherry you guys should go into the business and sell chicken coops. You would probably get alot of business. Its beautiful. Great team work. Your chickens will be Royalty.
Glad you mentioned venting your coop. Could have used some in the coop back on the farm back in the days I had to clean it. Good idea on manure management and “ chicken “ composting. 🇨🇦!
Wow everything looks great!!! LOVE the covered roof run! About the vents, you could put a round one on the side of that piece of wood. That's what I have and everything worked great this winter, no sign of moisture in the coop!
@@GardeningintheNorth mine are the plastic ones, probably 3-4 inches round and I stapled hardware cloth on the inside for added protection from predators.
Great video....I didn't eve realize how recent this video was until you mentioned "6 week lockdown"...then I looked at the date lol. I am in the Maritimes and we just received lockdown notice today. My coop is currently framed and waiting for boards to use for siding and roof. I will definitely check out the rest of your video's . Great job.
Hello! I’m so glad you liked it! What are the lumber prices in your area? Ours are ridiculously over priced. A sheet of plywood a year ago, $40, today,,,, $96. 😀
I have the same coop design and I'm about to move the chickens in, but I'm wanting to do deep litter and I'm sure how to keep the litter contained since the door and chicken door are right above the floor. I'm thinking for the big door I can just cut a piece of plywood to attach to the bottom of the opening with hooks and eyes and remove it when I clean the coop. But I'm not sure what to do about the chicken door since it's already barely tall enough for the chickens to walk through. Did you guys figure out a workaround for that?
Hello my fellow chicken coop friend! For the "man" door, we put a piece of plywood. My husband put a piece of strapping on either side of the door, inside, so that the plywood would just slide in. We did the same thing for the door leading into the run area. We didn't do anything for the automatic chicken door. It doesn't get deep there because they are walking in and out. I do make sure to wipe it after I add more shavings, because I just throw them everywhere. I hope this helps
Yes that is helpful! Thanks so much for replying, and thanks for your videos! They've been very helpful for me while trying to figure out chickening for the first time!
Hi! Can I ask you another question? I had the nesting boxes blocked off with cardboard until a couple of weeks ago and the chicks just started laying a few days ago, and they're kicking a bunch of poopy hemp into the nesting boxes because the level of hemp is basically as high as the lip between the coop and the nesting boxes. Did you have this problem and did you come up with a solution for it? Maybe another piece of plywood like with the doors? Thanks!
Hello! I’m happy to hear you are getting eggs!! We recently moved to another homestead, but I believe my husband added a 2x4 across the bottom of the nesting boxes. Our girls never kicked anything into them.
Good morning! The deep litter of wood chips in the run was Amazing! I dug them all out back in June and put them all in my compost area and walked away not thinking twice about it. I now have volunteer plants growing in that compost area. Squash and tomato 🤣 chickens love to scratch, so I filled all the buckets and containers I had with wood chips and then just made a giant mountain of them in the run in the middle. I then poured a milk jug size of “treats” on top, (meal worms, sun flower seeds, oats, oyster and egg shells, grit, cracked corn etc). They LOVED it.
Thank you for sharing. I have a question about the wood framing for the run on the ground. Is there anything you can put down under the wood to protect it from sitting in the dirt for it's life time? I would think that would be your weak point and would rot faster than the rest of the run design.
Hi David! Yes, I agree with you. That is a weak point. This was our first coop, and when we originally built the coop and run we didn’t know how long we would be here on this property and wanted to be able to remove it if sellers asked us to. Having said that, we could have used gravel under the wood, which would have allowed water to drain away. We will be selling and moving in late spring / early summer 2023 and our plan for the new chicken run will be a bit different knowing we will be there forever! Thanks 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth Good luck in your move. We hope to move out of California and go to Texas, some where around Dallas - Fort Worth area. For this reason I'm building the coop in sections that can be separated, moved and rebuilt as lumber can expensive. My wife has wanted chickens for awhile now and with the amount of time I think it will be before we move I decided to surprise her with getting them now. The treated would is twice as expensive as normal 2x4's and I'm told they weather well. Thank you.
YES! Wood is so expensive. We thought about the option of taking it with us if the buyers don’t want a coop, but we have decided to go bigger! Chicken math real. I really like your idea of building it so that it is easier to move if needed.
Did you guys draw up plans for your run before putting it up? Your run is by far our favorite and we're trying to figure out to create it to our own dimensions of 6x15 and trying to figure out all of the measurements has been exhausting haha
@@catieking-no6pj hello! I wish we had a plan I could share with you. We built another one very similar to this one, just bigger, I also did a video on that one, that might give a better picture of the run. A couple of things we did, 1. Kept the run roof the same pitch as the coop. For our bigger one, we continued it across. (Both of the coop plans provided instructions on how to build the roof trusses, which was a great help) 2. Cemented posts into the ground for support 3. Made the walls to fit the hardware cloth. The roll of hardware cloth was 4 feet wide, so we made each opening 2feet to make sure we had something to screw the hardware cloth to. 5. Lots of bracing. I hope this helps and doesn’t make it worse!
Sherry, I am building the same coop from the plans I purchased on Etsy. I found your channel when doing some research. I am hooked! I would love to build the same type of chicken run your husband and son built. Do you know if there are building plans for that?
Hello! That’s awesome, you will love this coop. My husband winged it. He did a rough drawing of measurements and then measured a hand full of times, over and over. We made the run wider than the coop to give the girls extra space and to limit how narrow it was. The area where we have it is not very level, so we needed to be careful with the post heights. We dug 3 post holes and used a quick drying concrete. For the roof, he used the measurements from the coop roof, but made the back of the roof line wider than the actual coop. For the walls he did 2 feet openings to make it stronger. I did a quick search on Etsy and they do sell some coop run plans that might give you a head start. I hope this helped and didn’t make it worse! Thank you ❤️😊
I was so confused. Seems like those Etsy Plans are of the OverEZ Chicken coops. Same exact format but the colors threw me off because they don’t offer these colors. Figured it was customized. Makes sense
Thanks for sharing about the anchoring spikes
You're welcome 😊 I hope your coop and run turns out great!
Nicely done. Beautiful coop
Thank you ❤️
What a beautiful coop. Ya'll have done a truly fantastic job! Wonderful example and info for people building a coop for the first time.
Thank you so much!!
That coop is beautiful!!!! ❤️❤️
Thank you!
This is extremely well thought out and well designed!
Thank you so much! Are you building a chicken coop? Lumber prices are crazy right now.
@@GardeningintheNorth Not this year but the plan is next year and hopefully the prices are more reasonable at that point.
It looks great!
Thank you!
Watching here thank you for sharing beautiful idea
Thank you 😊
That is a beautiful coop! Love the door opener!
Thank you!
Awesome job. Well done there hubby. Your a keeper lol
Sherry you guys should go into the business and sell chicken coops. You would probably get alot of business. Its beautiful. Great team work.
Your chickens will be Royalty.
Love your chicken coop!
Thank you. We are slowly transitioning our chicks to the coop. They are now in the garage. 2 weeks from now, they head to the coop!
Glad you mentioned venting your coop. Could have used some in the coop back on the farm back in the days I had to clean it. Good idea on manure management and “ chicken “ composting. 🇨🇦!
Thank you Richard! I’ve seen a lot of people putting ventilation across from their windows, which means a major draft for the chickens 🐓 😀
Love the Coop Sherry. Snowing here tonight Burrrr.
Thank you!
That is a really cool looking chicken coop! Nice job!!
Thank you! ❤️
Awesome coop!
Thanks!
Y’all did a fantastic job! It turned out so good!
Thank you!!
Wow everything looks great!!! LOVE the covered roof run! About the vents, you could put a round one on the side of that piece of wood. That's what I have and everything worked great this winter, no sign of moisture in the coop!
Thank you! The round vent is a perfect idea. ❤️
@@GardeningintheNorth mine are the plastic ones, probably 3-4 inches round and I stapled hardware cloth on the inside for added protection from predators.
Great video....I didn't eve realize how recent this video was until you mentioned "6 week lockdown"...then I looked at the date lol. I am in the Maritimes and we just received lockdown notice today. My coop is currently framed and waiting for boards to use for siding and roof. I will definitely check out the rest of your video's . Great job.
Hello! I’m so glad you liked it! What are the lumber prices in your area? Ours are ridiculously over priced. A sheet of plywood a year ago, $40, today,,,, $96. 😀
Nice job!! I dream of a coop like this one day
Thank you!
I have the same coop design and I'm about to move the chickens in, but I'm wanting to do deep litter and I'm sure how to keep the litter contained since the door and chicken door are right above the floor. I'm thinking for the big door I can just cut a piece of plywood to attach to the bottom of the opening with hooks and eyes and remove it when I clean the coop. But I'm not sure what to do about the chicken door since it's already barely tall enough for the chickens to walk through. Did you guys figure out a workaround for that?
Hello my fellow chicken coop friend! For the "man" door, we put a piece of plywood. My husband put a piece of strapping on either side of the door, inside, so that the plywood would just slide in. We did the same thing for the door leading into the run area. We didn't do anything for the automatic chicken door. It doesn't get deep there because they are walking in and out. I do make sure to wipe it after I add more shavings, because I just throw them everywhere. I hope this helps
Yes that is helpful! Thanks so much for replying, and thanks for your videos! They've been very helpful for me while trying to figure out chickening for the first time!
Hi! Can I ask you another question? I had the nesting boxes blocked off with cardboard until a couple of weeks ago and the chicks just started laying a few days ago, and they're kicking a bunch of poopy hemp into the nesting boxes because the level of hemp is basically as high as the lip between the coop and the nesting boxes. Did you have this problem and did you come up with a solution for it? Maybe another piece of plywood like with the doors? Thanks!
Hello! I’m happy to hear you are getting eggs!! We recently moved to another homestead, but I believe my husband added a 2x4 across the bottom of the nesting boxes. Our girls never kicked anything into them.
How is the deep litter method in your run going? Update would be great on things that worked, did not work, etc...
Good morning! The deep litter of wood chips in the run was Amazing! I dug them all out back in June and put them all in my compost area and walked away not thinking twice about it. I now have volunteer plants growing in that compost area. Squash and tomato 🤣 chickens love to scratch, so I filled all the buckets and containers I had with wood chips and then just made a giant mountain of them in the run in the middle. I then poured a milk jug size of “treats” on top, (meal worms, sun flower seeds, oats, oyster and egg shells, grit, cracked corn etc). They LOVED it.
Thank you for sharing. I have a question about the wood framing for the run on the ground. Is there anything you can put down under the wood to protect it from sitting in the dirt for it's life time?
I would think that would be your weak point and would rot faster than the rest of the run design.
Hi David! Yes, I agree with you. That is a weak point. This was our first coop, and when we originally built the coop and run we didn’t know how long we would be here on this property and wanted to be able to remove it if sellers asked us to. Having said that, we could have used gravel under the wood, which would have allowed water to drain away.
We will be selling and moving in late spring / early summer 2023 and our plan for the new chicken run will be a bit different knowing we will be there forever! Thanks 😊
@@GardeningintheNorth Good luck in your move. We hope to move out of California and go to Texas, some where around Dallas - Fort Worth area. For this reason I'm building the coop in sections that can be separated, moved and rebuilt as lumber can expensive.
My wife has wanted chickens for awhile now and with the amount of time I think it will be before we move I decided to surprise her with getting them now. The treated would is twice as expensive as normal 2x4's and I'm told they weather well. Thank you.
YES! Wood is so expensive. We thought about the option of taking it with us if the buyers don’t want a coop, but we have decided to go bigger! Chicken math real. I really like your idea of building it so that it is easier to move if needed.
what a great chicken coop, i want some chickens but my husband has said no
Thank you! Show him our coop, maybe that will change his mind!! ❤️😀
Bring it up again especially how this economy is going and the great need chickens will be later (eggs, meat).
what are the dimensions of your run?
Hello, the run is 6x18
Did you guys draw up plans for your run before putting it up? Your run is by far our favorite and we're trying to figure out to create it to our own dimensions of 6x15 and trying to figure out all of the measurements has been exhausting haha
@@catieking-no6pj hello! I wish we had a plan I could share with you. We built another one very similar to this one, just bigger, I also did a video on that one, that might give a better picture of the run. A couple of things we did, 1. Kept the run roof the same pitch as the coop. For our bigger one, we continued it across. (Both of the coop plans provided instructions on how to build the roof trusses, which was a great help) 2. Cemented posts into the ground for support 3. Made the walls to fit the hardware cloth. The roll of hardware cloth was 4 feet wide, so we made each opening 2feet to make sure we had something to screw the hardware cloth to. 5. Lots of bracing. I hope this helps and doesn’t make it worse!
Sherry, I am building the same coop from the plans I purchased on Etsy. I found your channel when doing some research. I am hooked! I would love to build the same type of chicken run your husband and son built. Do you know if there are building plans for that?
Hello! That’s awesome, you will love this coop. My husband winged it. He did a rough drawing of measurements and then measured a hand full of times, over and over. We made the run wider than the coop to give the girls extra space and to limit how narrow it was. The area where we have it is not very level, so we needed to be careful with the post heights. We dug 3 post holes and used a quick drying concrete. For the roof, he used the measurements from the coop roof, but made the back of the roof line wider than the actual coop. For the walls he did 2 feet openings to make it stronger. I did a quick search on Etsy and they do sell some coop run plans that might give you a head start. I hope this helped and didn’t make it worse! Thank you ❤️😊
I was so confused. Seems like those Etsy Plans are of the OverEZ Chicken coops. Same exact format but the colors threw me off because they don’t offer these colors. Figured it was customized. Makes sense
Are you allowed to keep a rooster? (thinking future generations of chicken)
We are allowed, but haven't had a need for one, so we decided not to have one bugging our girls, lol