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Carolina Coops style DIY chicken coop
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- Опубликовано: 24 окт 2020
- See how we built it and a material list at the link below!
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After lots of research on chicken management best practices, we decided that we wanted to design our coop after the Carolina Coops builds. We incorporated the deep litter method, chicken level egg door and chicken ladder along with lots of ventilation and open run space.
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I've also found myself liking the Carolina Coop designs but wanted some personal modifications. Your video helped me a ton in visualizing how exactly a DiY version would work. Thank you! It looks amazing.
Yes we modified it a lot, Some because it is built in place and some just because it lowered the cost or made it easier
Awesome job!
Great job Guys! Loved your video!
Really nice job on the coop. I have been watching all the Carolina Coops videos and I am going to try to do the same thing you did. Thanks!
Thank You David, We will be doing a video in the next few days showing more of the images from construction as well as some of the dimensions and suggestions we have.
Nice job
Thank You
Really well done Sue & Ryan! Our coop is humbled by comparison. :)
- Rich Lussier
Rich, Thank You, Sue decided if we where having chickens she wanted a good size coop. We spent the winter watching and looking at other designs and settled on this design. No regrets on this design for sure. It is really nice to be able to stand up inside the run etc.
Sue and Ryan great job!!!! I also did a Coop based on Matt's video's from Carolina Coops. Have to agree makes the job of raising and keeping chickens SUPER EASY!!! I plan on posting my coop video in April. Big shout out to you guys and Matt for taking the time to show these very informative video's.
Thank You. We are very happy with this coop and will only be making one minor change and that is to raise the door for the snow and ice we have build up.
@@aroundthehomesteadwithsuer3497 thank you for your coop design. Could you please tell us about your lighting, what kind, are they on a timer, wiring, outdoor lighting seems to be a motion light. Could you also tell us about your watering system. Thank you
Nice coop.... I'm going to build one that's very similar. Thank you for a good video!
If you run into any questions along the way feel free to reach out! Hindsight has taught us that the nesting boxes should Be a little deeper to help prevent the chickens from throwing all the nesting material out and having eggs break.
Brilliant! You guys did an amazing job.
It came out pretty good really for an idea in Ryans head based on some you tube videos of the Carolina Coops
Wonderful job guys
Thank You, We had a lot of fun building it and the chickens seem to enjoy it
Great job! We are not handy and we bought a Carolina Coop. You did a nice job and it was good of you to give Matt credit. You know what they say, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” I noticed a solar panel as well.
Yes the lighting is solar powered. We work in that industry so it was kind of a fun project. here is a link to that video.
ruclips.net/video/GXU0OdR3xVc/видео.html
This looks quite nicely done.
Thank you, We really like this design so far. We will do a follow up video soon but so far we really enjoy this style coop
Very nice
Nice coop well thought out
Thank You, We are several years in and still loving the design
Correction of cause it cost more to build from 4ft to 7 ft.
I will learn from you, thank you
Superb
Thank You
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I absolutely Love your Chicken Coop and Run “Chicken Mansion “ ❤️
My Son and His Best friend are I the process of Building Me a 10 x12 Chicken Coop and not sure 🤔 how big of a Run? But, after them doing the posts with concrete with rocks in the ground we’re kinda at a stand still and not sure 🤔 going forward How much it will Cost? Can you give an idea how much money I’ll need going forward? If you don’t mind Me asking! Beautiful 🤩 Coop, ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awesome coop! Definitely gave me more ideas on how I want to build mine. What size is the door opening into the coop?
It is around 30 inches wide, The mistake we made was making it all the way down as when the snow builds up its hard to open. We ended up shortening the door and putting a fixed 2x6 across the bottom and now it works well
Hi! we are also not doing panels and have a 3' spacing on the framing. Did you buy 3' wide rolls of hardware cloth and attach them vertically in each section?
Yes we did
I want a coop from them!
They do build a super nice coop!
look into (LAB) lactic acidid bacteria, helps to control smell, breaks down waste faster, adds a healthy enviroment for your birds. it is even good ( safe to add to the bird feed and/ or water.. you can make it at home.
And the Solar panels are used for the lights? is there a timer on the lights or is it activated for security or for feeding?
The Solar charge controller turns the lights on at dusk for 6 hours right now. That can be adjusted based on the length of the day. Chickens need a certain number of light hours a day to lay eggs regularly so we decided to use an old solar module we had and make it off grid
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Nice job! I'm going to build something similar. By any chance did you build it in sections and then put it all together and would you make it bigger if you could? I'm starting with 20 chickens but might expand in the future.
That is actually one spot we detoured from Carolina Coops, We made ours more conventional framing as we built it in place. Personally we would not likely go any bigger but we don't plan much more than 15-20 birds.
@@aroundthehomesteadwithsuer3497 Thank you so much! So you find that your chickens have plenty of room inside? It's an 8x8 right? I really appreciate the information.
@@seecesar Yes they have two 8ft roosting bars and they seem to all nest on one together. Bigger is always better for sure but our budget and space sort of helped us balance size.
Hello Sue and Ryan, I have a daughter who would like chickens, but I don't like the smell that comes with it. It seems this coop may help. What are some tips you have for cleaning the coop and keeping the smell down? Thanks in advance
Hi Camille, the great news is that there is a lot you can do that will reduce the smell of chickens. We find that our run really does not smell at all.
The first thing to make sure of is that you are providing enough space. The more space that they have the more the poo is spread out reducing the smell. Keep in mind that you will be adding a floor covering, so not too huge. We have 17 chickens and although our coop house is technically large enough to house more, I would not want to add many more with the run size. If you are in a cold climate make sure the coop house is small enough for the number of chickens to ensure they can stay warm.
The second thing is to make sure that the bedding is deep in the coop. We are using wood shavings in the coop right now and that works pretty well. As the chickens poop, add a small amount of shavings about once every one to two weeks to cover up the poop. Doing this keeps it in layers and allows the microbes to start to break it all down without causing excess moisture or compacted. You can then clean it much less often and still have it remain sanitary and not smelly. You may want to try hemp bedding in the coop also, many people say its a huge improvement over the shavings.
Third is the footing in the run, this is probably the most important thing because this should be where most of the poop is. Use a large rough wood chip(not shavings). The key is a heavy material that is slow to break down. What you want to avoid at all cost is the slime that can happen when there is too much poop, water and organic fine material. This creates an anaerobic environment and it smells BAD. By adding course wood chip you are adding a material that does not pack easily this keeps air present and allows the good bacteria and microbes to do their job. Good composting shouldn't smell and composting is really what this is.
The last thing is encouraging your chickens to scratch and peck. Make them do the work of turning the compost that they are creating. This is really easy to do just by giving them your table scraps. Chickens can eat almost anything that we can. You'll reduce your feed bill and you will get better eggs for it. That's a double win! Throw the table scraps out in the run and they will have a great time foraging for them. Just be sure that you are not giving them more at any time than they can finish in about 2 hours. In addition they should always have access to a balanced chicken feed if they are being kept in a coop.
Chickens are a lot of fun. They are a great starter animal to teach kids about responsibility of caring for a pet daily and they make breakfast! I hope that you give having them some extra consideration with some methods of smell reduction.
-Sue
@@aroundthehomesteadwithsuer3497 Thank you so much for this detailed response. It is very helpful. God bless you. Happy New Year
This is so well done guys. I think we can do this!
@@twinsplus-vn1ky We will try and do a video with pictures from the build and some more in depth descriptions of what we did in the next few days. The framing is pretty straight forward.
@@aroundthehomesteadwithsuer3497 when you do the in depth video, please include cost estimates! You did a lovely job!
Do you have any plans or anything that could be shared? This is absolutely beautiful!
We will do a in depth video soon with pictures of the build. I will go over the material lists and what was used. Hopefully I can get this done in the next 4-5 days.
@@aroundthehomesteadwithsuer3497 That's awesome! I've got notifications on now. Lol
god damn thats an amazing pen, i wish i knew how to build things - i have no idea where to start, my current pen is on the ground and its aweful - rats/mice poop everywhere >:(
Yes we are very happy with it for sure, Thank You for the compliments
The rafter in run r not like Carolina Coops
It was based off their coop design but not identical.