Don’t make THESE chicken coop mistakes!

You don’t know what you don’t know until you know better… When we built our first chicken coop, we made five big mistakes that we will not repeat with future coop builds.
Welcome to our Plan Bee! After 20 years of successful careers in the Los Angeles area we moved to rural Missouri and are taking steps to become more self-sustaining on our homestead. I break down all the farmy things into small manageable steps so you can start homesteading wherever you are.
We homestead on 2.5 acres in the Missouri Ozarks, and our garden hardiness zone is 6B.
Our weekly videos break down farming and gardening into small manageable steps so you can make the transition towards self sufficiency and food sustainability without being overwhelmed!
I garden in the Missouri Ozarks and am in hardiness zone 6B.
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[@acreone1833]

Time to revamp that one pronto. All the best

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

Right??? A new floor with more space between wires would do wonders.

[@aromaofhope]

Really informative! Thanks, Lorella!

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

You’re welcome!

[@Yeshuaschosen]

I loved the slow mo! I would keep that garden house out & spray it out regularly!

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

Yes I think that’s what I need to do!
I was so sad when I saw all of the slow mo. 😂😭😂

[@Yeshuaschosen]

@@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm Made my day! I love that your videos are real!

[@shannondixson2240]

Southeast Tx here. I feel and understand you with the heat and wire cloth 🙄

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

Yep. Ugh.

[@suzie2080]

@3:08 I laughed out loud! Great info as usual. That is such a hard job.

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

😂😂😂😂it’s soooooo uncomfortable in there. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ariesfarms]

Great info

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

Thanks!

[@keeppraising184]

Next time ask and I'll come help you! This is Katie btw 🥰

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

Wow, thank you! I will.

[@deborahlawing2728]

You might want to wear a mask while cleaning chicken manure from an en closed space especially. In the video you can see the dust rising when you shovel it into the wheelbarrow. Protect your lungs. As for cleaning and egg retrieval a leaf rake might help and the hose method might be all you need if it was done more frequently. Nice video.

[@LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm]

Both good points! Thanks.