Caught in the Pouring Rain - Building My Modern Chicken Coop Part 2
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2022
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Part 2 of my DIY minimalist chicken coop build using reclaimed material. This build is perfect for a flock of about 12 birds to live comfortably with plenty of shelter from the elements. In this video, I build the coop flooring, roof, and siding.
This design reuses and recycles a lot of reclaimed materials, keeping our chicken coop build environmentally conscious and budget friendly.
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Like this coop? We've put together step-by-step building plans to help you build one for your flock! Download them here:
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You did a great job on the coop. Looking forward to more projects.
Thanks for checking it out, I hope to do some more projects this year :)
Love this channel! Your skills are exceptional!❤
Thanks so much for being here, I'm glad you've enjoyed the videos!
I watched part one and two and it maintained my full attention. although I have built a lot of things and am a pretty handy person I still felt overwhelmed about getting chickens and building a proper coop & run. however after watching your video I am so excited to get home from my vacation and get started on this project.
Yes, you can do it! It's not overly complicated, just a big box :) Plus the chickens won't notice any imperfections either (or won't say anything if they do) 😂
You are wise and will not regret going with hardware cloth. Ha, I laughed when I saw you using the nips to cut the wire. I ended up buying the same kind of hand tool. What a time saver!
Thanks! Haha yeah things really sped up once I switched to the angle grinder.
🎉🎉🎉😂 when you took shelter in the chicken coop it' s a nice relief from the pouring rain, glad to see the after the rain continuation . The end product is awesome, it' s a mansion coop, your flocks are more than Happy to have a family like yours😂 your little girl holding a yellow chick in her jacket reminds me of my childhood days when I play, follow the yellow with chicks.. the outro🤣 that chicken saying keep on watching. .🥰
Thanks so much, we're all really happy with how it turned out 😁
Nice looking structure!
Thank you!
Nice arrangements! I'm going back to watch the preceding presentations!!
Cheers, thanks for checking it out!
hi well you did a great job there, and you have given a lot more people a BIG help in planing and making a secure chicken house and run for a lot less bucks, as you say in U S A 10 out of 10 good luck keep safe
Thanks Geoffrey, that means a lot. It's amazing how much material can be salvaged if you just have a bit of patience and a keen eye. Definitely worth saving a few bucks when you can! Cheers from Canada.
Absolutely love this coop! Thank you for taking the time to make these detailed videos my husband and I will be attempting to recreate this for our girls!
Thank you so much, that really means a lot! I'm sure your girls will absolutely love it too 😍 Good luck with the build!
Like you I build everything by myself too although I’m probably twice your age but I still love it. I’m building a coop and run about the same size as yours and very similar to your design except the top of the run will be wire with a tarp covering the wire. The top of the henhouse will be plywood covered with metal. You did a great job designing and building your chickens facility I like it a lot…Thanks for the show.
Cheers, thanks for checking it out and thanks for the kind words! Wire with a tarp over it seems like a reasonable way to reduce material costs, and should be fine during the drier months (or if you're in a dry climate. I didn't find plywood necessary on the roof, but maybe you're working with different material or requirements.
Good luck, let me know how it turns out!
Really appreciate the video man! Gonna make something similar to your build!
Thanks so much for checking it out! Awesome, can't wait to see what you build. Will this be your first time keeping chickens?
Good job 👏🏻 beautiful chicken coop
Thanks for checking it out, and thanks for the kind words!
Very good 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
That's a good reason to use chicken wire lol its one big peace and its light. Also you can put in the dirt to keep fox's from trying to dig under the coop.
Chicken wire is more to keep chickens in then keep predators out unfortunately. It's pretty easy for predators to break through it.
You must have construction experience
If not, i am super impressed
Thanks! No construction experience other than some diy projects. I find the best way to learn is by doing ✌️😊
8:02 is priceless. Put that on your wall sir
Good job
Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it!
NICE JOB LIKE ALWAYS,FOLLOWER FROM ***MOROCCO***
Thanks for watching! Do you have chickens?
Very nice! Now you just need to come to Iowa and build one for me! LOL
Sounds fun, I've never been to Iowa before! 😂
Hello thanks you so must
Thanks!
Amazing!..
Thanks so much, I appreciate it!
@@Slowsteading I really enjoyed watching here from the Philippines... Keep up the good work 🐣
Top demais 👏👏👏🇧🇷
Obrigado!
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Thanks so much! Cảm ơn rât nhiều.
You've probably already realized this by now but if you haven't, your chickens are loosing a lot of heat in their coop with only that wire at the top
Cheers thanks for the advice. It rarely drops below freezing where I live, and even then the chickens are cold hardy to about -10C without any supplemental heat. Ventilation is just as if not more important.
Good luck bro
Thanks!
Lol I love to use hand tools then proceeds to use every power tool under the sun 😂
Haha busted! It was a romantic idea, but in the end getting the project done in a reasonable amount of time took priority 🤷♂
Hello.. Im New to your channel and You did a Beautiful job on your coop & run.. Can't wait for part 3... Thanks!
Thanks Barb, part 3 is coming soon :) I've checked out your vids and subbed now too, love your flock and your peacock.
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Thank you! 😊
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Kümesin ölçü plan projelerini paylaşırmısın kolay gelsin
The total structure is about 8' x 16', with the enclose coop being 8' x 6'. I don't have blueprints available unfortunately, but I hope that helps!
Goodjob bro..beautifull chicken coop 👍☕️
Cheers!
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This is nice bro...would mind listing down names of all the tools you have been using on this chicken coup please. I want go buy mine
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it. At a minimum I would recommend a power drill/driver and a circular saw, that would be sufficient to build a simple structure. The other tools like the miter saw and brad nailer made things quicker but weren't absolute necessities for the job. I'll work on compiling a full list and add it the video description soon.
@@Slowsteading thank you
@@unclemax4257 No problem!
For insulation I would have placed wood down before the roofing.
Great suggestion. The coop is quite shaded by some large trees, but that would definitely help during the hot summers.
Great job. Where do you find all this salvage material?
Thanks so much for checking it out. The material comes from a number of places, mainly:
1. Online classified ads/marketplace (posting "Wanted" ads helps)
2. Free piles on the side of the road (this is common where I live, but also many other cities/towns)
3. Local thrift stores
4. Garage sales/flea markets
It does take some time to accumulate (and a space to accumulate unfortunately) but I find it worth that tradeoff.
Great video ... Definitely made me feel confident I can try doing this... One question... I'm not sure where you are located but are you concerned about cold weather ? I noticed the top near the roof isn't covered it's just fencing ... Wont that allow cold freezing air into the coop during winter time?
Thanks so much for checking out the build! I'm in the Pacific Northwest, so winters are very mild only going below freezing for a couple weeks of the year. The chickens are pretty cold hardy to at least -10C (15F) so supplemental heat isn't really needed where we are. More important is ventilation. We do still have to go out with warm water as their waterers will freeze, but that's about the only extra winter care around here.
@@Slowsteading oooh ok. Thanks for responding... I'm in Ohio.. do you ever end up with snow inside the coop due to the the ventilation you have at the top (right below the roof)
@@crappiesniper I haven't had any issue with snow getting in there thankfully. I positioned the coop so that windward side is more closed off (no ventilation at the top) and that seemed to be sufficient. 😊
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Nice... How many chickens can this coop hold
Easily 10-12 comfortably.
how far did you space your rafters? did you plan out the rafters to fit the roofing?
They are about 2' apart. Honestly I just went with what made the most visual sense given the placement of the vertical supports of the coop walls. 2' seemed sufficient enough for structural support as well, and so far I've had no issues even with 100s of lbs of snow on top during a recent snow storm.
@@Slowsteading thanks
Great job super
Thanks!
At my place foxes will dig and get to the chickens unless there is a hard floor.
Ah that sounds tough! Does that usually mean concrete? Thankfully there are no foxes here 😁
@@Slowsteading yeah concrete is a good option. Well we have foxes you mapaches I think and we all have the ubiquitous rats 🤷🏻♂️.
Yep, lots of raccoons, rats and minks here unfortunately! Concrete sounds interesting from a cleaning perspective, you could probably just hose it off once in a while.
I truly appreciate your building but when you started stapling with staples definitely isn't going to be safe for raccoons pushing on it after a while 😢I would have sandwiche the fencing by just placing another 2x2 over top
Cheers! The wood sandwich would have been cool, thanks for the tips. So far no issues from our local raccoons, they seem to leave the full size hens alone. Maybe we're just lucky?
what would you have done differently? if anything
I think I would have made the eaves overhang a little bit more than they do. Everything stays reasonably dry but there's still a bit of splash back during heavy rains. Although a gutter system might help with that too and could be easily integrated into a rainwater collection system... 🤔
So, do you have plans for this? How many chickens can comfortably live in this coop?
The total structure is 16" x 8", it was designed to house a dozen birds quite comfortably. That number could increase if you allow free ranging though.
what size dr wood did you use?
The treated wood base is made of 8' 2x4s, the bulk of the structure is made of 2x2s (for cost savings), and the enclosed run is 2x4s (for a bit more structural strength.
The whole structure is 16'x8' and 6' tall, and the enclosed coop part is 8'x6' and 4' tall.
Hope that helps!
I love the vids but it’s hilarious how you talk about saving money on materials but then use thousands of dollars worth of equipment I don’t own. 😂😂
I don’t know what I should do for a coop but I need one bad. The one we have is old and falling apart.
Thanks, glad you like the vids! I know what you mean, tools can be expensive. I try to buy most of my tools second hand, then keep them in good shape so they last for years. Many of these tools are 5 or 10 years old and have paid themselves off through the countless projects they've helped me out on. 😬
You tortured yourself by not stapling the hardware cloth. Otherwise great work.
Tell me about it! I'm a big fan of "use what you got" but definitely could've saved myself a lot of trouble by just picking up a stapler. Lesson learned.😂
@@Slowsteading Ryobi makes a cheap battery operated pneumatic stapler.
@@michaellatham1971 Cheers thanks for the heads up. That'd make my life a lot easier!
Buys $4000 in tools plus materials for "sustainable" chicken coop which will never recoup the money on eggs/meat from the chickens over its lifetime. All thats missing is the low fat soy latte xD
Haha too true! I'm more of a black coffee guy myself actually 😂 I agree that tools aren't cheap, thankfully I've paid mine off over countless projects. The rest are second hand or borrowed 😁
I hope it doesn't hail in your part of the woods because the chicken are gonna hate the sound of all that ice and or heavy rain bashing the metal of the roof.
Hail is pretty uncommon here thankfully