Is your chicken pin or coop better than this? If you think so tell us all about your setup in the comments. Lets compare ideas and see who has the best setup.
I will be assembling the coop back together live tomorrow on freedom acres to show that it is just as easy to put together as it is to take apart. we will be bringing some of the big girls out to see their new home.
How do you keep the chickens warm in the winter? I want an all-around coop, not just summer proof. I'm saying this because I like this coop a lot, but I wonder if this will also keep my chickens warm in December?
Not just words, ALL ACTION! Who can't appreciate that??? Appreciate the demo Lead! 😊 Safe travels back and forth to Freedom Acres to you and Lady Lead 😊
Sorry to say that there are several instances on Raccoons reaching into large openings like that and pulling the bird's head out and killing it - horribly. You should put hardwire mesh over the outside of those runs.
Wow! That really does seem like a simple and easy set and break down. I shared this with a family member that’s thinking about getting chickens. Thanks for sharing.😊
I had to step my game up a couple of years ago Sapper. During 2020 we could afford to keep losing birds to predators. And to be honest, things have gotten even worse if you ask me.😂
Love my producers pride poultry pen. I disassembled and moved by myself and then set it back up. Even 60 year old girls can do it. ☺️ I would love a second one to expand also. I am so doing this 2x4 trick tomorrow. Thanks for that Ingenious tip.
I agree I have the producers pride large run with the coop. We ended up putting together another coop for more space, during the day they still hang out in the same run and have room to roam. It is a great product.
We have the same chicken coop and we absolutely love it!! You are right, they are the best! (Btw you can also purchase the retriever expendable welded wire dog kennel at TSC and just had a roof to it to get the same coop) Thanks for all the videos!
@@leadfarmer73 🤣🤣, Hey you are a doer bro!!! that's why we all watch your videos, I'm new to the chicken raising game, its scary and new for me, but I got nothing to lose by trying. You and lady lead encourage us in a daily, keep moving forward bro. 👍👊
I live in an urban neighborhood, 5 miles from a State Capital. If I put this in my backyard with chickens in it, the local raccoons would reach through those openings to grab a bird and bite the heads off. Rats and squirrels would squeeze between the panel connections and eat all the food. Young possums would be able to make off with any eggs as they squeeze through behind rats and squirrels. Foxes could slither under it and feast on my girls. The only use is to keep dogs and coyotes at bay. If I had this in my backyard, I'd be up nights with my angle grinder and a roll of hardware cloth struggling to make it predator-safe. I long for an out-of-the-box solution, one that can be reconfigured as needed for broody pens, sick animals, ever-changing flock sizes, and all the things we need a portable cage to do. I'd even love something like this to secure my container plants from the ravages of birds and squirrels. But this product is not even close. Sorry.
This video made me think of my Dad and Mother, they are from Mississippi. If they were still living I would purchase enough land for us to live on it and farm. My Dad built us a chicken coup when I was a child with scrap wood from his job and chicken wire after my Mother fell in the snow chasing a dog after our chickens in the city. It held up for years after getting rid of chickens due to a neighbor reporting us...
I have two of them end to end - LOVE THEM!!!! I have a had a few issues. Mainly now small birds and Bio-Security. Wrapped them in chicken wire and the birds still come through the chicken wire itself. Beyond that - so far - so good. One got damaged in transit (Shipping) TSC did assist in that matter. They are a great investment. Wish they were made with a Hardware Cloth type heavy duty still like the base of the coop they have - and the coop in the run triple protection for the ladies.
Guava 👋🏾 Uncle Lead! Do you have to put anything around the bottom or underneath the coop to keep things from digging in? Thanks for sharing and stay blessed fam! -Calvin
You must live in a very warm climate the way you use those 2x4 as chicken roosts, all quasi open-air. I like the idea of folding down and easy transport.
We bought one of these a few months ago and so far we are as enthusiastic as you are. I'm worried about weasel and mink. We've seen a couple mink in the area. I'm not sure where you are, do you have those types of predators? I was thinking of lining ours with 1/2 in wire mesh, but that's a bit of a job, if it is not necessary. Thanks for your work!
I’m sold! You have great ideas for how to turn it into an actual coop. I was so confused about nesting boxes and roosting bars. I’m going to do them exactly like yours!! Thank you! They sell a cover for it too fyi!
I built this over the New Year weekend. I’m so glad I did. I did the roosting bars and nest box shelf like you showed. Thanks!!! I’m so happy. I can tell my chickens are too. My store bought coops were falling apart. This one will last a long time. I’m going to attach a second one as well when I have another long weekend. Thanks again! 🐓
This video has a great audio! What do you use? Also, there are animals that can dig under the cages! Maybe use a cement pad and put dirt and grass on top of it!
Can you do a follow up on the chicken food you been giving them? Last year you fed them beans and pasta. Did you change feed? Do you still give them this? Do you suppliment with other foods for vitamins?
Wives who have a strong homesteading husband are the luckiest women alive. Having to do everything yourself, winging it, no real good tools, a car that doesn’t run & injuries from a work accident suck.
Cool as a fan. Video was worth it for that alone. After building a mobile wood coop and run that's pretty heavy I wonder how much better off I'd have been trying this first. The one issue I see for areas with weasel population are the gaps, a weasel will be in there with no resistance.
If you have raccoons in your area I recommend adding smaller wire ( like hardware cloth) at each end of the roosts. Raccoons reach through and grab a chicken then pull a foot or head through and start eating. We also have put solid metal (or wood) up about 2 feet at the bottom. This keeps the wind from blowing through at the ground level so keeps warmer and makes it chick safe. Our cages are similar construction and started life as heavy dog kennels. Great cages. We often use them to raise meat bird chicks or move a setting mama in and let them hatch their babies and keep them safe the first weeks.
Lead just pray brother! The most high will reveal to you what’s going on in this world! Pray for like minded people for you to attach yourself to. What’s happening is spiritual! Preparing is good but without YAH it’s not gonna mean much. Shalom!
Not going to lie, the entire time watching this, I was hoping you had the birds corralled up somewhere while you were taking it down, to avoid the great chicken escape lol. Looks like everything went very well.
Lead I got the retriever dog kennel from TS, it’s basically the same thing but in stead of the cage roof it’s a tarp cover and I ran hard wire cloth under the tarp just incase the raccoons try to tear through the tarp. 👍💪🙏
I Love mine!! I have rabbits in mine on the ground so I lined the bottom and about 2 ft up the sides with smaller wire. Im about to get another for my quail. Raccoons can not get in either. ❤
I will be assembling the coop back together live tomorrow on freedom acres to show that it is just as easy to put together as it is to take apart. we will be bringing some of the big girls out to see their new home.
Thank you I wondered how easy it was when I looked at it the store it's so study so I figured it was hard
How to get in touch with you ? Considering buying some of your fruit trees if you have any left to sell...
How do you keep the chickens warm in the winter? I want an all-around coop, not just summer proof. I'm saying this because I like this coop a lot, but I wonder if this will also keep my chickens warm in December?
In fact, there are cheaper chicken houses, you can take a look at ZiDtia Chicken Coop
What I appreciate about Lead is zero fear mongering and lots of productive solutions and wisdom
thank you so much. I try. I really do. solutions are the only way to get anything done.
Not just words, ALL ACTION! Who can't appreciate that??? Appreciate the demo Lead! 😊 Safe travels back and forth to Freedom Acres to you and Lady Lead 😊
thank you my family. thank you. I have so much work to do that I don't have no time for the mess. I'm trying to get the HE'LL out of the city life 🤣
I love how easy that was to disassemble and to watch you reassemble on the new land.😊
I will be assembling it back together live tomorrow on freedom acres
I love the chickens. Reminds me of when I would collect the eggs for my grandma. Awesome chicken coup. You are a great teacher.
Thank you for sharing! That's still a lot of gaps for snakes. I'll have to line the sides and bottom with 4" hardwired cloth.
Sorry to say that there are several instances on Raccoons reaching into large openings like that and pulling the bird's head out and killing it - horribly. You should put hardwire mesh over the outside of those runs.
Lady Lead popping up across the screen near the end was like a special surprise! Looking forward to the live 😊
She didn’t even see the camera. She didn’t know I was recording. I left her part In because her loved on me😂
@@leadfarmer73 🥰
Wow! That really does seem like a simple and easy set and break down. I shared this with a family member that’s thinking about getting chickens. Thanks for sharing.😊
Do you think they could be converted into a green houses by adding some polycarbonate panels.
Wow....that is so brilliant...single person assembly and everything...wow. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Fantastic! like that it folded and each individual panel didn't have to be taken apart! Approx. weight in carton?
once you have those claps on it makes moving around and assembly and disassembly super easy
That looks like it would be a good addition to our existing coop too, Brother Lead.
I had to step my game up a couple of years ago Sapper. During 2020 we could afford to keep losing birds to predators. And to be honest, things have gotten even worse if you ask me.😂
Love my producers pride poultry pen. I disassembled and moved by myself and then set it back up. Even 60 year old girls can do it. ☺️ I would love a second one to expand also. I am so doing this 2x4 trick tomorrow. Thanks for that Ingenious tip.
I agree I have the producers pride large run with the coop. We ended up putting together another coop for more space, during the day they still hang out in the same run and have room to roam. It is a great product.
We have the same chicken coop and we absolutely love it!! You are right, they are the best! (Btw you can also purchase the retriever expendable welded wire dog kennel at TSC and just had a roof to it to get the same coop) Thanks for all the videos!
You just gave me a great idea with the 2 x 4s
i'm gonna build a whole nesting box / inclosed coop on it like I was supposed to do in the first place🤣
@@leadfarmer73 🤣🤣, Hey you are a doer bro!!! that's why we all watch your videos, I'm new to the chicken raising game, its scary and new for me, but I got nothing to lose by trying. You and lady lead encourage us in a daily, keep moving forward bro. 👍👊
I live in an urban neighborhood, 5 miles from a State Capital. If I put this in my backyard with chickens in it, the local raccoons would reach through those openings to grab a bird and bite the heads off. Rats and squirrels would squeeze between the panel connections and eat all the food. Young possums would be able to make off with any eggs as they squeeze through behind rats and squirrels. Foxes could slither under it and feast on my girls. The only use is to keep dogs and coyotes at bay. If I had this in my backyard, I'd be up nights with my angle grinder and a roll of hardware cloth struggling to make it predator-safe. I long for an out-of-the-box solution, one that can be reconfigured as needed for broody pens, sick animals, ever-changing flock sizes, and all the things we need a portable cage to do. I'd even love something like this to secure my container plants from the ravages of birds and squirrels. But this product is not even close. Sorry.
you can serch zidtia chicken coop
Yep. ONLY thing that I use is hardware cloth to protect from snakes, opossum, squirrels, rats, mice, raccoons, etc. etc. This would not work for me.
Hey Bro, I got the Producers Pride cages too. It really is good, my chickens are 6 weeks and going out today for the 1st time
these cages are the best when it come to predators. I have them on security cameras, trying hard to get my birds at night but they eventually give up.
@@leadfarmer73 wow, good, I made a good choice then YAY 👊👍
You can stand up in it too...wow
This video made me think of my Dad and Mother, they are from Mississippi. If they were still living I would purchase enough land for us to live on it and farm. My Dad built us a chicken coup when I was a child with scrap wood from his job and chicken wire after my Mother fell in the snow chasing a dog after our chickens in the city. It held up for years after getting rid of chickens due to a neighbor reporting us...
I have two of them end to end - LOVE THEM!!!! I have a had a few issues. Mainly now small birds and Bio-Security. Wrapped them in chicken wire and the birds still come through the chicken wire itself. Beyond that - so far - so good. One got damaged in transit (Shipping) TSC did assist in that matter. They are a great investment. Wish they were made with a Hardware Cloth type heavy duty still like the base of the coop they have - and the coop in the run triple protection for the ladies.
Guava 👋🏾 Uncle Lead! Do you have to put anything around the bottom or underneath the coop to keep things from digging in? Thanks for sharing and stay blessed fam!
-Calvin
I don't because the birds like to dig. but on the outside I pound fencing into the ground so it discourages predators from digging.
I put wire on the bottom of mine. I have a raccoon problem. They haven't been able to get in. ❤
Ok this good information thank you posting this info 👍❤️
We have 1 and put the chicken coop rough the little side into that we put heavy plastic around it and then tarps for the winter.
You must live in a very warm climate the way you use those 2x4 as chicken roosts, all quasi open-air. I like the idea of folding down and easy transport.
Yes I do!
Just bought one on sale for $480 for my bachelors. 😁 Great review!😊
Watching again
Lead farmer, I love your CZcams handle. Tropic Thunder?
Great tip for the 2x4's.
Much appreciated.
We bought one of these a few months ago and so far we are as enthusiastic as you are. I'm worried about weasel and mink. We've seen a couple mink in the area. I'm not sure where you are, do you have those types of predators? I was thinking of lining ours with 1/2 in wire mesh, but that's a bit of a job, if it is not necessary. Thanks for your work!
Thanks we got rid of our chickens because everything was getting them this is a must try thanks for sharing from the supremes
I have these plus the producer pride coop with the 10X10 run. Same type of build. I want to reconfigure and am looking for ideas.
Where was this when I was looking months ago for ideas ~!
I’m sold! You have great ideas for how to turn it into an actual coop. I was so confused about nesting boxes and roosting bars. I’m going to do them exactly like yours!! Thank you!
They sell a cover for it too fyi!
I built this over the New Year weekend. I’m so glad I did. I did the roosting bars and nest box shelf like you showed. Thanks!!! I’m so happy. I can tell my chickens are too. My store bought coops were falling apart. This one will last a long time. I’m going to attach a second one as well when I have another long weekend. Thanks again! 🐓
Good info!
thank you so much MRG❤
Lead shows you that it can be done! Takes the fear out of doing things. Just Do It! Thanks!!
Nice job brother.
Love this
Your wife looks so pleasant. You all are a cute couple. You almost look alike. God bless you in all that you lay your hands to do.
Thank you 👍
Aww man i want one of those. I can't wait to build it!!
Great video
Nothing fancy, man you got it so fancy I'm moving in. ❤
Thank you for sharing. I saved this video for future reference when I move to a more rural area out of the city. Loved this easy coop method 😊
thats awesome bro
I got these exact cages for my chickens. Nothing better, and it will outlast me.
Thank s uncle lead I'm in the process of buying them now 🥰
Do you have a picture or video of how you have them set up now?
Hey Lead, where you put them for winter? I'm trying to decide which coop to get but it gets cold here. Thanks
Sweet!
thank you Paulette
Thanks for sharing your relocation journey!🤗
I love this video, No I don't have chicken yet however the knowledge is priceless. Passing on to my family. Better and better
We get too cold here id have to make a box area with door for fall winter
This video has a great audio! What do you use? Also, there are animals that can dig under the cages! Maybe use a cement pad and put dirt and grass on top of it!
I was going to make the same comment about how to stop that problem
Mississippi here
I can’t find the live or the video that shows where you put these together
Man Lead be putting in the work 💪🏿.
Do ya thang brother.
Appreciate this. Great info, especially if you've purchased coops over & over again.
Wow 😮😮😮
I just set my budget up for a chicken farm and that's the coop I'm set to purchase. Wow
This guy’s National treasure guy’s 😎
Can you do a follow up on the chicken food you been giving them? Last year you fed them beans and pasta. Did you change feed? Do you still give them this? Do you suppliment with other foods for vitamins?
Will do!
Wives who have a strong homesteading husband are the luckiest women alive. Having to do everything yourself, winging it, no real good tools, a car that doesn’t run & injuries from a work accident suck.
Cool as a fan. Video was worth it for that alone.
After building a mobile wood coop and run that's pretty heavy I wonder how much better off I'd have been trying this first. The one issue I see for areas with weasel population are the gaps, a weasel will be in there with no resistance.
If you have raccoons in your area I recommend adding smaller wire ( like hardware cloth) at each end of the roosts. Raccoons reach through and grab a chicken then pull a foot or head through and start eating. We also have put solid metal (or wood) up about 2 feet at the bottom. This keeps the wind from blowing through at the ground level so keeps warmer and makes it chick safe. Our cages are similar construction and started life as heavy dog kennels. Great cages. We often use them to raise meat bird chicks or move a setting mama in and let them hatch their babies and keep them safe the first weeks.
Good information for me I’m thinking about it I got raccoon’s in my area zone 6
They sure will. I have a “one armed” rooster now from that happening.
Lead just pray brother! The most high will reveal to you what’s going on in this world! Pray for like minded people for you to attach yourself to. What’s happening is spiritual! Preparing is good but without YAH it’s not gonna mean much. Shalom!
Another satisfying video I gotta show this to my daughter ❤❤❤
Big Ws 💪🏾👍🏾
GOOD MORNING MR LEAD DONT FORGET ABOUT THE SNAKES
Hello it’s a beautiful sight to see while learning, Lady Lead has a beautiful smile
Thanks Lead, you know I have been waiting for this video!!!!
Hello Lead, thank you for always putting out great content!
Not going to lie, the entire time watching this, I was hoping you had the birds corralled up somewhere while you were taking it down, to avoid the great chicken escape lol. Looks like everything went very well.
Lead I got the retriever dog kennel from TS, it’s basically the same thing but in stead of the cage roof it’s a tarp cover and I ran hard wire cloth under the tarp just incase the raccoons try to tear through the tarp. 👍💪🙏
Can't wait to see the Live Lead!
Hey LF and LL I love what im seeing xoxo
We have the same one and we love it!
Here for the video big bro!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
ONLY thing that I use is hardware cloth to protect from snakes, opossum, squirrels, rats, mice, raccoons, etc. etc. This would not work for me.
Wow that's amazing. Have to look into it
How well these work in a cold climate in the winter. Is there anything you would do for winter to this cage.
If they are in dirt becareful nothing digs under and they don't dig out. We had something trying to dig in by the main door.
What do you do in the winter time? Won't they freeze? 🤔 I know it doesn't take much for processed chicken meat to freeze.
They are birds. I know we never think about it but yup chickens are just big birds. And what do birds do in the winter? 🥶 🤣😉
@@leadfarmer73 : I don't know, that's why I'm asking. They can withstand freezing temperatures? 🤔
yes. they can withstand the cold just like the little birds in your backyard.
@@leadfarmer73: OH wow! 🤯 Thank you! ☺
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Thank you for sharing!
I have seen others get large snakes up sides but hardware cloth might stop those
How does the deep litter method work for you with keeping smells down?
zero smells. ZERO! it's the only way I do their coops for about 15 years now
@@leadfarmer73 Thanks Lead!
Deep liter method is the best! 😊
Also.... how do you trained the grown dogs to not kill tje chickens ? I hear to use a training collar . Haven't tried that yet !!
I Love mine!! I have rabbits in mine on the ground so I lined the bottom and about 2 ft up the sides with smaller wire. Im about to get another for my quail. Raccoons can not get in either. ❤
Also the size is great for zip tying a tarp over the top and sides for rain protection. Fits great.
Do you have to fight with flies? How do you get rid of them
Wow 🤔
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Whats the measurements of the chicken cage ???
8x8
So what’s this thing called?
How much does it cost?
Where can I get one?
All your animals are asking to come out...don't forget rabbits and chickens are intelligent beings and need time outside to hang out and discover. ..
they were all asking to come out and see what inside of my kitchen looked like. I took them on a field trip and showed them.😊 🐓+🐰=🍗 🥘 🥧
Thanks for sharing
Those are nice!!!
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Okay, what do you use for digging under the coupe preditors around your coupe?
How do you guard against snakes?