In preparing to build my own coop (and during the build) I've watched these videos so many times. Last night I was down in the basement working on a frame for the roof, and I could hear this video playing upstairs--my stepdaughter with severe autism had seen this so often that she put it on when she got on RU-vid lol. She loves familiarity, and will watch things over, and over bc of the comforting feeling. I had just watched sooo many Carolina coop vids (multiple times) that they fulfilled that for her I guess lol. Thought it was really cute, wanted to share.
I'm building mine right now and I too have modeled mine off of one of their coops. A 4'x6' coop and a 12' run. 6' tall walls for the run and 7.5' overall height. I put linoleum tile in my coop to protect the wood and I've also insulated the coop floor and will insulate the walls as well, using left over Rockwool Insulation that I have! I'm also going to add tile to the first foot inside the walls, so the bedding won't penetrate into the wood where there's contact.
I LOVE this!!! Would you be able to make a video of just a regular customer assembling this coop without your help? I would love to see what I’d need and if I could assemble. 🤗
I love your productand I love your information. I haven’t kept chickens for over 30 years, mostly due to predatory problems I stopped keeping chickens. I’m in a new home on a little more than half an acre, and with it being over 20 miles to the nearest town, I would like to raise my own chickens for my own eggs, at over five dollars a dozen. It seems it would be more practical and healthier.. thank you for what you do. I appreciate all your effort. your coops are beautiful!
Matt, that price is a bargain!!! I decided I wanted some chickens, looked at some of the coops from tractor supply and though just as you did they were junk. So I saw some of your videos and thought I could save a few dollars trying to build one as nice as yours (even though I don’t have that much experience with construction I was sure I could build one better than the store coops) plus I needed a project for the holidays-mine is 4x4 like this one. While it is much better than a store bough coop, I know it’s not as nice as yours and here is the kicker, I didn’t save any money. The money I have in materials alone are more than the price of your coop. I wish I had seen this smaller coop when I was looking at your videos originally, I probably would have gotten one. I have a lot more respect for the craftsmanship that goes into your coops lol.
M M I can’t thank you enough for these very kind and needed words. You can see now how hard we have worked and are working to get the price down. Yes the price alone in materials makes this coop so worth it not to mention the high quality in materials. We will never give up trying to beat China at this game. Again thank you so much. May we share your words?
I am very much a perfectionist in everything I do and I love buying from companies that just do it right the first time. That’s why I drive a BMW, because they are such a perfectionist, and that’s why I would buy one of your chicken coops as soon as I get chickens.
I really enjoy watching your videos over the past year and the live chicken talk ones also ! Just amazing what you guys have accomplished with your coops. I have a little one toget started bit would love to purchase one of yours in the future if everything works out. We just moved a few months ago to a house with a little over an acre and we're going to get a half dozen chickens to start with soon. Can't wait to get started ! Thanks for all the great information.
A tiny loop screw on the inside of window and end of Dow peg with string tied to both will leave peg in window when not in use and easy to access and not lose.
@@toninovenditti6065 please email sales@carolinacoops.com, give them your address in Italy and which exact coop you want, they can give you an estimate. Thank you.
I love this chicken coop. It is perfect for someone who has a small flock and wants to keep their birds safe. Great job. Hopefully the shipping cost is built into the price of the coop.
The shipping cost isn't because we ship all over the world. But it is shipped in panels, so most of the assembly is already done for you. It has all the high quality construction and materials of an American Coop, it's just a bit smaller. Thanks for watching.
My personal preference for the polycarbonate windows would be to have them inset into the frame so it is flush and if possible some kind of clear glue instead of screws.
Magnificent, what more can I say. I know you want to get the cost down even lower but I am afraid your quality of build and appearance might suffer. Considering that this coop is built to last it is a worthwhile investment.
Thank you for your kind words. We would never sacrifice our quality or appearance just for costs sake. However, we are always looking for ways to keep our costs down whether it is from sourcing suppliers, shipping, or just getting quicker and more adept at assembling our coops. So no worries, we take pride in our high quality and we appreciate people like yourself who can recognize it.
Take the little dowels and give someone a dozen of them and put them in a very cute little 4 x 4 bag that has your logo on it and they can hang them on a little part that you could put them on a hook right under the hinges
Hi Im in Northern California and Id love to have this coop. I was thinking for the little notch/plug for the window you can use the same idea with the cable of the lock out door, use the cable, chain or rope/string attached to the lock with the window plug/peg attached at the end. Awesome coop!
Here is an idea- Drill the dowel and attach it to the carabiner with a little bungee cord. When the carabiner is used to keep the window closed the dowel stays with it and the opposite when you use the dowel to hold the window open the carabiner is with it. The become one unit that always has its place.
Love this size! Why not add a piece of flashing as a gutter to both sides making it less messy when it rains and easy to collect the rainwater to use for watering the chickens? It would be very inexpensive and add so much.
This set up looks great and would fit perfectly in a smaller suburban yard. The price came in a bit higher than was discussed in the first California Coop video, but I would rather pay a few hundred dollars more for your outstanding quality than see you compromise on material, hardware and workmanship to get the price down. The Chinese have already shown how that works out...JJ
Thanks. The first one was a smaller coop. We are also selling this panelized, so most of the assembly work is done for you. We do hope to get the price down, but for now we believe this is a great value for all that you are getting. We're glad you do see the craftsmanship and value in this coop.
Have you ever considered doing a Hen House and Chicken Run Workshop? Do you sell Blue Prints? Great video! I have enjoyed watching! Thank you for sharing!
HI Jose, we hope to start up our live podcast again to help people with their coops and chickens. We don't sell our plans currently but hope to do so in the future. A workshop is a wonderful idea. Thanks for watching.
Hello about where to place de wood pin. With a pice of fishing line you can make a nut on the corner and always is there swinging and went you need to used is right there eye level. You do very nice work ! congratulations
I will have to check this on out. I may be able to buy this one. Question: Will this hold 6 chickens? I'd like to start with 6 to 4. Lol! 4 is my last choice. Thank you!
Hi Ramona. The California Coop is made for 4 chickens. It's much too small in the run (and we think it's too small in the henhouse) for 6 chickens. Our American Coop is best if you plan on having more than 4. With the California Coop it's best to create space for them outside the run since it's a small run area.
Have you considered making the ramp angled like a stairway with a landing? The girls can still easily use it. However, for people like me who use a cane and have balance issues, not having a long, straight ramp getting underfoot would be a blessing. Just a thought.
Hi Sharon, we made a ladder now standard on our coops, which is shorter than the ramp. We also can always custom make anything for anyone to make things easier for them.
ever notice there is never a fixed price on any product advertized in youtube? kinda reminds me of buying a {new} motorcycle. turns out it was 2 years old. it was new because it never sold or ridden at the motorcycle dealership.
As for your dowel why not just drill a hole threw the dowel across the grain and have a ring like on your keys and have a chain have it long enough to hang down to the last hole and screw the chain to the top of the holes when not in use just let it hang down and then it can be put in any of the holes.
Thanks for the suggestion. We are trying to keep the cost down with the wood pegs and we used chains on our American Coop prior to moving to the dowels.
How much heat does the roof give off inside during the summer? Just wondering if need to add some type of insulation to protect the hens from the generated from the roofing material. Was just wondering.
Our metal roofing does not heat up the coops, in fact it does just the opposite. Metal has a low thermal mass, heat is not absorbed into the roofing material and then transmitted into the coop. In fact, the Florida Solar Energy Center states that metal roofing absorbs about 34 percent less heat than asphalt shingles. The painted metal roofs are even more energy efficient that plain metal roofing. (yes, even black roofing!) These roofs not only reflect solar energy, but also re-emit most of the solar energy that the coop absorbs. Keep in mind, the chickens are in the henhouse to lay and sleep. Our covered runs help provide cool shade in the hot summer. Thanks for your question.
This is an awesome Chicken Coop, I'm looking at getting some Sapphire Gem Chickens, our HOA will allow us to have 4 chickens. Will this be enough room for them? Also did you solve the Window Peg issue, on where to put the Peg? I'f I had the coop, I would drill a hole in the peg, tie a string on it and screw it to the wall and let it hang next to the window. Just my two cents
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos do you ever ship from your North Carolina location? I'm in GA, and want to pay for your turn key and it would cheaper for me coming from NC than all the way from NY.
There really isn't much room for another roost bar, nor is this coop made for 6 chickens. We prefer the American coop for 6-15 chickens. Thanks for watching
Hi Theresa. This henhouse is 4 foot wide, and we only put one roost bar in there, because it's only 3 foot deep. We want the chickens to have enough room to be on the roost bar and for their dropping to hit the deep litter bed and not another roost bar or chicken. The worst thing you can do is to overload a henhouse. We love the one-foot rule for chickens on the roost bar, but 10 inches is good too. We want to create an environment that is healthy for your chickens. Thanks for watching.
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos It just seems to me that two bars at the same height 12 inches from either side would allow for a few more birds. They'll only be sleeping and laying eggs in there.
@@theresaherfindahl5781 We believe that more health issues come from overloading a henhouse, and we find the way we space the bars works best for all breeds of chickens to keep them healthy. We could do two bars for people keeping small birds like bantams, or seramas.
Was thinking about getting some chickens soon and very keen on some very friendly ones. Keep hearing Buffs are great for the family, but concerned that the hen house might be to small for those big birds. You have any idea how well 3-4 of those girls could fit in cali coop hen house?
Hi Adam. Three or four buffs would definitely fit in there. We always say 12" of roost bar space per chicken. Most of the times they squish together anyway. Thanks for watching.
Check out our latest live video (you can still watch even though it's no longer live) that is behind the scenes of an American Coop being loaded onto the truck. This one has a built in storage area under the nest box.
We have our coops in every state in the U.S., so many are in states with harsh winters, this coop is just a smaller version of our popular American Coop. Plus with our winter storm shields to keep out blowing snow, this coop and all our coops can handle the harshest winters. Hope that helps.
Chris Zacho we have for customers that don’t want to remove chickens that have learned to become egg eaters. However we don’t want to make that standard so we can keep the price as low as possible.
Carolina Coops Videos Our beginning goal is to start with six since that’s the minimum we can order. Whenever an adult hen gets broody we’ll enter more into the flock. As of right now we cannot free range but my goal is to do that netted chicken garden that was featured in one of your other videos so we can sort of free range. It’s going to be about 12-18 months before we can even purchase one of the coops, we were thinking the American since it’s not that much more but I’ve always had the belief buy the best and biggest in case your needs grow. Husband do thinks this coop and we’re done but everyone says you get a little four hen flock you’ll get more and more... I know for dang sure he won’t be okay getting the California coop and then in a year or two have to get a bigger one. 😅
We don't, however, we advise people who have young birds that aren't laying to close off the nest boxes, either screw in a piece of plywood or cut a piece of cardboard to cover it up. Then they learn to go on the roost bars at night. Once they are laying they will instinctively go in the nest box. The are creatures of habit, so if they have good habits from the beginning, they should continue on with them. I don't know of any of our customers having issues with hens sleeping in the nest boxes. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
@@adeshwodan4679 we have a 6x12 coop, our American Coop. We don't give any discounts because we give the lowest price we can. carolinacoops.com/shop/american-coop/
Hi Kelly. We actually made upgrades to this coop and therefore we cannot yet get the cost down. Unfortunately the price of lumber and all our other high quality materials just keeps going up. We are constantly trying to keep the costs down. If you need to order a coop like this, please visit our website, we are in our busy season right now. carolinacoops.com/shop/california-coop/ thank you.
Why don't you drill a hole through the dowel, put a thick string through it that is long enough for it to hang to reach any hole., use an eye hook above the holes to attach the stringed dowel & then its always there & can reach any hole. Just a thought.🤔❤❗
We have had no problems with the doors. For our Dutch doors, we do bracing, but these doors don't require them since the hardware cloth is so lightweight.
Matt, can you just make the coop door just one door instead of two. Mine is one door with the center screened. Then i made a center door. Maybe make it a small window. I'm going to change mine to a window in the center of the door. I have to wait for it to warm up here in Chicago.
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos In the video, you mentioned you were going to try and get this down to $1000K but at the time was, $1495. It's now $1750. Is there a $1000K version?
@@xtaticca Hi Sean, we wanted to get the price down, however, the materials we use didn't allow for it and we have since added food safe high density polyethene in the henhouse and egg hutch. So that raised the price. We handpick and only use the best lumber which unfortunately does not allow us to make this quality coop any less expensive.
Yes, the long , higher bar. My hens all congregate at one end of their perch. If it ended at the boxes their poop would pile up in or very close to nest.
@@zeus3926 That's typical of hens to gather on one end. However, our coops use the deep litter method and we love the industrial hemp with our DL. All our customers usually do is just break up the poop a bit to help decomposition. That way it also doesn't get on their feet when they visit the nest boxes. Thanks for watching.
We considered and decided that it really didn’t look good because of the smaller size on the back of the henhouse. Also there is already lots of ventilation we felt it was better to keep the price down. If customers wanted to pay for it we would definitely build them what they want.
We use Sherwin Williams exterior paint for our coops. Of course it's best to paint the coops before your chickens take up residence, and since it's exposed to the open air there is no concern about fumes or off gassing. Hope that helps.
@@judyhowell7075 We do for our customers that want us to and our customers do as well. The lumber we use isn't pressure treated (except on the base) and will last longer if it's painted or stained.
My last chicken coop, my butt, I settled for one of the Amish coops and it was just so small and there was no way to make it functional. It was a joke.
pressure treated wood is treated with chemicals, that many don't want to expose their chickens to, plus pressure treated wood is more difficult to paint or stain immediately, so we choose a better product in Douglas fir.
Ruby Rymer Just be kind to your animals. Make a home for them that you will love to spend time in yourself. Has nothing to do with respect. But respect the animals. And if you don’t have space enough to them then don’t have any at all.
@@vforsejrv7801 i am kind to my animals thanky you very much i have horses sheep cows pigs hens rabbits guinea pigs a spoilt rotten dog and 1 hamster so i do know how to look after animals my dad is a vet and my mom works with animales but tbh i wouldnt keep my hens in this perticular coop as mine are free range so watch the other vidoes on his channe b4 u judge
Chickens would freeze to death, lose toes and combs, in one of these contraptions in any climate where the temps actually get cold. (Hint: Colorado or Nevada are NOT cold climates)
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos I know exactly what I'm talking about you bunch of brain dead money thieving pukes. Once you've cleaned the funds out of those who know no better, you're gone. Your ilk have been around forever. Buyer Beware! with this lot. Once pointed out, they get vile, then go into hiding. They care nothing about your animals, only your cash account.
@@CarolinaCoopsVideos I know all I need to know about the fruit boxes you sell which you want people to believe will stay warm enough in -40 degree temperatures that lasts for weeks on end, and that will keep a birds extremities from freezing off. The kind of weather you know NOTHING about.
