In this video I give you a tour of our 16 x 24 chicken coop along with a glimpse into the lives of our chickens. Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching! Special thanks for subscribing!
Nice coop and run. About keeping them warm enough in winter… When I got my first chickens (near Salem, Oregon, planting Zone 8) I asked my grandma how they kept their chickens warm enough during Minnesota winters. She just laughed: they didn’t even have electricity to run any kind of heater, and the chickens were just fine without it. I never worried about it again, and just like grandma promised, my chickens are fine. So I wouldn’t worry about it in Florida for sure. 💐
the heat lamp is preventing them from sleeping when sun light goes down ... heat lamp can cause FIRE when feathers and the hen flying to escape from the heat can knock that down
We only run them on sub freezing nights...which isn't too often in Florida. Plus the heat lamps are literally nailed down...they're not going anywhere.❤️🎉
Do you really need those heat-lamps? If you had a better insulating system/structure, you wouldn't need those heat lamps. Afterall, it is Florida. But I have checked and I see you can get as low as -15° C. It is very roomy - and the roof is a good idea. In general, it looks very nice and practical.
I like to spoil our girls is the answer in a nutshell. It's funny because on nights in the winter that are below freezing, I'll go out to check on them and out of 10 chickens maybe 3-4 of them will be perched under the heat lamps and the rest of them will be on the floor away from the heat lamps. They get to pick and choose but the option is there for them if they want it. 😂🎉
So you don't have any single bar roost or perch but instead a narrow platform with I believe has a high 2x4 along the edge to be used as a perch.... is that right and how do they like it??
Yes.. that's correct and they seem to love it! I regularly keep the platforms and the coop cleaned out with fresh bedding. They seem to do really well!
I wish I could. This wasnt a kit. It was a custom build from scratch and I never kept much track of all of the required materials. It took A TON of 2x4s, 4x4s, countless screws ( 3" Deckmates), chicken wire, James Hardie concrete plywood siding, a custom ordered roof from Tri County Metals in Florida and lots of metal connectors. Then there was the electrical side...a breaker, wire, receptacles, a switch and 2 heat lamps. The total cost FOR MATERIALS ONLY was about $2500 and that was two years ago.
I actually never made one..😁...We just kept buying A LOT of 2x4s, 3 inch deckmate screws and 4x4 posts until the frame was up. We went with a metal roof company called Tri-County metals for the roof that was 16x24. I believe the total cost of that coop was about $2500.
