The Worst Chicken Coop I've Ever Seen - Chicken Checkup 101 - Nancy 

Same thing with me!

Same thing happens with me

This makes me so excited to have chickens 🥺🥺

Omg samee

My chickens love me and the food in my hand too......

I bought 8 chicks. Is that to many?

Kathleen Thompson Nah it’s a great amount just make sure you have the space

Kathleen Thompson No, that’s the perfect amount if you have the perfect space for when they are big. :)

Just read the descriptions of the chicken coops they sell. Tells you they are junk,

You are mean.

Ashley Bertling yup. 🤣

Ashley Bertling 😂

Omg yeah!! 😂😂😂

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Agreed. Mine was about the same size as a small cottage if you cleaned it out but the outside area. 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 People coming over: Noice rusted wire ya got there-

I agree with you. I was expecting it to be much worse. In her defense, however, perhaps she hasn't seen very bad chicken coops so it actually may be the worst chicken coop SHE'S ever seen.

U understand she a women right

I have seen much worse, my neighbours are using a wardrobe as the chicken house. 😵👎🤦‍♀️

@@ThanhHoang-fk2oj u understand her husband was agreeing with her and adding onto her criticisms about the coop right

CatAleah yes!!!!! I hate when people say, “Kill it!”. I have had chickens for 4 yrs and we went through great planning and researching to make sure our coop was predator-proof. So far so good. We had baby fox grow up near us and NEVER had an issue.

A raccoon got into my chickens and quail but I don't hate her because she had babies to feed and even though I was heartbroken it's still nature so I have to accept that it happened. I was angry at first and blamed myself for not putting them away earlier but things will happen so in the future I'll be better prepared to protect my babies :)

I have no problem dispatching small predators, we have displaced their natural predators so we need to keep culling them to prevent overpopulation, it is irresponsible to think otherwise!

@15guinea Chickens aren't part of my back yard's natural habitat. I'M not part of my back yard's natural habitat. In fact, my back yard's natural habitat no longer exists as it was old-growth forest a number of thousands of years ago and it would take roughly that same amount of time for the real permaculture to return. I don't understand what these arguments from nature are meant to imply in situations where we are doing unnatural things like raising vegetables and chickens for our own consumption. What we're intending to do is entirely unnatural. My back yard doesn't produce tomatoes and eggs when left to its own devices.

@elijah mikle Be a better owner and that wont happen. If anything, you're the pest on their land. Make your coop better so shit doesn't have to die because of your lazyness and inability to build a proper structure. Smh.

I agree!!!

@Lusus Naturae yes i know but i was just commenting onpeople in my school because they are very rude

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I don't think Becky was mean. She was just wanting chickens to be treated correctly.

Exactly. I have a “friend” “helping” me start with chickens too.

That helps when you spray them out once in a while☀️❤️☀️

It also is a good way to let snakes into your coop. Rodents will chew thru them too. One they know there are chickens in there, they will try everything to get in

@@MissChievousRN I never thought about this either.

The mint helps with rodents and get a few out door cats. I don't have any problems with them even in my house but the cats stay out.

MissChievousRN Maybe either drill a few really tiny holes instead? Or one big one (1/4 - 1/2"?) And cover the outside with some kind of screen the full width of that section, so nobody can get a fingerhold to start pulling screen off...

Ms. Byrd agree. I don’t think the condescending was necessary....saying it’s SO dirty 75 times. I mean, we get it. No need to make that old woman feel so bad. I felt bad FOR her.

@@littlebiglife9275 that came across loud and clear. It could have been very upsetting to be dealing with the fighting birds and predators and all the cleaning up by herself. She seemed so happy to receive the help she needed and she can now "run the operation" herself now👍🤗good job!

I agree poor lady 😢

I know exactly how lucky I am to have my husband! Much better to work together than alone, I've never met anyone who thinks otherwise...

I agree with you. I've been divorced 20 years and I've slowly learned that I can do it all fine on my own. At first I really thought I couldn't. If someone is in an unhealthy marriage, just know you can do it and now we have youtube to learn so much and do our homework. It's great. Thanks

I wouldn't think she is rich, and that was a disgusting chicken coop! She had the right to judge it that way.

That coop was disgusting. There's a difference between poor and lazy...

@@baylee_baby_ how I'm the world was it disgusting? Looked bad yes disgusting? No.

@@Black_Betty88 Well with all the moisture and waste it was very unhygienic

The issue is she had a saw in her hand which is verrry dangerous so it was a situation where if the board was pulled or moved it could have cut her while she was cutting it. I don't think she meant it meanly but the saw is loud so she probably had to say it sternly so the lady could hear her.

@@whimsyspam Don't make excuses for someones poor behavior. You can say something loudly without being a douche. And snapping at someone, isn't the same thing as being stern.

@@Angelique-mf6bs have you ever worked with power tools? that's a situation that can go bad VERY fast. its not even that she could have cut herself, but i imagine if pulled by someone inexperienced (as the other woman seems to be) the board could have hurt both of them. It's not about politeness--it's about SAFETY. any carpenter worth their salt will tell you to move the hell out of the way when they're sawing. You may want to help but if you don't know what to do or haven't been told, MOVE. One of them could have been seriously hurt and it's not about being mean.

LOL I noticed that too 🤣

Angelique while it wasn’t the nicest way to go about it...when you’re in the middle of using a table saw or skill saw, the last thing you need is someone moving the piece of wood and causing a horrible accident. It scared the crap out of her and so she snapped at her out of being startled. I don’t blame her at all. I don’t want to loose a finger or worse because of somebody else doing something stupid like that. My father is a carpenter, he always taught me to never distract him or touch the lumber. I’m sure she probably apologized or explained herself for being snappy.

Yes they do eat bugs we have chickens too!

Would you live in a plate of spaghetti? I am a bit shocked about the utter lack of empathy for these neglected-as-hell chicken babies

Bill. Theres a Difference. If its a CLEAN place, the chickens will eat a few bugs all is good. If the place is FILTHY and rheres bugs, it will make them UNHEALTHY. There is a DIFFERENCE Bill. Now go clean your Room!!!!!!! Your room is probably stank!!!!!!!!

lol yes

Right. Nothing wrong with the Coup.

WH6FQE - RC Anderson Except there's no gate! I would've tried to make the run "roof" about 6 1/2 ft tall, so pretty much anyone could walk around in there. You do have to clean it. Those metal fence posts come in 9' lengths, and only 2-3 ft are required to be sunk into the ground (for cane berries trellis-- huge load) so just having the light wire wouldn't stress the posts any. I know they were trying to reuse as much as possible, but i think they could've gotten away with sinking them less, depending on the soil of course. Also, Mama said she'd seen no snakes, but I would want a much smaller gauge wire than rabbit wire. I'm afraid rats and mice and other rodents could easily get in theough that run fencing. Couldn't their droppings make the Chooks sick, same as us hoomans? Overall this was a fun watch, and i learned a few things. I love Becky's videos, and i always learn something. THANKS BECKY!!

I agree, the run should be tall enough to walk in. Although my coop is 3 ft above 12 ft of the run with another 8 ft of the run that’s 8 ft high. But my coop run is on wheels and design more like a trailer where I can put it on the receiver of my truck and move the whole coop/run roughly 20 ft. at a time to a new area whenever the run starts looking a little poopy! This way I have no clean up to do in the run area, just move the coop/run to a new spot and rotate it around the property. My coop itself has a plastic laminate flooring on 3/4” waterproof material. Since I already have some hay, I’ve been putting the hay under the roasts where the chickens mostly poop at. Rest the floor just the laminate flooring and any poop that gets on the laminate is easily scraped up. May leave a stain sometimes, but once in a while I’ll use some vinegar on the floor to soak on the stains and just wash it out with the hose. I usually clean the coop least once a week under the roast. I got smart I think and I made the roost on a hinging system where it can be lifted up to the ceiling and then there’s nothing in the way. The floor is then completely opened for easy cleaning. Coop designed with 2 large swinging doors in the back 6 ft high and 8 ft wide. So I can place a cart at the back of the coop and shovel or scrap everything right into the cart to take to the garden area for compost. Never takes more then 15 minutes at the most to clean out my coop! My lady and I are disabled, so I needed to make my coop/run as easy and quick to clean as possible. It’s my first coop I’ve ever built, although I’m a now retired contractor. I probably have better skill set then most do? But making the coop/run/tractor as they call them, still was a trial and error mind set designing this huge heavy coop/run where it could be easily moved from one area to another. Over all size is 20ft by 12ft with the coop standing roughly 12 ft off the ground. Tried to build it as light as possible, but still be very strong to be able to move this huge contraption around my field. I’m just guessing on the weight, but I’m sure it’s at least 3000 pounds if not more? It’s got 24 no flat hand truck wheels the hang down 2 inches below the bottom frame of the run with a receiver hitch mounted to the front to hook up to my truck and it moves very easily so far! For my first attempt at building a large coop/run/tractor, I’m happy how it’s turned out. Also has 4 camper jacks around the unit to level it when it’s stationary too! Not a cheap project by any means though, I have over $7,000.00 into it, being all the materials used were treated and waterproofed, glued together with exterior glue and screwed with stainless steel screws. So I’m expecting this to out last my lifetime easily! I didn’t want to have to build another in a couple years!

That’s not a “problem.” To me it’s an inconvenience. I do not mind pain for the accusation of the chickens labor.

Rebirth Resurrection I believe in working smarter/faster not harder and taking longer to accomplish projects! Especially as you get older and start having health issues that make doing anything/everything more difficult to do! Which I kept in mind when building my chicken coop tractor that has a waterproof flooring covered in a plastic laminate with 2-4’ wide doors in the back, roost folds up against the ceiling out of the way completely and it only takes 5 minutes to clean it out regardless how dirty it is? Just push it all right out the back doors into a trailer to compost into my garden. Of if I choose there’s a trap door in the coop floor that I can drop everything into the run underneath if I’m planing on using it for fertilizer and moving the coop tractor to another location for the chickens to forage on. Makes life easier/quicker raising chickens and more time for other projects that need to be done too

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I need help like that . I have 3 hens , my 1st experience with chickens . Come help me please .

What a great coop

I need a chicken checkup❤❤❤

Due you raise black astralorp chicken if you due I like to buy one dozen of eggs forgive my English my spelling stinks rsvp

Yes. It’s really annoying.

Same, I put a plastic cover over the concrete though so I could give it a solid cleaning once a month.

How many acres do you have? My husband & I want to start our own homestead, too. We're in our early 60's.

I'm 70 and I think life is to short to not have chickens so I'm doing the same !😁

Toni Shroyer - chickens are fun - hope your doing well with it ✨✨🧡

I’m starting at 67. I didn’t grow up taking care of chickens or a garden. I’m a city girl.

I'm shooting the next one soon. People can audition to receive a chicken check up by posting on instagram then put #chickencheckupcasting

More coming, stay tuned☀️❤️☀️

and you are mine...

First and foremost, build your coop in the dark shade and only get two or three hens.☀️❤️☀️

@@angelbear_og preach sister

“I know what hens like. They don’t like a lot of hay.” Not true for my hens. There’s several other things but that’s just one.

@@farrahbaynes6993 Can you comment on more things you found wrong? I've been preparing to own chickens and have been doing a lot of research so I'm curious

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Hahahaha they are so happy now☀️❤️☀️

I love to look around and learn. Learning is a joy in life☀️❤️☀️

More are coming, stay tuned☀️❤️☀️

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Land mines.

Or have a calcium deficiency... which is the most likely scenario.

Not true.

@elijah mikle mine never did that they just move them

I think that's probably true

Just unclip a corner of the run, clean. It's simple. ☀️❤️☀️

@@BeckysHomestead How does a person stand in a 3 foot tall run? And use a rake or some other long tool? What, lay on your belly with your face in the chicken poop, while you feebly scrape with a tool? Go in bent over and make the job ten times more exhausting, while your tool gets caught on the roof repeatedly? No thanks. I like how you changed the coop, but I'm not a fan of the 3 foot tall run. Don't defend it - improve it!

@@xxxAlmixxx Please pay attention before speaking. The top part of the run is detachable for easy access, you walk in and clean.

Peppermint essential oil works as well!

@@cockatooinsunglasses7492 I really think you should reconsider Peppermint essential oil! I spent Christmas week in the hospital because I was using peppermint oil in my home office and poisoned myself with it. I actually burned my esophagus and my tongue swelled. It might have been caused by putting the oil in my humidifier? Who knows but I think peppermint plants around the coop or hanging mint stems like you suggested. I have used those fly traps like Becky showed, but the smell is so awful, I couldn't stand it. Those fly traps need to hang further from the coop to draw the flies away from that area.

@@TraceePettee Could it be that YOUR allergic?

A lot of insects don't like mint and I don't blame them it is awful.

@@TraceePettee You're not supposed to put essential oils in a humidifier. They go in diffuser.

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Why? An older woman doesn’t need to be dealing with that crap. A stationary coup is fine.

Older people will likely have a harder time moving coops and fences regularly. A secure, deep litter system is the best way, then 1-2times a year get someone to clean it out.

Hahaha lot's of people need a chicken check up

Sure, whatever works, animals are not as picky as people thankfully. ☀️❤️☀️

Hahaha thanks ☀️❤️☀️

Love your cavalier mine is called nelly

I'm so glad to hear it, good going!☀️❤️☀️

"if you walk in on one roasting" - you could always take a little gravy in with you :)

She doesn't need all that. All her chickens are now doing fine and she is getting more eggs than she can use☀️❤️💋

Healthy chickens need meat not grass. Loose chickens are in the woods scratching for bugs not grazing in a field. When they are in a field they are eating grasshoppers and crickets☀️❤️☀️

Hahaha thanks☀️❤️☀️

If they're free range then they will be eating plants and bugs that they find. That should be enough nutrition x

Titles on You Tube are dramatic. Most any titles are dramatic actually☀️❤️☀️

Title is definitely click bait, I've personally seen far worse coops with sick chickens.